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| Hello! This is my very first post :) I've been growing 2-5 pots of this and that for years now each summer, usually peppers/tomatoes. The easy stuff as they say. Now I've got Potatoes in the ground, and about 20 other plants in pots. I've got Tiger Tomatoes, Roma Tomatoes, and Silvery Fir (Grown from seeds). I mention all that because my current setup is I have a small square basketball court in the back yard (I don't play basketball D: ) that gets around 8-10 hours of sunlight, and connected to that I have a concrete pad that's covered and gets about 4-5 hours of morning light. So finally here's my question! I have a few different Tomato plants in pots (around 7 gallon plastic for some, and Ceramic for others) and currently they are on the concrete pad/basketball court. They'll be getting 8-10 hours of sun, upwards to 100 degrees at times during the summer. (along with other plants I have out there). (Arlington, Texas) Am I going to cook my tomatoes before I get them into the kitchen? My drip system would drip directly into the plants each day and also mist them in the mornings (or however I set it) but I assume the concrete is still going to get awfully hot. The two options I figure is Any other recommendations or am I fussing for no reason? I know Tomatoes like heat and light. I'm just not sure what they'll tolerate. |
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| I think Concrete and plain earth absorb equal amount of heat from direct sun but concrete will reflect heat in the form of radiation(in all directions. Also the heat from concrete will be directed to the ground underneath. It is the radiation heat that some of it will hit the plants. What you can do is to mulch, the open spaces between the containers, with things like straw, pine straw to reduce heat absorption and radiation. You can also hose it down with cool water after sundown, to cool it off, but not during the day. Another way would be to shade it , like with an umbrella. |
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| Thanks for the idea. :) |
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