Re: water temp
Ethan,
I don't think anybody knows for sure...
your question only raises more.
I think your numbers (85-88 degrees F) sound right.
That is the ideal daytime air temperature.
But is that the ideal soil temperature too ?
I don't know.
It seems logical that one would use warmer
water to heat up cooler soil and visa versa.
If one watered in the early in the morning
early in the season... then the warm water
could help warm up the soil.
I don't know if the soil and thus the roots
have a warm /cool - cycle like the leafs
do. my guess is not... since they don't
go through photosynthesis. but who knows
maybe they grow at night like the rest of
the plant... and do their water and nutrient
transfer thing during the day ? ? ?
But how much does the water raises the soil
temperature? One would have to experiment
to figure that out.
I just wish I had your swimming pool !
Gordon
MV WA
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Hello. Many of us use some type of water tank to
store our water and allow it to be solar heated. The
question is:
What is the ideal temperature? I know that my
swimming pool can get to 85-88 degrees in the summer
and to me, that's to warm. Any comments?
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