Tuesday, July 26, 2005

zucchini - success!



those flowers finally decided to do something useful. that is the biggest, but there are 2 others. the biggest is about 5 or 6 inches long already. i need to find out when i need to pick it.

also:

For heavy fruit set in tomatoes, night temperature is more important than day temperature. Tomatoes like wide swings in temperatures day to night with 77-86 F days and 60.8 to 68 night as optimal. Fruit set is poor when temperatures hit over 86C or below 59C. If night temperatures exceed 75 or daytime temperatures reach 100+, tomatoes will drop blossoms or not set fruit. High temperatures raise havoc with tomato flower fertilization by not only reducing pollen production but also reducing the viability of the ovule (plant ovary).



hopefully it cools down, then.