Re: [CH] (no subject)
Susan Welsand (chilewmn1@bluemarble.net)
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:03:24 -0500 (EST)
I had folks come to the greenhouse last weekend to get plants. It had
been warm but I sent them home plantless and asked them to come see me in
2 months.
Susan
The Chile Woman
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006, jim wrote:
> It really doesn't necessarily do you any good to plant sooner. Plant growth
> is based mostly upon soil temperatures (above 55 F). Even though we might
> have an 'unseasonably' run of warm air temps, the ground temp might still be
> cool. The earth acts as a pretty good cold sink ;-) Your plants will do
> *much* better in that nice, warm greenhouse. I plant late because here
> (Indy) we occasionally get a late season frost & that would be disastrous for
> me.
>
> Try it sometime- take a set of plants & put them in as early as you can &
> take another set & leave them in the greenhouse till normal. See which ones
> do better. It would make for some interesting science fun.
>
> -Jim C
> Mild to Wild(R)
>
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