Saturday, March 27, 2010

2010 Fruit Trees - Freezing Night

Sometimes I think mother nature confuses a little =) Fruit trees don't like the freezing nights, and yet, peaches and pears are already in bloom!

So we wrapped all the blooming fruit trees in huge plastic drum liners - and I'm glad we did, t
emperatures last night dropped below freezing, my thermometer this morning was showing 24F. But this morning, after the rays of sun hit the fruit trees, I was very pleased to see healthy blooms still





2010 First Tomatoes Update

It's been a while, too busy at work, but time to update blog...

Few weeks ago, first, earlies were transplanted into the larger pots. Healthy, thick stems developed in the cool basement under the florescent tubes:




And now, sitting in the 6" azalea pots, reaching near 16" in height:




Since most of these are determinate (as with most "extra early" varieties), next weekend these will be planted into 10-18gal containers (depending on the mature growth habit). There is a nice south side wall of the garage where the sun is on all day from 7:30am and till about 5pm or so. So during the day, until the weather stabilizes, out they go, and back inside the garage with the sundown. Really hoping for some May tomato, but June will do too!