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Sunday, April 19, 2009
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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seeds have been filed and are soaking, the peat pots are soaking, and the moistened seed starter mix is heating up to a nice 85 degrees. after 5 hours of soaking and a slight captan dusting, the seeds will go into the warmed mix and onto the propagation mats with plastic baggies over each individual pot and a tall plastic humidity dome goes over all the 9 pots. the propagation mat thermostat is place at seed level in one of my pots, and a thermometer is placed at seed level in another pot. and today and tonight i play mother hen. one hour temperature checks while i am awake, 2 hour alarm checks all night tonight. the first day and night is when any temperature tweaking and adjustments will be made. 85-87 degrees is target range for myself. all seeds as planned in previous post were started. the 1385 seed is a big motha, the 1161s are smaller white ones, and the 1185 daletas are the smallest atlantic giant pumpkin seeds i have ever seen. both are identical, tan and tough little babies, slippery and hard. filing resistance like i have never felt before. the closest seed i have ever seen to it was my 1041 mckie seed from last. it was the smallest seed i had ever seen, but the 1185s are even smaller than that one and tougher outer shell. hopefully this means heavy walled pumpkins lol. ya never know, it seeds came from a 22% heavy 1041 momma. the seed size shouldn't make a difference in the long run, but figured i would document it anyways. exciting time of the year to say the least...now the waiting game until they sprout. come on babies, do your things!!!!!!
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