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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006F_01C8C79D.38C6BA80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was trying to find out when it is safe to put out annuals and plants = like cantaloupes, peppers, tomatoes (i.e. actual plants not the seeds). = I found a frost chart but there is no way I would have put these plants = out going by that - in May. The plants I am wondering about are all less = cold tolerant. Its not just frost per se. I already did the pansies, = peas, beets, spinach, etc. but nothing like impatiens, beans, etc. I = have some overachieving pansy plants that bloomed all winter for the = last two winters then they don't look so great over the summer when they = should be doing best.=20 I thought you were safe after a certain moon phase in June but I know it = was down to 5C overnight, if not lower, with a cold heavy dew so if I = went by the new moon (June 3) I don't know all of the plants would have = been "happy" being outside unprotected. One good thing about having a = carport and breezeway - at least they can get hardened a bit before = being planted. So much for the Weather Network claiming the low would be 5C, at 0555 I = went out and looked at the thermometer - it is right on zero. Yeesh! Very pleased to see several lady slipper plants in bloom behind Fultz = House in Sackville Wednesday. One was in an obvious spot the others you = had to look for a bit. They are a protected plant, aren't they. If so, = they didn't have any sign about not picking them. Do the yellow ones = come out the same time as the pink ones? Thx Joyce ------=_NextPart_000_006F_01C8C79D.38C6BA80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3314" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" size=3D2>I was trying to find out when = it is safe=20 to put out annuals and plants like cantaloupes, peppers, tomatoes (i.e. = actual=20 plants not the seeds). I found a frost chart but there is no way I would = have=20 put these plants out going by that - in May. The plants I am wondering = about are=20 all less cold tolerant. Its not just frost per se. I already did the = pansies,=20 peas, beets, spinach, etc. but nothing like impatiens, beans, etc. = I have=20 some overachieving pansy plants that bloomed all winter for the last two = winters=20 then they don't look so great over the summer when they should be doing = best.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" size=3D2>I thought you were safe after = a certain=20 moon phase in June but I know it was down to 5C overnight, if not lower, = with a=20 cold heavy dew so if I went by the new moon (June 3) I don't know all of = the=20 plants would have been "happy" being outside unprotected. One good thing = about=20 having a carport and breezeway - at least they can get hardened a bit = before=20 being planted.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" size=3D2>So much for the Weather = Network claiming=20 the low would be 5C, at 0555 I went out and looked at the thermometer - = it is=20 right on zero. Yeesh!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" size=3D2>Very pleased to see several = lady slipper=20 plants in bloom behind Fultz House in Sackville Wednesday. One was = in an=20 obvious spot the others you had to look for a bit. They are a protected = plant,=20 aren't they. If so, they didn't have any sign about not picking them. Do = the=20 yellow ones come out the same time as the pink ones?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" size=3D2>Thx</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" = size=3D2>Joyce</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_006F_01C8C79D.38C6BA80--
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