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| What an incredible summer. I love it. Are you having one too ? As you can see in my profile , the Heat Zone where I am gardening is the lonely number "1". What that means is that statistically there will be 0, 1 or 2(at the most) summer days when the high temperatures will reach or exceed 86F (30 C). Surprise ! During this month of July we have had over 10 days with highs reaching 86F and higher. And as you can see in the image below , more is to come in August. On top of this we are not getting much rain either . That is very unusual here, in this neck of the woods, in Western Washington. This is great for tomatoes, peppers and all the heat loving garden plants. I regret that I did not plant Okra. The amazing thing is that with all these heat waves, our night lows remain in 50s.Incredible ! THAT'S INCREDIBLE ! |
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| While my tomatoes love this weather, I'm glad I work 2nd shift. I hate the heat. On the positive side, I always know this is temporary and I'll get more comfortable weather in a matter of a few weeks. |
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| My local forecast (Sammamish) shows a continued weather pattern for the next 7 days before it returns to normal. But I consider it good for my tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. Maybe not so much for cucumbers. So I'll be busy watering as needed. Today I harvested like 2 -3 lbs of tomatoes. No more red in sight now on my plants . Everything is green. We will see how long it will take for the red to return. I am guessing 3-4 days. |
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- Posted by nwheritagegardener 8a NW WA (My Page) on Sat, Aug 2, 14 at 0:24
| My forecast is a bit more temperate. Low to mid 80s for the next four days with upper 70s after that. Where I live it's not uncommon for us to go from June to August with no rain at all. I think we're somewhat under the influence of the rain shadow up here in Whatcom County. I'm picking a few saladette sized tomatoes every day and my SFTs are coming in fast and more of a small slicer size. I have a good blush on my first Black Krim as well, and faint blushes on a couple more. This weather seems just about perfect for my tomatoes. They really didn't like when we were pushing 90. |
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| Just off the east slope of the cascades (Okanogan River Valley), I think we've had a record number of highs above 100 degrees. Most of my tomato plants are having massive blossom drop, with the exception of my cherry tomatoes, Early Girl, and Opalka. |
This post was edited by nugrdnnut on Sat, Aug 2, 14 at 14:27
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