Walls of water?  You have ice shipped to Arizona to build a frost 
shelter around your 'matoes?!  What will they think of next!

-jc

On Feb 7, 2005, at 5:50 PM, Badger Mountain Motorworks wrote:

> Around here, Central Arizona, the first of June is also considered the 
> "safe date"  .  .  .  although I've had good luck planting the middle 
> of April and using "walls of water".  My experience indicates the 
> tomato plants do just fine even when it's still getting down into the 
> teens at night.
>
>  They're a bit pricey ($10-12 for three) but I am using some from 
> close to fifteen years ago.  Anything for an early home grown tomato!
>
>  Jim
>
> John Callan wrote:
>
> Jim must be a loooooooooonnnnnnnnnnggggggg ways south of you and me
>  Ruth.
>
>  I think first of June is regarded as acceptable around here, but we 
> had
>  frost at the June last year and up north, I don't think they ever put
>  those covers for their tomato plants too far from the garden.
>
>  -jc
>
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