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Tomatoes are fussy plants that take a long time to grow and set fruit. They're from warm climates, generally, so if they don't get their fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit soil temperature at the very least, they're not going to cooperate. The night-time air temperatures have to be as warm, or warmer. More than a few growers of produce have found that their efforts were poured into the tomato beds to the near-exclusion of everything else they wished to grow.
There are ways around that, though. Start with the right varieties. There's a type of tomato that was once grown in Siberia that only needs the temperature to be a few degrees above freezing and only asks for a hundred days free of frost. Start the seeds inside so the young plants have a greater chance of survival. Lay down the same plastic you've been using for years, to trap what sunlight remains and warm the soil with it.
Cover the plot with the camouflage netting, so the dragons passing overhead don't see and come looking for their supplement of ash.
There are ways, when what's at stake is the health of your people (the vitamin C content in these things is incredible, and that's been in short supply the past few years). Also when you've had the great good fortune to get your replacement seeds from a place you can no longer reach. It's May now, the time when the plants are set out, and no one's seen hide nor hair of Milliways for all that they try whenever they open a door- but they've still got the place's legacy. With any luck it'll last for the rest of the growing season and well into the harvest. Maybe even into next year's seed and planting.
There are ways around that, though. Start with the right varieties. There's a type of tomato that was once grown in Siberia that only needs the temperature to be a few degrees above freezing and only asks for a hundred days free of frost. Start the seeds inside so the young plants have a greater chance of survival. Lay down the same plastic you've been using for years, to trap what sunlight remains and warm the soil with it.
Cover the plot with the camouflage netting, so the dragons passing overhead don't see and come looking for their supplement of ash.
There are ways, when what's at stake is the health of your people (the vitamin C content in these things is incredible, and that's been in short supply the past few years). Also when you've had the great good fortune to get your replacement seeds from a place you can no longer reach. It's May now, the time when the plants are set out, and no one's seen hide nor hair of Milliways for all that they try whenever they open a door- but they've still got the place's legacy. With any luck it'll last for the rest of the growing season and well into the harvest. Maybe even into next year's seed and planting.