Re: [gardeners] Re: green pepper problem
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 17 Aug 2000 16:01:15 -0500
Ahh, currants, I'm enjoying the ones that Bill Loke sent me in return for some
gumbo file'. Think I'll make a drunken currant cake this weekend.
George
Jane Burdekin wrote:
>
> Yikes!!! More than 80 at night. I've been complaining about it staying
> above 60 at night. Going camping this weekend and the over night temps up
> there are supposed to be 38F for the low, now that is comfortable. Doesn't
> do much for growing tho, the season up there is about over. I'll be taking
> along the ziplocks just in case there was enough moisture to have currants
> ripen.
>
> Jane
> zone 5 (4 at the mountain property) Colorado
>
> Your nighttime temps are in the 80's? Can Miz Anne, Sleepy Dawg, and me move
> in
> with you? It's too blasted hot down here. We should be seeing the temps
> start to
> drop in anticipation of what passes for autumn and fall but instead they are
> still rising. As they say in Cajun Land, "It's hot yeah!"
>
> George
>
> Dorsett wrote:
> >
> > > Are peppers like tomatoes where you can gently beat them up and
> > > they come on like
> > > gang busters?
> > >
> > >
> > > Okie zone 7a
> > > aka " Ranchmama "
> > > ***************************************
> >
> > Yes, they self pollinate to some degree. But they're more sensitive to
> > temperature extremes than tomatoes are.
> >
> > They don't set fruit well in very hot weather...I sometimes have blossom
> > drop problems in July, when nighttime temperatures are too high...in the
> > 80sF...or too low, 55F or so.
> >
> > Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsett@blueriver.net
> > A root is a flower that disdains fame.