You Say Tomato, I Say Agricultural Disaster.

elleng

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Sun Aug-09-09 07:57 PM
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You Say Tomato, I Say Agricultural Disaster.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/opinion/09barber.html

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amerikat

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Sun Aug-09-09 10:50 PM
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1. It's just plain brutal in upstate NY.

My potatoes are fine and the tomato volunteers that came up from
the compost are fine, but the tomatoes in the sq foot garden are
nearly bare of leaves. I wait all year for a good tomato and now this.

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WolverineDG

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Thu Aug-13-09 07:58 AM
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2. Mine were doing very well until we started getting 100+ temps

every damn day for 3 months. Now my garden is "extra crispy." :cry:

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ekelly

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Thu Aug-13-09 10:28 PM
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5. I have a crispy garden too.

I've been trying to provide shade and extra water but I'm afraid it's a losing battle.

I'm just north of Ft. Worth.

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Kolesar

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Thu Aug-13-09 03:13 PM
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3. Wow. We better fork up our potatos ASAP

I know they are "ready".

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elleng

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Thu Aug-13-09 09:39 PM
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4. Hope they're ok.

My very favorite garden task= 'forking up' potatoes!!!!

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