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Post by epaul on Jun 19, 2024 21:58:51 GMT -5
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Post by epaul on Jun 19, 2024 22:01:06 GMT -5
Yes, it is.  |
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Post by epaul on Jun 19, 2024 22:02:41 GMT -5
Oh, there's more.  |
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Post by epaul on Jun 19, 2024 22:05:22 GMT -5
Inside my little House of Magic.  |
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Post by epaul on Jun 19, 2024 22:09:10 GMT -5
I use a clip and string support system inside the greenhouse. Works great. Look for the clear plastic clip (circular when closed upon a string. Add clips as plant grows. Prune as desired.   |
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Post by Village Idiot on Jun 20, 2024 10:13:53 GMT -5
You're weeks ahead of me.
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Post by Marty on Jun 20, 2024 10:32:05 GMT -5
So how are your Bacon plants coming along?
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Post by epaul on Jun 20, 2024 10:37:04 GMT -5
I'm a month ahead of average me.
I've been able to get little early variety tomatoes as early as the first week of July, but full-sized slicers have been end of July (and for average in the dirt garden starts, early August). But, my new little greenhouse with double wall poly sheets holds heat better than my old single layer poly tent style. So, I started the plants early March under lights in the basement and popped them in the greenhouse early May... with a space heater in place if needed for cold nights.
I kept the plants in their gallon pots to begin with, in case the weather took a nasty turn.
But, early May was mild and the forecast promised continued mild, so around the 10th, I planted them. I ran the heater five or six nights when the temps dropped into the 30s (or threatened to) and all day a couple times the temps didn't get out of the 40s. (extended temps in the 40s will make tomatoes unhappy, and you can lose up to a week of growth before they get going again).
So, there was some electricity burned, but, what price passion? At least there isn't a boat involved.
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Post by epaul on Jun 20, 2024 10:50:12 GMT -5
I'd say, rough guess, I was able to keep my plants 10 degrees above ambient for the May and early June, turning North Dakota into Indiana. They eat well in Indiana. And now, so I do.
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Post by epaul on Jun 20, 2024 11:06:15 GMT -5
For instance, right now, at 11 AM it is 68 degrees outside and 82 inside my greenhouse (as soon as the sun hits it, it warms right up). Tomatoes love, love, love 82 degrees, 68, eh, ok, not so much. Every day, I pick up a hour or two of good growing temperatures. On a sunny but cool day, maybe more. (and, as dew doesn't settle on the leaves leaving them wet for several hours every morning, there is a lot less disease pressure)
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