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color=#0000ff size=2>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
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> garden-bounces@lists.wpirg.org
[mailto:garden-bounces@lists.wpirg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jennifer
Hood<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 06, 2009 11:35 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
garden@lists.wpirg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Garden] Seedling update and info
from the greenhouse<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Hi Gardeners,<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR>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.<BR>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.<BR><BR>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).<BR>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.<BR>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.<BR>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!<BR><BR>Thanks guys!<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Jennifer Hood<BR>PhD
Student<BR>Department of Biology<BR>University of Waterloo<BR>519-888-4567
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