Kaycei's Journal - Don't eat dehydrated garlic!

[kaycei]

Some seedlings sprouted! I have a salad greens mix and heirloom tomatoes so far. It looks like I'll be setting up grow lights this weekend.
My basement is about 50 degrees. Will that be too cold to put the plants? Will the heat from the laps compensate? I can leave them upstairs if I need to, there's just more space downstairs.

 

[dacjohns]

Mom says it might be OK. You won't get much heat from fluorescent grow lights though. The heat from the ballast will go up.

 

[2dream]

Your tomato seeds sprouted? I am so jealous. I have never had any luck at all sprouting tomato seeds. So I don't really have any advice there. But the lettuce should be fine at 50. I have leaf lettuce from my last years plants that has been sitting in my yard in containers all through the winter and its still growing. We mostly have mild winters here but we have have several below freezing days.
Great going on the seeds. I have got to get busy. I have NOTHING started.

 

[TTs Chicks]

 

[punkin]

The lettuce should be OK at 50 degrees. The tomatoes would thrive at temps above 65 much better. For them, 50 would be OK for a "night time" temp.

The lettuce you can leave downstairs, but I would bring the tomatoes up.

 

[kaycei]

The lettuce should be OK at 50 degrees. The tomatoes would thrive at temps above 65 much better. For them, 50 would be OK for a "night time" temp.

The lettuce you can leave downstairs, but I would bring the tomatoes up.

That would explain why my tomatoes had such a hard time getting going last year. I'm in Zone 4, so it was still pretty cold out when I put out my plants last year. I got tired of waiting for June and put stuff out mid-May, which still has a chance of frost.

I'm thinking about getting some heating pads, but I don't want to put out that money, in addition to the lights I need to get.

 

[kaycei]

Here's my other questionnaire.

101. Name? kaycei
02. Gender? female
03. Disneyworld or Disneyland? Disneyworld it has Epcot
04. What is your favorite color? blue
05. What is your favorite kind of gum? depends on my mood
06. How much do you weigh? too much
07. How tall are you? pretty short
08. Can you swim? yes
09. Do you like to swim? sometimes
10. Living arrangement? married, buying a house
11. What's on your mouse pad? work or home? work has a golf green with Success on it (I wanted something with trees and that was the closest thing they had in the catalogue I was office supply shopping from), home is generic blue bubbles
12. Favorite board game? dont play board games
13. Favorite magazine? Vogue or Vanity Fair I guess theyre the only ones I buy, and thats about once a year
14. Favorite Actor? Matt Damon
15. Favorite Actress? Angelina Jolie
16. Do you have an accent? I sometimes have a lisp
17. Favorite smells? Jasmine
18. Least favorite smells? Sulfur
19. Favorite sound? nature
20. Do you prefer pools or oceans? ocean
21. Do you watch Buffy The Vampire Slayer? definately
22. Pencil or pen? pen
23. Who's better - boys or girls? at what age?
24. Would you like to own a motorcycle? nope
25. Do you sing in the shower? no
26. Who's the best looking Disney character? I thought the guy in Mulan looked pretty good, for a cartoon
27. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning? crap, I have work today
28. How many rings before you answer the phone? a lot, because it takes awhile for me to realize its my phone, and then its usually buried in my purse
29. How do you want to die? painlessly
30. Have you ever called a 900 number? no
31. Gold or silver? white gold
32. Would you ever go bungee-jumping? I dont think so
33. Do you like dressing up? I used to, but not anymore
34. Would you rather be short or tall? a little bit taller
35. Do you enjoy reading? yes
36. What book are you reading now? between books in the Wayfarer Redemption series by Sara Douglas
37. Favorite books? loved Chronicles of Narnia and Wrinkle in Time as a child
38. What was the last movie you saw? in the theater? Batman-Dark Knight, I think
39. Favorite movies? action
40. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? no, but I do have a full body pillow
41. What is your sign? Sagittarius
42. What are your personality traits? Im pretty practical, but my heads in the clouds
43. What's your biggest fear? hurting other people
44. Would you ever have cosmetic surgery? only if I was disfigured
45. Future child's name? Penny
46. Favorite foods? Im on a salmon and avocado kick
47. Chocolate or vanilla? chocolate
48. Do you like to drive fast? a little over the speed limit
49. Storms - cool or scary? cool
50. Do you like to dance? when no one is looking
51. Do you do drugs? I use medicine
52. Do you smoke? no
53. What do you think of people who smoke? wasting their money
54. Do you drink? sometimes
55. Favorite drink? Im enjoying Moscato
56. Do you think men and women could ever be just friends without wanting each other? yes
57. Do you eat the stems of broccoli? yes
58. If you could have any job you wanted, what would it be? are we talking about pure enjoyment of what you do, or paycheck? Because what Id really like to do wont bring in the paycheck Id really like to get.
59. What's your "type"? rebel
60. Do you bite your nails? not really, unless its already chipped
61. Any siblings? 3 sisters
62. What movies have you cried in? Thats not a fair question. Ive cried while watching The Simpsons.
63. Do you believe in God? yes
64. Did you ever cry over a guy/girl? yes
65. Have you ever stolen anything? not intentionally
66. Do you procrastinate? always
67. Do you believe in fate? no
68. Who's your favorite Sesame Street character? Oscar the Grouch, because he makes me think of my dad
69. Do you organize your CD's? I have on occasion, but its been awhile
70. What is your favorite kind of music? rock
71. What are your favorite bands/artists? U2, Evanescence, NIN, I also enjoy the Beatles
72. What was the last CD you got? Evanescence, Open Door
73. MTV or VH1? Neither
74. Who do you admire the most? Mother Teresa, Angelina Jolie, my Mom
75. Internet Boyfriends and Girlfriends? silly
76. Are you single? no
77. Favorite TV show? Buffy the Vampire Slayer
78. Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads? doesnt matter
79. Glasses or contacts? glasses
80. What color are your eyes? blue-grey
81. What is your natural hair color? very dark dishwater, or brown with a lot of gold
82. But what color is it now? natural
83. Have you ever been in love? yes
84. Any pets? cat Lulu, and a 75 gallon fish tank: 1 beta, a bunch of tetras, 3 loaches, some platys and some guppies. There might be a couple shrimp in there, but we think theyre dead.
85. Good, decent, or poor grades? high school - good; college - decent
86. Is the glass half empty or half full? depends on my mood
87. Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? left hand yes, right hand no
88. What's under your bed? dust
89. What is your favorite number? 13 or 15
90. Favorite sport to watch? watching sports is boring, unless its live high school football, when youre in high school

 

[FarmerChick]

for me with my experience, it is hard to fake out a tomatoe plant. they truly have "their season"

I just follow their season and get super early cold hardy varities and then push those for the earliest maters I can get.

 

[dacjohns]

In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to have known,
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say hello.

On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
The little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain, very strange.

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
WET beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back

In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass
And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen.
He likes to keep his fire engine clean,
It's a clean machine.

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
FULL OF fish and finger pies
In summer, meanwhile back

Behind the shelter in the middle of the roundabout
A pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway.

In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer,
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim.
And then the fireman rushes in
From the pouring rain, very strange.

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back.
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies,
Penny Lane.

 

[punkin]

Awww . . . deep down beneath the curmudgeoning (sp) and frustration is a real sweet dad.