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Choctaw, OK

its noon, its 39 Degrees outside, raining buckets and only getting colder throughout the day...forecasted snow for tonight...i am at school in MN...pumpkins at home under the care of my parents....very anxious situation for me. My parents are going to refuse to go out in the rain to cover the plants inside the hoophouses and then remove the covers in the morning before they go to work...so...lets hope the little plants survive!!! Oh this sucks. They should be fine...it will have to get real cold to get through the hoophouses. HIghs in the 40's-50's next few days with low's around 35 ish....plants will be set back a bit with this cool weather.

Question....if one covered the plants tonight and kept them in complete darkness for 48 straight houses...they should be ok right?

ok....off to take a final...

5/11/2006 1:51:06 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Someone remind me why I started my seeds last sunday :) Looks like they will catch up just fine.

5/11/2006 2:11:39 PM

Choctaw, OK

hours, not houses

5/11/2006 3:06:54 PM

32 degrees at 3pm in the north country,,sleet has built up on the newly tilled areas and the wind is howling,,heaters doin the "full tilt boogie"

of course I DO have electricity for the heaters,,heh heh

5/11/2006 4:05:07 PM

Chippewa Falls, WI

Sure rub it in that you have electricty...lol We are still waiting for our house to sell to build at the land and get electricity then...

The little guys are safe in the hoop houses.They should be good. Lets hope mother nature is on our side

5/11/2006 8:06:21 PM

Choctaw, OK

Lasnt night stayed around 36 degrees....had 1.96 inches of rain....about a half inch of that was sleet. Dan...did you survive up north there???

Low 40's for highs today...might reach 50 tomorrow....still...the pumpkin plants are crying!

case

5/12/2006 11:46:15 AM

Yup Case made it ok,,32 for a low last night, Who knows how much moisture? Had an inch of wet white stuff everywhere this morning. Main concern was the wind and loosing power or a whole hoop,,,lol.
Cloudy day with high less than 40 once again low 30's for tonight and the next few days ain't too exciting either. My highlite today is getting 1,000 lbs of worm castings delivered !!!

5/12/2006 12:10:00 PM

Eveleth MN

28* saturday night for me in NW minnesota, 45* in the hoop houses with a 500w heater running in each one. What happend to spring that we had about 2 weeks ago?

5/14/2006 8:11:50 PM