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Monday, April 26, 2010
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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full patch shot today from a ladder to get a better view. i had a dry n.e. wind with full sun today that was dry enough to curl the one thin walking board in this picture. the newly transplanted plants got their full taste of bright sun and a dry wind. they didn't care for it much. nothing severe but they definately showed a little flagging of the cots. eventhough they were acclimated to sun for 2 days before going into the patch yesterday, those days were cloudy. luckily i had only half day from work and was home by 11:45 a.m. to take some action. i only opened the top vents this morning at 6 am thinking it was gonna be partly cloudy and left the doors to the greenhouses open also. so i immediately opened all vents and that dropped the temp from 85 inside the greenhouses to 79. 85 ain't nothing to normally be concerned with, but 85 along with a bright sun and a dry n.e. wind is tough on established plants let alone new transplants that just pushed above the dirt 5 days ago. at 63 degrees outside and 79 inside with all vents open, i can expect and increase of temps of 16 degrees. that means 75 at the end of the week will put it to 91 degrees. therefore at 75 or warmer outside, i will also unzip the screens for unobstructed air flow. i will also use 2 fans to expel air through the bottom vent openings when the screens are unzipped. any thing warmer than that, the plants will get misted also on a timer basis.
you can see a light green color in the soil areas. the rain and sun has popped the weeds. that is good. the inside of the greenhouses were hoed yesterday before transplant. the rest of the patch will get a shallow till and then a hit of round up and a windless day following that when more weeds pop again later on.
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