A garden is only as good as the ground that it's planted in. Discussion forum for the many ways to improve the soil where we plant our gardens.
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October 28, 2019 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Omaha Zone 5
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Warming the Soil
The temps are running 15 to 20 degrees below normal for this time of year and today the high wil be 35, cloudy all day. I am behind in planting the last of the garlic. I have enough leftover seed garlic to experiment with planting in a 4 X 4 raised bed.
We are going to get a very early season snowfall today and Thursday. Temps will return to the 50's this weekend and then plunge again. I am going to try and plant the garlic today or tomorrow. I would like to plant today. A few options to warm the soil, or at least keep the temps at where they are during this cooldown ahead of the warmer temps to come: Plant today and cover with poly pannels Plant today and cover with leaves and poly pannels Plant today and cover with weed fabric I have read that covering with leaves may trap the cold air in. Opinions? - Lisa 4 inch soil temp dropped 2 degrees overnight to 46 degrees latest forcast is half an inch of snow starting late today but may not stick since ground temps are warm Last edited by greenthumbomaha; October 28, 2019 at 09:46 AM. |
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