calling any one from missouri

[SueT]

Our snow is already melting significantly. Tonight will be very cold but then I think it’s really gonna be spring! Even the chickens seem to be optimistic..... And they (10 hens) laid 8 eggs today!

 

[jthornton]

The story behind building that is one day I was sitting on the deck with some friends and Ray says JT why don't you build a ballista, then George says don't use a torsion box use a truck spring. I reply if I had a truck spring I'd build a ballista... fast forward a few weeks and Ricky walks into my machine shop carrying a truck spring... well I had to build a ballista then. The Shaws saw it when they visited.

JT

 

[OhZark Biddies]

It’s in the air

 

[OhZark Biddies]

 

[SueT]

We drove by Estes hatchery in Mt. Vernon today. (Estes is where we got our first ever chicks.) At this new location, I’ve probably shown you, there was a derelict boat out front and they put a large metal rooster on it. Noticed today, they’ve added some hens....

Gasoline in Mt. Vernon was $3.59.

 

[SueT]

I got mini pepper seeds and they aren’t sprouting.I don’t have the recommended heat mat, so I have put 12 little peat pots in my incubator, we’ll see if that works....
I don’t plan to hatch any eggs this spring because the bird flu may have cancelled the poultry swaps...so it’s free for incubating plants instead.

 

[jthornton]

I've been sprouting my tomato seeds at 80°F but 37.5°C should be ok.

JT

 

[karenerwin]

Any idea why my tomato starts are turning yellow ? I planted the seeds in seed starting medium. I’ve given them diluted tomato fertilizer after they got their first true leaves ( and I noticed they were going a little yellow ). They are inside under a fluorescent bulb. Not all of the tomato plants are turning yellow but quite a few of them are.
I was in Poplar Bluff this week and got almost all of the ceilings painted!! Hubby got the hot water heater wired up. We now have hot water down there!

 

[jthornton]

@karenerwin This might be some good information.
https://www.sandiaseed.com/blogs/news/tomato-plant-problems-yellow-leaves

I found some GT-Lite Grow Lights at Menard's that seem to do better than the old Grow Lights. When the seedlings hatch I put them as close to the bulbs as possible so they don't try and grow high too fast.

JT

 

[SueT]

This was going to be their 1st swap in 2 yrs. . Cancelled by Covid previously...
(Joplin)