Succesive planting in LA because of spider mites

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Posted by pennypond z9CA (My Page) on

Fri, May 24, 13 at 19:33

My annual tomato fun always gets spoiled by spider mites. Last year I planted very early, but the mites showed up early too and wiped out everything by mid August. I started early again this year, happily picking ripe fruit everyday since May 15. I don't want the season to end prematurely so I have started some cuttings for later successive planting. In order to have strong root system before the intense heat starts in July, what do you think the latest planting date would be in southern California?

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Posted by digdirt (My Page) on
Sat, May 25, 13 at 10:44

Well I'd probably ask over on the CA Gardening forum to get the best advice from locals. But Googling
'fall garden planting dates southern CA' pulls up lots of info too.

One gardening article from the LA TImes talks about the effect of La Nina (if it develops again this year) and suggests Sept. planting. If it doesn't, then you can plant earlier apparently.

If you can determine what your average date for the night temps to drop down out of the 50s then you can use the DTM of your varieties to count backward to planting time and back up 2 weeks more.

But I'd sure check with the CA Gardening forum. Surely it is a topic that gets discussed there.

Dave

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