At 07:27 AM 7/16/98 -0700, Senor Chile Monger wrote: >We experienced a record temperature for July 15 yesterday in Lompoc, 86ºF >and one of the many buds on my Tabascos (that have been teasing me for >weeks) finally blossomed. It's supposed to get to 87ºF today, more >blossoms I hope! > We have just the opposite problem in San Antonio. Highs have been 100F, plus or minus a degree or so, for weeks, and my Big Jims and serranos haven't been able to set fruit in that time. I did get a few of both before the heat rolled in, and am hoping the plants can survive 'til cooler weather in September or October. David, lustful for an 86 degree day