Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 3 Entries. Thursday, March 15 View Page This is the Shawn and My Green house for our Iowa State Far Pumpkin. The soil might be warm enough this year to go without heating cables. Records temps in Iowa all week. Friday, April 27 View Page 1634 werner and 1244 rea Iowa State Fair Plants Friday, April 27 View Page Unfortunately I had a bad germination experience for the fall plants and ruined some very good seeds. Up until now I have been almost 100% germinating using the oven and papertowels. We lost 1520 Sperry, 1320 Flaskel,1587 Werner, 1213 &1244 Rea. Sad Day. Thanks to Don Young and Glenna Rea I have a few new seeds that are in my new germination chamber. My best guess is that there was a die or lotion or something in the towels that interfeared with germination.