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Re: Stan's hot tomato

Stan,

I just have to tell you , that you remind me of an neighbour of ours Son.
She allways said " He is so lazy, He stays up all night figuring how to get
out of cutting the grass the next day!"
Well, as the " cheap and lazy gardner " you do, I must admit, give him a
real run for the money. :)

Granny Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: Ross E Stanford <stanford4334@juno.com>
To: veggie-list@eskimo.com <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Friday, March 27, 1998 7:46 PM
Subject: 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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