Surely depends on your micro climate. For my area they say October 20th, but I have seen snow in the last week of September. I know I can sow lettuce, swiss chard and spinach around this time for the late fall. I was going to sow some beet and seeds and see if they will produce anything, as the spring sowed ones failed due to the dry summer we had. For the warm weather plants that are still growing,I pulled 2 of the Fairytale eggplants that were not flowering well, and I pruned back the Charentais and Casaba melon vines so the later, smaller fruits (golfball sized) will get larger, but not put energy into the long vines. The bell peppers, I pulled one of the smaller sized ones that didn't have babies on it. My pole beans are just starting, as I sowed them in mid June. I plant by the moon, so now (dark of the moon) is the best time for underground veggie sowing. Also, if I know there is going to be a heavy frost in last week of September, I cover my plants with old sheer curtains for protection. If this fall and winter is anything like last year I will we able to harvest till Jaunuary, gees we had 60 degree weather till end of January. This was the most ususual fall winter we ever had. I plant later in the spring becuase I enter into the largest fair on the East Coast which is the last full week of September every year.

Thanks, gene. I didn't even think about it being a seedling and not turning into a good little fig tree like its mama. Good point. I will also try a sucker, can't hurt. Peg, thanks, I know I am very spoiled. It's like living in the garden of eden because everything grows, but of course, we pay dearly for it out of our pocketbook, but it's worth it. This fig tree grows like a weed. I prune it back severly after the leaves fall in the winter and then it comes back with a vegence in the spring, growing, growing, growing and producing more figs than we can handle. I try to eat them, give them to friends, family and strangers, and still a good bit of them go into my compost. Oh, and I do make jars upon jars of fig preserves too. I will definately always have a fig tree wherever I live from now on, they are just so easy and tempting. But my kids find the best part the low branches, perfect for preschoolers to climb up in. :)

Never heard such thing around here and I've been to a lot of nursery stores. I went to a website that I thought may have it but I didn't see it.

As far as I recall the Q ---Queller. I believe father-in-law? Someone will know for sure.