Bex
Well-Known Member
Oh my Hurri Expected the paper is on sale today only
Presumably there is a substantial discount for forum members......??As this is pretty much a trial run
It's too bad someone doesn't give me a better digital camera, as well. When I take a photo of what looks really nice to me, it looks like sh*t in the camera - pretty green, yet to my eye, the leaf is now mostly yellow.
I'm about 84 hours into my run - the leaves are yellowing nicely (but not for my camera). There are still some areas around the midrib and upper part of the leaf that remain a pale green. And I have one or two leaves that have areas that are starting to turn brown. I've bumped up the temp to 100F this morning. I am still running about 98% RH, with a bit of difficulty regarding venting - the slightest venting brings the RH down into the upper 80's. In any event, I am waiting until the 4 day mark later today, and then will move forward into wilting, keeping the temp under 120F until I'm happy (having read not to go over 120F until all leaf is yellowed....correct??). This is pretty much a trial run, with the chamber only about half full. I imagine that the RH will be a bit more of a problem for me with the container full - and I will have to study the venting of the chamber better. In my scientific pea brain, I believe that much of the problem exists with condensation on the lid of the container - the moisture rises and the majority of it really has nowhere to go, even with the freezer lid vented a bit. Each time I go to check, I wipe the lid down in an effort to get rid of some of this moisture.
I plan to start my next run by the end of this week....you can visualize me walking up the hill, bent over in hurricane force winds, struggling to get to the tunnel. I have an artist's rendition in my mind of this picture - clothing raggedy, hair soaking wet, basically crawling under the force of the wind and rain. I will not be deterred by some piddly hurricane....!!