First Brandywine of the Year! - Page 2

w8in4dave · November 7th, 2009, 08:02 AM

I'm glad someone has maters

mine quit when we hit 17 outside..so they went into the heap the next day

redneckplanter · November 7th, 2009, 08:17 AM

grow on texans!

Eephus Swift · November 7th, 2009, 08:28 AM

Mine are still kicking. Have another brandywine. It's cold enough at night now that the okra has finally quit. I've got one more pod on the Windy Wood, but I'm letting it seed for next year. Bell peppers are going nuts, and I've got multiple Aconcaguas coming in now as well.

Apparently the temperature range for Serranos to bloom and fruit is anywhere from 42-115F. Those things have just never quit. Even a deer incident that shortened one plant to nothing hasn't stopped that plant. It's back with about 12 peppers on it.

At work, I've now got about 30 different winter squash fruits (3 kinds) that are still going, but I don't know what happens if there's a frost with those. A bunch are to full size (man, those Seminole pumpkins are awesomely large), but most aren't ripening yet (just one sp). Will the frost kill the ripening fruit as well?

November 7th, 2009, 08:02 AM	#11
w8in4dave Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Michigan USDA Zone: 5b Posts: 4,257	Re: First Brandywine of the Year! I'm glad someone has maters mine quit when we hit 17 outside..so they went into the heap the next day __________________

November 7th, 2009, 08:17 AM	#12
redneckplanter Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: tx USDA Zone: 9a Posts: 5,090	Re: First Brandywine of the Year! grow on texans! __________________ cautiously hoping for the best.

November 7th, 2009, 08:28 AM	#13
Eephus Swift Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: West Austin, TX USDA Zone: 8b Posts: 520	Re: First Brandywine of the Year! Mine are still kicking. Have another brandywine. It's cold enough at night now that the okra has finally quit. I've got one more pod on the Windy Wood, but I'm letting it seed for next year. Bell peppers are going nuts, and I've got multiple Aconcaguas coming in now as well. Apparently the temperature range for Serranos to bloom and fruit is anywhere from 42-115F. Those things have just never quit. Even a deer incident that shortened one plant to nothing hasn't stopped that plant. It's back with about 12 peppers on it. At work, I've now got about 30 different winter squash fruits (3 kinds) that are still going, but I don't know what happens if there's a frost with those. A bunch are to full size (man, those Seminole pumpkins are awesomely large), but most aren't ripening yet (just one sp). Will the frost kill the ripening fruit as well? __________________ "Are you out of your minds?" -Hunter S. Thompson, commenting on the only recorded gardening that transpired on the Owl Farm.