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Iowa Gardening
maude_ia

Soil Temp Maps

Maude_IA
17 years ago

I just discovered that soil temperature maps are posted for all of Iowa, which is handy if you're eager to plant and don't want seeds to rot in soil that's too cool.

The maps are near the bottom of this page - you have to scroll to find them.

Here is a link that might be useful: Iowa Soil Temperature Maps

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