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Sunday, April 16, 2017
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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Easter Sunday… Planting Day
I set the cold-frames up a few days ago and everything seems to be holding in place and warming up. In addition to this I have also put nightlights on my heater circuits so I can tell if any breakers pop. I had a ground fault trip one year and this was also the same year I had corn seed maggot damage. You can make mistakes, you just need to learn from them and not make the same one again;-)
The seeds were filed on Palm Sunday (April 9th, 2017) and basically 7 days after initial soaking I am putting my plants in the ground today, Easter (April 16th, 2017). I have seen negative effects from roots being disturbed from transplants with cucurbits in field trials so I do not like to keep my plants in their pots for very long. Basically, as soon as I can see the orientation of the first true leaf the plants go in the ground. While the above ground plant growth may not be great my hope is the roots are forming many fine root hairs that will benefit the plants more than if I held them inside and transplanted a bigger plant that had a greater root disturbance.
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