GP Box 02/09/08

Tonight there is a deep cold outside. When it gets so cold outside, below 0 degrees, I noticed that the temperature gauge in my office does not record the outside temperature or the temperature in the sunroom. However since I have a number of thermometers in the sunroom, including one on the small electric radiator heater, I know that the temperature in the sunroom, due to the AIR window inserts, is 58 degrees. Normally the radiator heater would shut off at 58 degrees but today I turned the shut off temperature up to 60 degrees. I raised the temperature when I was preparing the soil for the four planters on the plant stand. I was mixing some coir (coconut shavings, and a word for glossary) with the worm-enriched compost in the planters, and I noticed how cold (but not frozen) it was. The cold was due to the fact that I had left the box with the coir outside all winter, just bringing it in today when I needed to use it. I prepared the four planters on the plant stand but decided to wait till tomorrow to plant the lettuce seeds. Tomorrow the weatherman said it would be another very cold day but he said there would be sun. Sun means natural heat, the electric heater will stay off and the room will be a nice 60 plus degrees — good for seed germination of salad greens. I can take the greater cold and snow of this winter when there is sun. Sun is better light than the fluorescent grow-lights I have above the salad greens in the GP box, picture above, and sun means heat.

The picture above probably makes the salad greens in the box look better than they really are. However, they are doing great and it is time for another good picking for a delicious salad. As I mentioned, I did as promised work in the sunroom garden today. Besides preparing the four planters in the stand I planted another Amaryllis bulb, watered the GP box with some tea. There is a lot more work to do inside but at least I got started. With the sun tomorrow I may be really motivated to work on growing inside. The sunroom is only the size of a normal room, but has plenty of space, especially vertical space, for lots of growing. I will Go Growing tomorrow cold or not.

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