{"id":127356,"date":"2025-02-27T09:48:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T14:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.hobbyfarms.com\/?p=127356"},"modified":"2025-02-27T09:49:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T14:49:44","slug":"cool-season-crops-growing-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/cool-season-crops-growing-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Season Crops: Growing Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127357\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=Wmd5ZDB2WlAyM0FHKzBRalNJTVhOZz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127357 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-1-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-1-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-1-444x250.jpg 444w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/YSFBmZi7-Photo-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: NonBreakingSpaceOverride, 'Hoefler Text', Garamond, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000; font-size: 21px;\">Plucking a bright red, plump, and juicy tomato off the vine with the warm summer sun beating down on the back of your neck is the type of pleasant act most folks associate with gardening. There is no question that warm weather crops like sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, and watermelon are some of our favorite and most recognizable types of produce that we love to harvest out of our gardens. However, the other half or more of the veggies we love to grow are known as cool-season crops.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Are Cool Seasons Crops<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=Wmd5ZDB2WlAyM0FHKzBRalNJTVhOZz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-127358 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/OYiXwGOw-Photo-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-2-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-2-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-2-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/OYiXwGOw-Photo-2-135x90.jpg 135w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool-season crops prefer to grow in temperatures less than 70\u00b0F. What? Yes, so many of the veggies we love to cook with and consume should be harvested out of the garden when many other warm-season crops are just getting going in the garden. The best thing about these cool-season crops is if you prepare, plan and plant at the correct time, you can produce two crops per year by planting in spring and again for the fall.<\/p>\n<h3>Popular Cool Season Vegetables<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=Wmd5ZDB2WlAyM0FHKzBRalNJTVhOZz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-127359 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-3-800x500.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-3-576x360.jpg 576w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-3-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-3-400x250.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-3-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/CZhirmz3-Photo-3-144x90.jpg 144w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=VlJuR2pzMmF1MHVQVE1EMGp0OUV2Zz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Beet (opens in a new tab)\">Beet<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=T3dzZGJjU0VZVDQrVTBlYVJacS8zQT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Broccoli (opens in a new tab)\">Broccoli<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=N2lvN1I5cWY0Z1Z5a3QyN3BLT3dYQT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Brussels Sprout (opens in a new tab)\">Brussels Sprout<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=d3l0QXlzanFaR210NURmQ1JjZkY3UT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Cabbage (opens in a new tab)\">Cabbage<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=ajhRbGhTWWdCNms1aVQ5TG9UeGkyUT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Cauliflower (opens in a new tab)\">Cauliflower<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=dzFzdlRqcGFmQlY0OExQYTJQYkVUQT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Chard (opens in a new tab)\">Chard<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=MHVqbmp1eWxpV0h2aGJLMFFEM25oZz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kale (opens in a new tab)\">Kale<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=dmlkRENMRmRZZWNuVE9NQkJEaVI2Zz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kohlrabi (opens in a new tab)\">Kohlrabi<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=bU1zVWtOdEhyWklmTnlRS1JKaXJOQT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Lettuce (opens in a new tab)\">Lettuce<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=cHV2RUtBNkNTK2N6bFd1V3B4RXFWZz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pea (opens in a new tab)\">Pea<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=RUsvTHN2a0tVZDdnaStkNGVVejloUT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Radish (opens in a new tab)\">Radish<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=aDl6enVnbnpZWmFkRFAveDdiMm90QT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Spinach (opens in a new tab)\">Spinach<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=V01wOEZuYW1GZEZ5RkxWem9GdXI2UT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Turnip (opens in a new tab)\">Turnip<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Preparing For Planting<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127360\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=Wmd5ZDB2WlAyM0FHKzBRalNJTVhOZz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127360 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/AYpm4DOn-Photo-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-4-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-4-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-4-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-4-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/AYpm4DOn-Photo-4-135x90.jpg 135w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-4.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: NonBreakingSpaceOverride, 'Hoefler Text', Garamond, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000; font-size: 21px;\">Preparing your planting projects is always important, but timing your\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: NonBreakingSpaceOverride, 'Hoefler Text', Garamond, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 21px;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=Wmd5ZDB2WlAyM0FHKzBRalNJTVhOZz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"seed purchasing (opens in a new tab)\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">seed purchasing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: NonBreakingSpaceOverride, 'Hoefler Text', Garamond, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000; font-size: 21px;\">, thorough\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"font-family: NonBreakingSpaceOverride, 'Hoefler Text', Garamond, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 21px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=SCtRdXBGeDdNWDVKZ3NNV3RzdGduZz09\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">garden cleanup<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: NonBreakingSpaceOverride, 'Hoefler Text', Garamond, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000; font-size: 21px;\">, soil enhancement, and crop rotations are all critical preparations needed to pull off a successful multi-crop gardening system. Remember, gardening is meant to be fun and relaxing, not a chore. Do not bite off more than you can maintain. Start small and build up from there as things work well and fall into place. Cool-season planting means you will be outdoors in early spring, often during inclement weather. Be prepared to work quickly but efficiently.