Ok. I'm liking this discussion, so I'm jumping in!
My maters are shot, and right now my goal is to keep em alive and healthy long enough to take some cuttings to root for a fall plantout in mid- to late-August. All of mine are long-season varieties (at least 90-120 days) so mine is a crap shoot against the first freeze date (listed as 12/7), but we've been know to serve frozen Thanksgiving turkeys!
DReaves, thanks for reminding me I should root the cuttings INSIDE to give them a fighting chance against our HOT, HUMID summer here in Houston. Long as they're situated outside by the time the temps drop down into the 80s again, I should get good fruit set. And, hopefully, the Stinkbug infestation will have started dying down.
I'll post periodic updates.
Linda
