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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_zxqV29rn/4onnqMRgiJdpg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Joyce, Phases of the moon have no practical effect on weather and climate, =20 although there is much silly folklore on the matter. Pansies are not very heat-tolerant, but we have some which do well on =20= a veranda with adequate watering until into August. With your veggies, the key is to avoid frost. If a late frost is =20 predicted after you plant, cover the plants with a ground cloth or =20 plastic sheet of some sort. The heat from the ground will usually be =20= enough to keep the delicate seedlings from freezing. A cold frame does the same thing. The name cold frame simply means =20 that there is no active heating, but the frame gets its heat from the =20= ground, and the glass prevents convection from exposing the plants to =20= cold air. =97Paul On Jun 6, 2008, at 5:19 AM, Joyce Norris wrote: > I was trying to find out when it is safe to put out annuals and =20 > plants like cantaloupes, peppers, tomatoes (i.e. actual plants not =20 > 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 =20 > wondering about are all less cold tolerant. Its not just frost per =20 > se. I already did the pansies, peas, beets, spinach, etc. but =20 > nothing like impatiens, beans, etc. I have some overachieving pansy =20= > plants that bloomed all winter for the last two winters then they =20 > 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 =20 > know it was down to 5C overnight, if not lower, with a cold heavy =20 > 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 =20 > thing about having a carport and breezeway - at least they can get =20 > hardened a bit before being planted. > > So much for the Weather Network claiming the low would be 5C, at =20 > 0555 I went out and looked at the thermometer - it is right on zero. =20= > Yeesh! > > Very pleased to see several lady slipper plants in bloom behind =20 > Fultz House in Sackville Wednesday. One was in an obvious spot the =20 > others you had to look for a bit. They are a protected plant, aren't =20= > they. If so, they didn't have any sign about not picking them. Do =20 > the yellow ones come out the same time as the pink ones? > > Thx > Joyce --Boundary_(ID_zxqV29rn/4onnqMRgiJdpg) Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = ">Joyce,<div><br></div><div>Phases of the moon have <b>no practical = effect</b> on weather and climate, although there is much silly folklore = on the matter.</div><div><br></div><div>Pansies are not very = heat-tolerant, but we have some which do well on a veranda with adequate = watering until into August.</div><div><br></div><div>With your veggies, = the key is to avoid frost. If a late frost is predicted after you = plant, cover the plants with a ground cloth or plastic sheet of some = sort. The heat from the ground will usually be enough to keep the = delicate seedlings from freezing.</div><div><br></div><div>A cold frame = does the same thing. The name cold frame simply means that there = is no active heating, but the frame gets its heat from the ground, and = the glass prevents convection from exposing the plants to cold = air.</div><div><br></div><div>=97Paul</div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 6, = 2008, at 5:19 AM, Joyce Norris wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"><div><font = face=3D"Book Antiqua" size=3D"2">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.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Book Antiqua" = size=3D"2"></font> </div><div><font face=3D"Book Antiqua" = size=3D"2">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.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Book Antiqua" = size=3D"2"></font> </div><div><font face=3D"Book Antiqua" = size=3D"2">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!</font></div><div><font face=3D"Book Antiqua" = size=3D"2"></font> </div><div><font face=3D"Book Antiqua" = size=3D"2">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?</font></div><div><font face=3D"Book Antiqua" = size=3D"2"></font> </div><div><font face=3D"Book Antiqua" = size=3D"2">Thx</font></div><div><font face=3D"Book Antiqua" = size=3D"2">Joyce</font></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></b= ody></html>= --Boundary_(ID_zxqV29rn/4onnqMRgiJdpg)--
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