[Garden] Seedling update and info from the greenhouse

[Jennifer Hood]

That's too bad about last year's crop. Its funny how important garden
microclimate is sometimes!

That would mean planting on the 30th or 31st? If that's what we want to do,
I'll discuss it with Lynn. If we plant in the evenings or weekends we'll
still need to coordinate getting the seedlings in an accessible spot.

Cheers,

Jen

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Ian Wormsbecker
<iwormsbecker at sandvine.com>wrote:

>  Last year and the year before a tonne of stuff got mutilated by frost. I
> think we should wait until the last weekend in May or first weekend in June.
>
>
> Ian
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:
> garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] *On Behalf Of *Jennifer Hood
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 06, 2009 11:35 AM
> *To:* garden at lists.wpirg.org
> *Subject:* [Garden] Seedling update and info from the greenhouse
>
> Hi Gardeners,
>
> I was just in the greenhouse talking to Lynn and visiting with the
> seedlings. They look really great! The egg plants and celery are slow going,
> but all the others look fantastic. The marigolds are getting ready to flower
> and the cucumber looks like it is aching to go into the ground.
>
> Lynn asked me when we think we want to plant, and I think it would be good
> to figure this out sooner rather than later. Usually planting is done after
> the last frost date. I'm not sure when that is for this year, but normally
> people wait until the long weekend (may 20 something) to plant, just to be
> sure. The long weekend is actually early this year, so we may want to hold
> off until the week after, just to be sure. Something else to consider is
> that Lynn is going on holiday that week (16 until the 22), so we will not be
> able to retrieve the plants from the greenhouse area while she is gone. Also
> we need to keep in mind that we cannot access the greenhouse after hours (5
> pm onwards), and since we generally meet evenings and weekends, we will need
> to have advanced planning regarding when we will retrieve the plants from
> the greenhouse in order to get them in the ground on time.
> We thought it would be a good idea to take them out of the greenhouse and
> store them either in the inner lab area of the greenhouse or my office. Both
> Stephanie and I have keys that open the inner greenhouse, and there is
> enough temporary storage space in my office in biology, just down the
> hallway.
> Also I will be away at a conference from the 18-22, so If we want to plant
> during that week, I won't be able to help or retrieve the plants from the
> greenhouse.
>
> If we think we can plan them the weekend before, say on sunday the 17th, I
> will retrive them from the greenhouse on friday and have them in my office
> to pick up. If we want to wait until the 24th, I will still need to get them
> from the greenhouse on friday, and they will need to sit in a relatively
> dark environment until they are planted. Some of the plants might not want
> to wait that long (like the cukes).
> If we want to plant in that week of the 18th, I can arrange to have them
> accessible to someone to pick up from my lab or the greenhouse inner lab, or
> some other location, for the day you wish to plant.
> My vote is to plant on the 17th, depending if frost is likely to be in the
> forcast. Last year we had a mild frost in mid-late may, but I covered the
> tomatos and they survived unscathed.
> If anyone has any suggestions on how to best coordinate the seedling
> planting, or has another location where they can be kept, let me know and
> we'll arrange something!
>
> Thanks guys!
>
>
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> Jennifer Hood
> PhD Student
> Department of Biology
> University of Waterloo
> 519-888-4567 x36439
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Jennifer Hood
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Department of Biology
University of Waterloo
519-888-4567 x36439
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