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30 May 2008Into the garden! Tomato 'Vitella' (A) Planting Out and Gonsbachtal Fruit & Veggie gardenPlanted this guy (the largest seedling) into the tomato area of the garden.Sunny 26°C / 79°F
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29 May 2008A new start 1 Coffee and Indoor Early Start gardenI began pre-germinating two new coffee beans in rain water that was warmed up on the heating mat used for the enclosures. The beans need to stay in the water for about 48 hours, per the seed packaging.Overcast 24°C / 75°F
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29 May 2008A day without coffee Coffee and Indoor Early Start gardenI woke up this morning to spreading mold, so I have decided to start this project over so that I can better control the hygiene and, my hope, the spread of mold. It was only 12 days into a possible 75 day germination, so not really to much of a loss. Oh, and what I thought might be sign of germi...Overcast 23°C / 73°F
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28 May 2008Aaaaa! Mold! 2 Coffee and Indoor Early Start gardenI found white mold growing along the edge of the coffee pot. I went ahead and raised the temp in the enclosure and opened all the ventilation flaps to reduce the spread until I can get some chamomile tea to combat the fungus. I’m tempted to toss the lot and start over, but I think I see s...Cloudy 29°C / 84°F
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25 May 2008Pinched French Marigold Pruning and Sunny Balcony gardenI pinched off the tops after the 3rd or 4th set of true leaves to promote bushiness.Sunny 22°C / 72°F
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25 May 2008Hardening off Leek 'Hannibal' Hardening Off and Sunny Balcony gardenAs it’s cloudy today, I decided to move these out to the sunny balcony to harden off.Cloudy 20°C / 68°F
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24 May 2008Showing True Leaves Thai Basil 'Siam Queen' Showing True LeavesSunny 24°C / 75°F
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21 May 2008Hardening off Thai Basil 'Siam Queen' Hardening Off and Sunny Balcony gardenThese are in the same tray as the pumpkins and cucumbers, so they are getting hardened off a bit earlier than I normally would. The seedlings are all surrounded by the other taller and larger seedlings, so they should be fine shaded by them.Cloudy 20°C / 68°F
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21 May 2008Hardening off Pumpkin 'Atlantic Giant' (A) Hardening OffCloudy 20°C / 68°F
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21 May 2008Following the sun Cucumber 'Tanja' Hardening Off and Gonsbachtal Fruit & Veggie gardenThese are now out of the enclosure and I have begun hardening them off on the sunny balcony, as the next few days should be mainly cloudy.Cloudy 20°C / 68°F
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