RE: question on soil temperature
- To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: RE: question on soil temperature
- From: "* C* <c*@chmc.org>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:01:09 -0700
Jon,
I think you may be breaking new ground with this one. I haven't seen
anything else on soil temps posted in the past. This should be
interesting, please keep us posted on what you learn.
Chris Michalec
Covington, WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jshunt3@juno.com [SMTP:jshunt3@juno.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 1998 5:53 PM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com; janhunt@pacbell.net
> Subject: question on soil temperature
>
> This is the slowest year I have had in some 6 years of pumpkins. I'm
> concerned that it may have something to do with soil temps.
>
> My question is how important are soil temps?
>
> Late this evening I checked the temperature at several different
> depths.
> surface temp 102 degrees
> 4 inches down 92 degrees
> 6 inches down 86 degrees
> 8 inches down 84 degrees
>
> I didn't use misters today because the outside temp was only 88. Had I
> known that the surface temp was 102 after the temp outside had dropped
> to
> 78 I would have turned on the misters in the later part of the
> afternoon.
> My plants showed signs of leaf burn today. This is in part because
> they
> are very small and close to the ground.
>
> Jon Hunt--Central California
>
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