ChinaVoodoo
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Air quality is a little low. I wish I was curing tobacco right now though. Pick up some of that smoke.
China Voodoo 2019 Grow Log d'Incertitude
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ChinaVoodoo
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Yikes! It's gone from a lovely pink to a taunting mauve!
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ChinaVoodoo
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Smoke, actually.
ChinaVoodoo
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Thankfully @Yvan the terrible took my seedlings so they didn't go to waste.
I have one plant though, and although I'm not worried about it I would like to see how well I can grow my L'assomption 201 plant and the tomato and cucumber.
It has been ranging from 45° at night to 66° during the afternoon, and without insulation around the roots like you would have in the ground, the soil temperature at 1pm in my pots is only 60°. That's not high enough, so I've put my seedling heat mat under the pots. The sensor is an inch from the bottom, set at 70°. It should work, I have used it in the garage in the winter with those very pots.
I have one plant though, and although I'm not worried about it I would like to see how well I can grow my L'assomption 201 plant and the tomato and cucumber.
It has been ranging from 45° at night to 66° during the afternoon, and without insulation around the roots like you would have in the ground, the soil temperature at 1pm in my pots is only 60°. That's not high enough, so I've put my seedling heat mat under the pots. The sensor is an inch from the bottom, set at 70°. It should work, I have used it in the garage in the winter with those very pots.
Yvan the terrible
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Here is a picture of your little girls, gave them two feeding of my growing mojo and they really seem to have enjoyed it. But being so cold and rainy, am waiting to transplant them. Will probably put them into grow bags and keep them in the green house until the weather becomes warner.
They do look lovely. Here in the US, it is July. I trust that long Alberta day will help make up for the shorter season.
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It's getting awfully late to plant, hopefully a couple of those get into a greenhouse, and if Yvan also puts some in buckets, the ability to take them inside when frosts come will definitely help.
GreenDragon
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So, this bear wanders into an Alberta Barbecue Restaurant, takes one sniff, then runs away...
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ChinaVoodoo
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I heard he bonked his nose on a glass partition and was confused and scared.
ChinaVoodoo
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8 days after heat mat, 2 days after first fertilization.
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+10 days
You know, I feel all insecure about growing one plant and calling it a grow blog. Life has me growing on a balcony, oh well. Anyways, I've got an idea. This heat mat is making a big impact on my one plant. Soil temperature is definitely an issue in central Alberta while growing tobacco. There are these cords you can buy that are meant for melting ice damming on your roof. I leant mine one year to a friend who was growing greens in a cold frame and it allowed him to grow when it was really cold. When I get back into a house, I plan on running one of these cords under my tobacco plants to see what difference it makes in plant size. You might think this is a waste of energy, and money, but I like to calculate costs versus buying retail tobacco and because taxes are insane, electrically heating my soil is still cheap as heck.
You know, I feel all insecure about growing one plant and calling it a grow blog. Life has me growing on a balcony, oh well. Anyways, I've got an idea. This heat mat is making a big impact on my one plant. Soil temperature is definitely an issue in central Alberta while growing tobacco. There are these cords you can buy that are meant for melting ice damming on your roof. I leant mine one year to a friend who was growing greens in a cold frame and it allowed him to grow when it was really cold. When I get back into a house, I plan on running one of these cords under my tobacco plants to see what difference it makes in plant size. You might think this is a waste of energy, and money, but I like to calculate costs versus buying retail tobacco and because taxes are insane, electrically heating my soil is still cheap as heck.
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Moth
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One plant or one field - the quantity doesn't matter, its the shared journey.
Wifey likens grow blogs to "watching paint dry". I enjoy watching things unfurl over a few months. Its the same enjoyment I used to get when TV was not "on demand". You wanted to watch something? It'll be with you for months, once a week.
Or maybe I'm just odd...
Wifey likens grow blogs to "watching paint dry". I enjoy watching things unfurl over a few months. Its the same enjoyment I used to get when TV was not "on demand". You wanted to watch something? It'll be with you for months, once a week.
Or maybe I'm just odd...
If they work for you, I hope you buy up all those ice dam cables from the market so I quit getting requests for them. Don't work worth a damn for ice dams on roofs: not the underlying problem anyways.
And take heart, your one growing plant is one more than I got right now. Cheers and good growing to you
Soil warming cable: https://www.growerssupply.com/farm/supplies/ProductDisplay?mfPartNumber=116431
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Yvan the terrible
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One week after transplanting your L’Assomption 201 in new containers and finally getting a little sunshine, they are taking off and picking up colors.
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