journey11
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Thanks, Bay! 
SNOW! SNOW! SNOW! SNOW!
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digitS'
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@journey11, just don't be trying to compensate for the unusual with the drastic.
I don't think a brief 102° soil temperature will hurt your seedlings. I wrote a couple of paragraphs before I realized it was seedlings and not seeds that you were concerned about on your other thread! It would "inhibit" germination but that is different.
Once again, I am waiting out the entire month of March, my "cultivation month," doing absolutely nothing about the soil. Highest temperature so far this year has been 56°, on 2 afternoons.
Steve
I don't think a brief 102° soil temperature will hurt your seedlings. I wrote a couple of paragraphs before I realized it was seedlings and not seeds that you were concerned about on your other thread! It would "inhibit" germination but that is different.
Once again, I am waiting out the entire month of March, my "cultivation month," doing absolutely nothing about the soil. Highest temperature so far this year has been 56°, on 2 afternoons.
Steve
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buckabucka
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It got into the 50's here yesterday. Just beautiful! Last night, it snowed, but it has quickly turned into a big rainstorm. There is hope for spring.
The driveway is currently covered in slush, but yesterday it looked like this:
Just ignore those big piles of white stuff around. It is spring!
The driveway is currently covered in slush, but yesterday it looked like this:
Just ignore those big piles of white stuff around. It is spring!
journey11
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Maybe this weather has made me lose my mind. Sorry, I did mean to say seeds, not seedlings.
digitS'
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Oh hey!
Well, then look at this chart on germination and soil temperatures: Days to Germination, University of Minnesota
Maybe with any luck, we can say that if 95° is okay, a few degrees higher won't be any monkey wrench in the works.
Steve
Well, then look at this chart on germination and soil temperatures: Days to Germination, University of Minnesota
Maybe with any luck, we can say that if 95° is okay, a few degrees higher won't be any monkey wrench in the works.
Steve
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baymule
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If anyone would like a pound of warm, fluffy, composted soil untainted by SNOW, them send me a PM with your address. 
seedcorn
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Rather have a pound of zucchini bread, fresh tomato, okra, etc.....If anyone would like a pound of warm, fluffy, composted soil untainted by SNOW, them send me a PM with your address.
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Most of the snow is gone now. I've spent the past two days working outside cleaning out some flower beds. Nothing in the veggie garden yet, although I am thinking strongly about a few cool weather veggies. . . Anyway, that's why I haven't been around much. It is sooooo nice to get outside (without layers of coats).
It was 59º (F) yesterday and THEY say it will get to 68º today. That is just before 45 mph winds will bring cooler temperatures back to south-est, central-est Wisconsin. The rest of the week should be in the 40's during the day. I can work in those temps as long as the wind doesn't blow everything away.
It was 59º (F) yesterday and THEY say it will get to 68º today. That is just before 45 mph winds will bring cooler temperatures back to south-est, central-est Wisconsin. The rest of the week should be in the 40's during the day. I can work in those temps as long as the wind doesn't blow everything away.
