The metric used to determine flowering varied among crops and was subjectively based on when plants were first marketable(Table 2). At flowering, the date was recorded and DTF from trans-plant was calculated for each species. Flowering rate was then calculated by taking the reciprocal of DTF. The number of nodes on the primary stem at flowering was also recorded at flower. The experiment was arranged as a randomized complete block design ; five temperature treatments were randomly assigned to the experimental units during the fall and spring replicates (blocks).