[AT] OT: Re: test (apropos the Saskatechewan weather comment)

Herbert Metz metz-h.b at mindspring.com
Sat Sep 18 12:02:18 PDT 2010


Rupert
We are half hour north of Atlanta; tomato crop for most (including us) was
lousy; however our sweet grape and our Juliet (both are cluster tomatoes)
were hardly affected. 
Herb

> [Original Message]
> From: Rupert <rwenig2 at xplornet.com>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: 9/15/2010 5:58:16 PM
> Subject: [AT] OT: Re:  test (apropos the Saskatechewan weather comment)
>
> 	Is it the wet cold weather that is causing that tomato blight? I had to 
> throw out most of my larger tomatoes. The cherry tomatoes are fairing 
> better.
>
> Rupert
>
> On 9/14/2010 10:52 PM, Ralph Goff wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Grant Brians"<sales at heirloom-organic.com>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion
group"<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 3:03 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AT] test (apropos the Saskatechewan weather comment)
> >
> >
> >> Ralph, the scary part for me here in California is that we still do not
> >> have
> >> our first tomatoes ripe.... They are a big cost item to grow and I
have no
> >> fruit yet about to go into the third week of September! Why? Cool and
wet
> >> spring, then cool summer, now what about the fall? So far this year
looks
> >> like 1964 when the cannery tomatoes were still being harvested at
almost
> >> Christmas. I'm praying for a WARM fall without rain!
> >>          Grant Brians
> >>          Hollister,California
> >>          Vegetable Farmer
> >
> > Grant, that sound like Sask. weather. As I mentioned to Charlie, the
cold
> > might save our crops from sprouting in the fields since they are too
wet to
> > combine.
> > RE: tomatoes, they are a failure here this year. Some type of blight has
> > struck and I don't know if I am going to get one edible tomato off the
whole
> > garden. Picked a few green ones to ripen in the house but they are
starting
> > to rot before they ripen or turn red. I've heard of other people having
to
> > throw all their out as the same thing happened. The problems of a wet
year.
> >
> > Ralph in Sask.
> 





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