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Oct 23, 2010 13:51:33 GMT -5
Post by atash on Oct 23, 2010 13:51:33 GMT -5
I can't answer about frost and the full moon, but we're having the same problems here with increasingly short and cool summers.
One of my maximas, bred in Montana, performed. Total fruit production was modest, but it didn't fail like many of my other squashes. It's "Bitterroot Buttercup". Bad name. Bred in the Bitterroot Valley.
Next year I will grow some more out, plus will work on early maximas.
I'll be spending much of the rest of the day, as much as I can spare from being the family chore-boy, getting ready for frost, which has not hit yet but could soon.
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Oct 23, 2010 14:56:41 GMT -5
Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Oct 23, 2010 14:56:41 GMT -5
I can't answer about frost and the full moon, but we're having the same problems here with increasingly short and cool summers. [...] I'll be spending much of the rest of the day, as much as I can spare from being the family chore-boy, getting ready for frost, which has not hit yet but could soon. I guess it is all relative. My first frost was 47 days ago.. I'm glad that my frost emergency is over. Good luck preparing for yours. By now everything that will be harvested from my garden has been and I am daydreaming about next year. I grew some very early maximas this year (About 75 days). They were very small producing about 1# fruits. Regards, Joseph |
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Nov 9, 2010 7:11:06 GMT -5
Post by Penny on Nov 9, 2010 7:11:06 GMT -5
Heavy frost here.
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Nov 9, 2010 7:21:56 GMT -5
Post by Penny on Nov 9, 2010 7:21:56 GMT -5
Cold and frosty here today.
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Nov 10, 2010 6:34:11 GMT -5
Post by flowerpower on Nov 10, 2010 6:34:11 GMT -5
I could swear Canada is North of NY. Yet they are only getting frost while I was seeing an ice storm and snow squalls. It's just not right. lol We got about 2-3 inches of heavy wet snow. It's gone now, but the roads were really bad for a few hrs. Looked like March out there. If this is any indication of how the winter is going to go, it's gonna suck.
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Nov 10, 2010 7:03:35 GMT -5
Post by Penny on Nov 10, 2010 7:03:35 GMT -5
Oh wow, really......we've had snow here too, enough that the plows were out, but none in the past few days.
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Nov 10, 2010 7:43:28 GMT -5
Post by bluelacedredhead on Nov 10, 2010 7:43:28 GMT -5
That's because neither Penny nor I live on top of a mountain. South of us or not, Zone Catskill is colder than the beaches of Lake Erie (most days) and closer to those clouds.
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Nov 11, 2010 5:47:27 GMT -5
Post by flowerpower on Nov 11, 2010 5:47:27 GMT -5
It's a small mountain.  It turns out that parts of the Catskills do have their own zone. lol The state college conducted a study of the county. We are supposed to be Zone 5a. The towns in the higher elevations are not. We are 4b according to SUNY. |
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Nov 11, 2010 6:34:49 GMT -5
Post by Penny on Nov 11, 2010 6:34:49 GMT -5
That's because neither Penny nor I live on top of a mountain. South of us or not, Zone Catskill is colder than the beaches of Lake Erie (most days) and closer to those clouds. Well we do have Blue Mountain here |
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Nov 11, 2010 8:31:49 GMT -5
Post by ottawagardener on Nov 11, 2010 8:31:49 GMT -5
I'm back in the land of the interconnected. Lots of frost here.
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Nov 11, 2010 8:34:46 GMT -5
Post by Penny on Nov 11, 2010 8:34:46 GMT -5
I'm back in the land of the interconnected. Lots of frost here. Welcome back!! |
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It turns out that parts of the Catskills do have their own zone. lol The state college conducted a study of the county. We are supposed to be Zone 5a. The towns in the higher elevations are not. We are 4b according to SUNY.