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  • From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] greenhouse nighttime temperature
  • Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 07:25:41 -0600 (CST)

I often let the nighttime temperatures get down into the 40's. I think it
makes the plants tougher. They've always performed well.

Bill

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>What's the minimum you would let your greenhouse get down to at night,
>if you've got tomato seedlings in there (plus onions, a few greens)
>but everything is on heating mats? I'm banking on relying more on the
>heating mats to keep the environment right around the seedlings warm,
>instead of heating the whole greenhouse.
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>Rachel
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>Rachel Evans
>The Sunshine Farm
>37 Highway 97A
>Chelan, WA 98816
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>509-670-8958
>rachel AT sunshinefarmmarket.com
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William H Shoemaker, UI-NRES
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
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