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Stan's hot tomato

Because the garden needs a few more dry days before I can do any work in
it, the pyramid experiment is still on hold.  It is surprising how much
water is contained in 18 inches of snow.
     But another interesting thing is happening.
     On about the 15th of March, I proved to myself that I could keep a
tomato seedling alive under the prototype pyramid with the Christmas tree
lights going all the time, down to at least 0 degrees F,  
     So, with that being proven, I gathered up the Christmas tree lights
and put them away.  I left the pyramid out there, covering the 2" inch
seedlings ( two of them in a  very small peat pot, just set on top of the
ground).  Since removing the lights, we have seen the temperature drop to
10 degrees, overnight, and had a daytime high of 34 degrees F. one day. 
Another day we had 18 inches of snow cover everything, including the
"window" to the pyramid.  
     To my amazement, when I reached into the garden with a pole and
tilted the pyramid back, the two seedlings were still alive!  
     However, they didn't grow hardly at all since I originally put them
out there, and their leaves are turning purple.  It will be interesting
to see what happens to them in the future.  
      In side my house, under a skylight, the other seeds I planted at
the same time, (as a sort of control) are about 6 inches tall and looking
normal.  (Yes, since I planted them too early to be transplanted out side
at the proper time, I have something diabolical planned for them).
     
Stan,     The cheap and lazy guy who digs in the dirt out back.


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