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- From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tracking soil temps
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:33:45 -0400
On Jul 21, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Marcy Nameth wrote:
<x-tad-smaller>The temps vary widely during the day and during cold spells and I was just thinking that it wouldn’t be very reliable to use when I read under corn to use the 9:00 a.m. soil temp.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller>Johnny’s points out that it also makes a big difference if you’re using untreated (vs treated) seeds.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller>My thermometer has a 5” probe and I put it all the way in. I’m sure depth makes a difference too and I may have been too deep. Does anyone else know?</x-tad-smaller>
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I think you're supposed to use the temperature from about 4" down; but am not sure. I am sure you don't use the surface temperature, though, or go extremely deep ; just not sure whether it's supposed to be 3" or 4" or 5".
In addition to the treated/untreated seed differences, some varieties are much more cold tolerant than others. Provider green bean, for instance, will come up in quite cold soil, though slowly; but the yellow beans I've tried need warm soil, over 60º (at 4" deep around 9 AM.)
-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
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Re: [Market-farming] tracking soil temps,
Marcy Nameth, 07/21/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] tracking soil temps, Chris Reid, 07/21/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] tracking soil temps, Chris Reid, 07/21/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] tracking soil temps, Road's End Farm, 07/21/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] tracking soil temps,
Robin Follette, 07/22/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] tracking soil temps,
Bill Shoemaker, 07/22/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] tracking soil temps,
Road's End Farm, 07/22/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] tracking soil temps, Bill Shoemaker, 07/22/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] tracking soil temps,
Road's End Farm, 07/22/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] tracking soil temps, MAsteveINE, 07/22/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] tracking soil temps,
Bill Shoemaker, 07/22/2009
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