Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Over-90 hasn't been an issue this year here in Wisconsin, but in previous
years the shade cloth worked absolute wonders to protect our Mittleider
gardens when neighbors' were wilting away. Keep trying...don't know much
of anyone who hasn't had odd garden issues this year. I admire your "I
refuse to give up" spirit!

schulz

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Everyone: You must remember the laws of plant growth. #2 is temperature
> - a narrow range between 60 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit is essential for
> healthy plant growth and maturing of a crop.
>
> Daily temperatures of 100 degrees will stop most all crops from producing
> a crop.
>
> Drought would have killed most gardens - yours continued to live and
> apparently even grow.
>
> If you paid full attention to the RECIPE that is the Mittleider System of
> growing you would learn that moderating the temperature can be done with
> shade cloth and/or other measures.
>
> I recommend you not blame the Mittleider Method, but rather consider the
> mitigating circumstances, be thankful for all you have learned, and next
> year go all the way. There IS no better method out there.
>
> Jim Kennard
>
> --- In MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com, "Brenda Danks"
> <txdanks@...> wrote:
>>
>> Boy, I hate to admit this, but try as i may, this method did not produce
>> vegies for me. I had beautiful plants, but no produce.
>>
>> My potatoes looked awesome. I couldn't wait to dig in -- absolutely no
>> potatoes. I was shocked.
>>
>> Corn was tall, healthy, beautiful. Very little corn. I did not harvest
>> any. Grasshoppers loved those plants.
>>
>> I fertlized as recommended. I watered daily as recommended. I weeded.
>> I hoped for an over abundant year. Nothing.
>>
>> Okay, I lied a little. I did get several tomatoes, several peppers,
>> beets were okay, and a few cantelope (from the volunteers).
>>
>> Everything was a disappointment -- BUT I would really like to think it
>> is due to our 3rd year of drought and super hot temps --think 100 daily.
>> I wonder if the ground is so dry that all moisture just gets sucked
>> down to never, never land. We've lost several mature, large pecan trees
>> in the past two years. Gardening is discouraging these days. Hoping I
>> can get the desire to do a fall garden.
>>
>> Thinking next year I will start everything in greenhouse and have a very
>> early spring garden. I refuse to give up.
>>
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