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Monday, April 28, 2008
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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plants went in the ground yesterday with all going well. space heaters and partial sun had the temps in the 80s in the day and last night it hit 35, but my greenhouse temps at 6 am were at 53 degrees. tonight it will get to about 30 which means the greenhouse temps should be about 45 which is fine. i am still going to throw my spare space heater in the greenhouse with the 1041 and 1446 back to back, just in case something happened to one heater in the middle of the night. with 2 set at 57 degrees, i should be able to hold that temp or close to it and still have the insurance incase one went down for some crazy reason. better safe than sorry. will double check all plastic at the bases of the greenhouses to make sure after todays rains that plenty of soil is mounded against the plastic for a snug draft free insulation. plants look nice today and at 37 degrees outside, the inside temp is in the high 70s with mininum sunlight and heaters set on 85. put some plastic over plug and extension cord connections. the cool air outside and warm temps inside causes condensation drip and i do not want to trip off the heaters in any way. i contemplated waiting until after tuesday to get plants into the ground, but i decided i would rather go the extra mile now than having to transplant into my larger containers and then transplanting again. i believe there is less shock on the plants one time transplanting as long as i have the ability to sustain the temps i have been able to achieve. what a difference a year makes. last year it was so warm already that i didn't even use the greenhouses.
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