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HI Jane:
Thx for the email. I am in Windsor. My dog goes to the vets behind Fultz =
House for chemotherapy and I walk him through that little park every =
week. Other years, the cantaloupes would just be setting on then it was =
too cold for them, same with the peppers - it took so long before they =
could be put out that by the time actual peppers were appearing it was =
too cold.
I was often hearing the moon response at Blomidon Nurseries. Every year =
I would overhear a conversation about when the customer should set their =
transplants or vegetables out and I remember the response having to do =
with the moon in June - I thought full moon. Other years I have gone =
with June 7th to 10th but with the Full Moon on the 3rd this year I was =
just curious if anyone else had any thoughts on this. With it going down =
to zero last night, I was glad I didn't have anything much out.
I went to the Fultz House website and saw they weren't open until July =
but I sent them an email about possibly putting a sign up not to pick =
Lady's Slippers. I know not to pick them but since I did see several =
plants with only leaves I imagine others don't (or just say the heck =
with it and pick them).
Joyce
----- Original Message -----=20
From: David&Jane Schlosberg=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 11:23 AM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] when to plant / Lady's Slipper plants
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.=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
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years I=20
have gone with June 7th to 10th but with the Full Moon on the 3rd this =
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" size=3D2>I went to the Fultz House =
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they weren't open until July but I sent them an email about possibly =
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