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Sunday, April 15, 2018
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Little Ketchup
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Grittyville, WA
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Not sure exactly, but it feels like we�ve had three hours of sun in the past four days. I planted the 186 Radach directly into this most miserable stretch of weather. I�ve already had a mole appear out of nowhere so I set out 10 traps. I added a lot of granular mole repellant to the planting hole. (This may have saved it from a direct hit...) I won�t be able to tell if the plant is still healthy until the little greenhouse gets up to 80 degrees, but it�s still growing slowly and still ahead of Anna�s plant which has been indoors (but not at 80 degrees either...)
I have the lights on it 24 hrs a day. I added a 5000k LED light bulb only nine watts though lol it might raise the temperature one degree at most. Temp has been 42-60 inside the cover... about five degrees above outside temps. That should spike a lot higher when the sun finally comes out.
I put a 500 watt light in which quickly boosted the temp to 100 degrees and damaged the new leaf a little. I put my hand in front and thought �that�s not too hot� but I didn�t realize it gets hotter and hotter and radiates more heat after the fixture heats up. So I averted a lot of damage/a complete loss by checking back an hour later. Then, feeling timid, I decided to put in the woefully inadequate 9 watt bulb instead! (109 watts total� around 200 would probably be better but oh well.). And I have a 300 watt LED that could go in... but soon the sun will come back and everything will sort out.
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