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Sunday, March 29, 2009
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J.D.
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Nikiski, Alaska 99635
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This morning removed seeds from sandwich bags and placed into 4 inch peat pots for the next leg of the journey. Again 2.5 gal container is on its side filled with 95 degree water. Plastic grate sits on a lip inside of the cooler interior just above the 2.5 gal container. Two 4 inch peat pots with the 1161 Rodonis & Lilja 8448 seeds are placed on the grate along with a test peat pot with a thermometer checking internal soil temps. Next, the 1.5 gal detergent container is once again refilled, except this time with water at 115 degrees. This will bump the temperature up to 96 to 97 degrees and help warm up the seed starting mix in the 4 inch peat pots. The material spagnum moss in seed starting mix is a good insulator therefore the added juice with the heat. After 12 hours in the cooler internal soil temps will be around 94 to 95 degrees. Every 12 hours I repeat the procedure until germination at which time I will put them into my germination box flourescent lighting. To anyone trying this make sure cooler is in an area that has a constant room temperature 65 to 70 degrees degrees.
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