Jim and Terri were up this weekend. It was a fun weekend at Waterville. They wanted to watch Creston pitch. I’ve not been out much this Spring so I was surprised to see the Magnolias and apricots in bloom. It was cold in Waterville, and snow level was just up out of the wheat. Coming home the mountain panorama was incredible.
We’ve had hard frost the last couple of nights and the greenhouse got down in the mid-30s. I got the heater installed in the greenhouse so I can keep it in the 50s at night. I was amazed when I took ground temperature in the greenhouse today. It was 10°s more than outdoor ground temperature. So between my subterranean heating and the greenhouse I’ve raised the temp of the ground. At midnight it was pulling 54° off the ceiling and pushing 56.5° temperature out of the ground.
Seeds are starting to push. All the cabbages have germinated well, except the Early Dutch. The Chinese cabbage germinated while on the ground, and I can see the pepper and pansy seeds starting to push.
12:00 noon
Outdoors
temp. 55°
ground temp. 42°
Greenhouse
ground temp. 53°
7’ off ground temp 76°
Air coming out of underground ducts 57.6°
Bench height temp 66°
Ground level temp 63.5°
Germinated in the Greenhouse:
Vietnamese Mint, Kinh Gio
Dahlia Rainbow Mix
Queen Anne’s Lace
Rudbeckia Indian Summer
Red Bull Onion
Burrell’s Yellow Valencia Onion
Chinese Cabbages
Verbena bonariensis
Purple coneflower
Salvia Bonfire
Sweetpeas
Volunteers in the garden:
Dill
Borage
Sunflowers
Cosmos
Seeds planted in the greenhouse:
Tomatoes
Striped Roman
Omar’s Lebanese
Kellogg’s Breakfast
Cuostralee
Better Boy Hybrid
Box Car Willie
Yellow Pear
Hughs
Anna Russian
Golden Egg
Giant Strain
Large Red Cherry
Super Sioux
Celebrity
German gold
Large Pink Bulgarian
Orange Strawberry
Red September
Golden Girl Marrow
Ground Cherry, Aunt Molly’s (not our aunt)
Tomatillo Large Green
Marigold Tangerine Gem
Marigold Lemon Gem
Cleome Rose Queen
Tithonia
Hollyhock Nigra
Marigold Starfire Mix
Direct seeded in the garden:
Kohlrabi Purple Viena
Purple Top White Globe Turnip (for Pet)
Sandhill Spring Radish Mix
Spinach Bloomsdale Longstanding
4 comments:
box car willie sounds interesting!! I need to get busy busy busy with my garden.
I've not tried Box Car Willie, it is highly rated. It is suppose to have high yields of red, orange, 1# fruits with robust, old-fashion, full-bodied flavor. The breeder developed a series of heirloom tomatoes including Lady Luck, Great Divide, Red Barn, Pasture (a rampant red cherry variety that could be used to cover outbuildings in the South), and Mule Team. Box Car Willie and Mule Team are suppose to have superior yield and taste. We are going to put it to the test.
Wow you are a busy guy....sounds like lots of fun...
sounds like fun!! I need to get to my planning and figure out what im going to do!!
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