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Originally Posted by LDiane
No, the Pacific Northwest is not like England. We have rain on perhaps two or three days in the summer. We get our rain in the winter, when the sun is rarely seen, and no one is trying to grow tomatoes. Broccoli thrives, though.
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Having grown up in Oregon just west of Portland, I was thinking more of temperatures both daytime and nighttime. Compared to growing season conditions in the mid-west, Pacific Northwest is much cooler day and night which is reminiscent of England. I know about the rainy season and the dry season and agree it doesn't compare. I was not very clear. And it has been a long time since living in God's country and my memory is a little shorter than it used to be.
My dad tried his best to grow tomatoes like he did in Iowa and was frustrated in the attempt. Then you throw in the English rains along with the lower temps and it makes it difficult to grow long season tomatoes.