A Ripening Trick

COMMENTARY

• The heart of a gardener for the love of growing
• The gardener’s emotional conflict of thinning

CALLER

• Matt has several varieties of cherry tomato plants all full with tomatoes but none of them have begun to turn red
• Justin discusses a trick using ripening bananas wrapped in gauze to help trigger tomato ripening

Creating Microclimates

COMMENTARY

• Rosie talks about a grocery store parking lot in France that was packed for a nearby farmers market
• Microclimates are the key to extended growing season thru summer
  • 65% shade be it man made or tree canopy
• What can grow in full sun
  • Sunflowers
  • Eggplant
  • Corn
  • Beans/Black Eyed Peas also provided nitrogen for soil
  • Amaranth
  • Sweet Potatoes
  • Okra
  • Collard greens require a microclimate
• Discussion of a misting system to cool the space provided its micronized enough

MENTIONS

• Recreo Cantina
• Queen Creek Botanical Gardens

Create A Vision For Summer Growing

COMMENTARY

• Have a vision of what you want to grow
• Creating microclimates for different things you want to grow
• June growing in Arizona
  • Herbs and mint
  • Plant pumpkins and gourds now
  • Eggplant
  • Sweet Potatoes
  • Sunflowers

TEXT

• Roger asks about Recreo Cantina

RESOURCE

• Microclimates 101 at Agriscaping.com