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Friday, May 04, 2012
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA [email protected]
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Jacob got home from his last day of classes at Ellsworth Community College just in time to help me get our plants set out into the garden. The garden looks tough, with no spring work and weeds everywhere. But we had prepared our planting sites last fall and the soil there was in good condition. We have about the best looking seedlings ever, as my germination chamber experiment worked perfectly. I used a 26 watt CFL instead of the 15 watt incandescent bulb. With the white inside surface of the cooler, it had just the right temperature and light to produce vigorous plants that aren't a bit leggy. We were fortunate to miss the heavy rains and hail that hit just to our south last night and this morning. Next step is for Jacob to cover the plants with a bucket and spray glyphosate. Then we add more bagged manure, some N and K and some compost and till in with the fork ahead of vine growth.
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