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What’s some gardening wisdom that you wish you knew sooner? (thegarden.land)
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[–] tonsilectomy@thegarden.land 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For me it’s actually putting a thermometer into the soil. I always just winged it, or assumed that the soil temp was the same as the air temperature.

[–] nathanael@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Rough approximation is : soil temperature equal minimal air temperature.

[–] Spacebar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, for instance, I wait to plant cucumber starts until I have close to 2 weeks straight of 50° minimum temperature.

[–] Hindufury@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I have been using the internet to tell me