Re: HYB: weather, germination

Yes, that's something I learned from you (and Paul Black) starting last
year.  I piled shredded tree leaves over them about 4 or 5 inches
thick.  That settled to about an inch thick.  That has made a huge
difference in keeping moisture more even, but when it's this warm out
night and day, it doesn't affect temperature much.

This is a situation where your/Paul's technique of burying pots in a
trench with mulch on top would really help a lot to dampen temperature
swings.  But that won't happen here unless some servants drop out of the
sky to do it for me. <g>

What I will probably try to do, if we get a sudden abrupt drop to really
cold temperatures (without some gradual cooling first to let seeds
adjust), is pile a bunch of cola bottles of water around the pots and
cover the whole area with Reemay.

Or I may just let nature thin out the survivors for me.

<Linda, have you tried using a mulch over your pots to regulate
temperatures?
                   You've not mentioned either way.  Betty>
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