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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C8C7C7.BBDB9B50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Joyce, hi. You don't say where you are located, but I'm presuming somewhere near (Lower?) Sackville. There are lots of "mini-climates", so your situation, even presuming you're in the metro area (as we are), may be different from others'. We have seldom had much luck with cataloupes, except in the greenhouse. They have produced fruit outside, but it wasn't sweet. Peppers I know more about. If you have a good, maritime, short-season pepper variety, you can do reasonably well with them. The evil is when they bloom too early. Then, if there is a cold night, the blossoms fall off and no fruit develop. They need a very sunny, protected spot. Tomatoes are a bit more hardy. We put them out about now, with some bone meal to encourage fruiting. You can bury part of the stems, too, if your plants are tall. This encourages root growth and gives them a sturdier look. As for beans: they just don't come up until the soil is good and warm. I planted the scarlet runners a few days ago. I have never understood this moon thing. It seems totally without scientific basis. We just wait, watching the weather forcasts, until we have a stretch of warmish nights ahead and, at best, a cloudy day for planting. Any of you more scientific folks care to comment on the old "wisdom" about the moon phases and planting? Jan p.s. DO NOT PICK LADY SLIPPERS! -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of Joyce Norris Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 6:19 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] when to plant / Lady's Slipper plants 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. 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_000A_01C8C7C7.BBDB9B50 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 6.00.6000.16640" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=3D421441114-06062008><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>Joyce,=20 hi. You don't say where you are located, but I'm presuming = somewhere near=20 (Lower?) Sackville. There are lots of "mini-climates", so your = situation,=20 even presuming you're in the metro area (as we are), may be different = from=20 others'. We have seldom had much luck with cataloupes, except in = the=20 greenhouse. They have produced fruit outside, but it wasn't=20 sweet. Peppers I know more about. If you have a good, = maritime,=20 short-season pepper variety, you can do reasonably well with them. = The=20 evil is when they bloom too early. Then, if there is a cold night, = the=20 blossoms fall off and no fruit develop. They need a very sunny, = protected=20 spot. Tomatoes are a bit more hardy. We put them out about = now, with=20 some bone meal to encourage fruiting. You can bury part of the = stems, too,=20 if your plants are tall. This encourages root growth and gives = them a=20 sturdier look. As for beans: they just don't come up until the = soil is=20 good and warm. I planted the scarlet runners a few days=20 ago.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D421441114-06062008><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>I have=20 never understood this moon thing. It seems totally without = scientific=20 basis. We just wait, watching the weather forcasts, until we = have a=20 stretch of warmish nights ahead and, at best, a cloudy day for = planting. =20 Any of you more scientific folks care to comment on the old "wisdom" = about the=20 moon phases and planting?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D421441114-06062008><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>Jan</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D421441114-06062008><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>p.s. DO NOT PICK LADY SLIPPERS!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT = face=3DTahoma=20 size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>=20 naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]<B>On=20 Behalf Of </B>Joyce Norris<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 06, 2008 6:19=20 AM<BR><B>To:</B> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] = when to=20 plant / Lady's Slipper plants<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <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=20 are all less cold tolerant. Its not just frost per se. I already did = the=20 pansies, peas, beets, spinach, etc. but nothing like impatiens, = beans,=20 etc. I have some overachieving pansy plants that bloomed all winter = for the=20 last two winter