I don't think any of my pictures demonstrates the effectiveness of the heating better than this picture of our cucumber seedlings. The heater is on the right hand side of the water reservoir, and the lack of water circulation means that side of the tank is hotter and the soil above is also a degree or two hotter on the right. This lead to the seedlings sprouting to form a 'more bars' commercial picture. This pattern was reflected in the Brandywine tomato seedlings as well. The next improvement would be something to circulate the water to keep the heating more even.
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Good pictures. I've got a question. We started winter squash seedlings indoors about 5 weeks ahead of time. We transplanted about two weeks ago now and the plants are already starting to produce flowers! The plants aren't that big yet and so we're concerned that this is too early. They look healthy. I'm wondering if I should just let it be, or cut off the flowers. What do you think?
As with all gardening, there is no one right way to do it. Since winter squash take so long to reach maturity I'd say leave the flowers and hope they pollinate! Depending on when you first hard freeze is, you'll probably want to start pinching off flowers/baby squash several weeks ahead of time so all the energy goes to the squash that have a chance of reaching maturity.
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