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Sunday, April 26, 2009
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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temps dropped from 75 to 42 degrees in about 10 minutes at dusk yesterday and it got pretty chilly last night. so i went and checked temps inside the greenhouses this morning that had no space heaters in them and the air temp was still 60 inside them at 6 am. the radiant ground heat from the cooking the soil has been getting in these past 3 hot days is still kicking. with it cloudy and cold this morning, i dediced to throw in the space heaters to help get the soil temp up a bit up for the transplant this afternoon. if the sun comes out, they will shut down and keep the temp at 85 and i will undo some vents as it is supposed to get back to 80 again by 2 pm. weird weather with these crazy temp swings and lots of rain on this stalled cold front. it is still in the 50s at 9:00 a.m. and will be 30 degrees higher in 5 hours. i already hoed the weeds inside the greenhouses early this morning and dug out 2' deep planting holes (clay level transition is at minus 2') and then loosened up the lower clay layer with a shovel. all the dirt from the 2' deep planting holes was spread thin across the rest of the soil in the greenhouses. so right now the holes are heating up as they are exposed to 85 degree temps and the the soil going back in the holes is also heating up some. this is the first time i tried this pre-digging of holes to heat them and the also heat the return spoils dirt prior to planting time. the cold temps from last night gave me the idea. necessity is the mother of invention with weather swings like this. got the bio endo plus ready to mix into the return spoils dirt along with my foam-kids-water-kicker board i use as a kneeling pad, and warm water bath will finish off the transplant at around 1pm.
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