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Planning Your Garden<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=Wmd5ZDB2WlAyM0FHKzBRalNJTVhOZz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127361 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-5-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-5-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-5-444x250.jpg 444w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-5-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/2mJ3YBAD-Photo-5-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-5.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once you have cleaned the garden fully and added ample amounts of aged manure or gobs of leaf compost all nicely blended in, then concentrate on starting seeds. Cool-season crops can be started indoors, or seeds can be directly sowed. Plan ahead. Most veggies will be started indoors about 4\u00a0 weeks prior to when you will plant them out, with an additional 5-6 days for hardening off.\u00a0 Again, the temperature range for cool-season crops to perform well is between 40\u00b0 and 70\u00b0F. Most cool-season veggie varieties can handle light frosts but do plan to have some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=QU5vYlphV1doUCtNVzkvdlFSazVGZz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"floating row covers (opens in a new tab)\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">floating row covers<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to slip over young plants if hard frosts threaten.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Planting Cool Season Crops<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=Wmd5ZDB2WlAyM0FHKzBRalNJTVhOZz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-127362 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/602YmkoL-Photo-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-6-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-6-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-6-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-6-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/602YmkoL-Photo-6-135x90.jpg 135w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-6.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Root-type and leafy cool-season crops like beets, radish, turnips, lettuce, and spinach are best direct sowed into the garden.\u00a0<strong>Note<\/strong>: I leave carrots out of this group. Although carrots have the ability to germinate at colder temperatures, they are painfully slow to do so, which I find more stressful than helpful. I wait for warmer weather to direct sow my\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=NDR0UFBFK05XYzNQR2N0eWNwWUwxdz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"carrot seeds (opens in a new tab)\">carrot seeds<\/a><\/span>. They and I are much happier that way.<\/p>\n<p>These other root crops mentioned, beets, radish, and turnips must be thinned well after they form their second set of true leaves. If they are not adequately spaced, what happens?\u00a0 You get all leaves and no roots! You can still use the greens for culinary purposes, but that is not the main point with root crops. All leaves with no root can also happen if these are sowed too late and temperatures get too warm. Other cool-season crops like broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, kohlrabi, chard, Brussels sprouts, and even peas can be started indoors in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=WW5OR2JPOU5PczZNN01oZFg0elgwdz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Jiffy-7s (opens in a new tab)\">Jiffy-7s<\/a>, which are simple to use peat-based starter wafers that quickly absorb water to fully \u201cinflate\u201d in order to plant seeds into them.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Top Tip:<\/strong>\u00a0Before transplanting into the garden, with a utility knife, I carefully score (make an \u201cX\u201d) in the bottom of the mesh that holds the Jiffy together. This assures that all the roots will eventually grow freely out of that mesh bag.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127363\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=Wmd5ZDB2WlAyM0FHKzBRalNJTVhOZz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127363 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/1bY7cHSq-Photo-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-7-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-7-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-7-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-7-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/1bY7cHSq-Photo-7-135x90.jpg 135w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Photo-7.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: NonBreakingSpaceOverride, 'Hoefler Text', Garamond, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000; font-size: 21px;\">Cool-weather can arrive sooner than we wish in the northeast and Midwest, but that means that all of these cool-season crops can be grown twice! In early spring and a repeat planting can be made starting in late summer for a fall harvest.\u00a0 Check your local weather stats for first average <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"font-family: NonBreakingSpaceOverride, 'Hoefler Text', Garamond, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 21px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=OHovZ3ZocEtlVmU5RzA3NlZnKzVyQT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"frost dates (opens in a new tab)\">frost dates<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: NonBreakingSpaceOverride, 'Hoefler Text', Garamond, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000; font-size: 21px;\">\u00a0and count backward to know when to start more seeds indoors to plant out for your fall crops. In\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: NonBreakingSpaceOverride, 'Hoefler Text', Garamond, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 21px;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=NHdXMU54bDg3bnZKcm9ESFNnYWgxUT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"USDA zone 5 (opens in a new tab)\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">USDA zone 5<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: NonBreakingSpaceOverride, 'Hoefler Text', Garamond, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000; font-size: 21px;\">, planting is typically started from Mid-August to September. Prepare, plan and re-plant.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jung Seed Company has over\u00a0<strong>800 seed varieties<\/strong>\u00a0available! View our color\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=a3R2MWlzZmVtbXptZXpvb3VmQmxudz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">catalog online<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or browse\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=Wmd5ZDB2WlAyM0FHKzBRalNJTVhOZz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our website<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for all of your gardening favorites. To receive info on new products, exclusive deals, and specials, be sure to sign up for our\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/egmediamags.com\/url-tracking\/tracking?id=TWcrdXdkT2hDdkZEbzZJV09BakFFQT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weekly email<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What Are Cool Seasons Crops Cool-season crops prefer to grow in temperatures less than 70\u00b0F. What? Yes, so many of the veggies we love to cook with and consume should be harvested out of the garden when many other warm-season crops are just getting going in the garden. 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