The North Olympic Peninsula’s short growing season and cool temperatures can prevent tomato plants from setting fruit or keep fruit from ripening before the weather turns cold.
Those seeking to put those chilly April blues behind and fully embrace the warmer temps of springtime can get their gardens going by attending Saturday plant sales.
People often think it’s hard to grow warm season plants (e.g., tomatoes and peppers) on the North Olympic Peninsula because of our short growing season. That’s a misconception. The growing season in Western Washington is fairly long; the problem is that it’s also cool.
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Muriel Nesbitt is a geneticist, retired biology professor at University of California San Diego, former director of the Clallam County Master Gardener program, a …