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Tuesday, January 05, 2010 shazzy Joliet, IL

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6. a mix of molasses and neptunes seaweed and fish will be watered into the soil with watering cans and warm water inside the greenhouses around april 7th to feed the soil a little. the same mix will be applied with the stihl fogger set on heavy droplet and i will spray the remaining soil surface outside of the greenhouses. 7. space heaters will go into the greenhouses on april 7th and run 24 hours set on high at 86 degrees to also warm up the spring soil. 2 space heaters in the shazzy dome and one in a single 6' x 10' greenhouse place directly the planting spots. with the greenhouses sealed tight with insulating dirt covering any gaps at ground level along with the space heaters, i will be able to retain and not lose as much built up soil heat during the cool april nights when the space heaters on high will only keep the air temps inside in the low 40s. 8. start seeds on saturday april 17th. if either or both the 901 or 991 doesn't germinate in 6 days, start another one on april 23. 9. transplant selected 1147s, backup 873 and 752 naylor '09s and the 901 and 991 into patch with myco on the sunday afternoon on april 25th. 10. germinate some of my own seeds as backup plants on the 25th for "just in case".

this will work as a basic outline that i can look back on to make sure i am not forgeting anything as the excitement builds from here on out. days are getting longer and it won't be long Georgie Boy, it won't be long at all.
 



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