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Old April 4, 2013   #9
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Originally Posted by tam91 View Post
Well I think it was 20 degrees at night a day or two ago, so I was thinking not yet. Air temps only in the 40s, so I'd think the soil would still be too cold.

I wonder if my kitchen instant read thermometer would work for the soil temp? Not sure if it goes that low, I'll have to stick it outside or something and see.

The soil temp will be warmer than the air temp during the day due to solar heating. If you have a reasonably sunny location and the soil is not too wet to work I would expect that Scott and Dutch are right, you are good to go.
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