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Re: No lights but wanted to share about my homemade containers

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That's a very interesting idea.  Please keep us informed how it works 
out.  How do you keep them from rolling?  Margaret L



>No lights for me but wanted to let you all know that the soda bottle
>greenhouses are working out pretty good. laid on their sides with about a
>4by 3 in flap cut and filled with  soil- the flaps stay closed withput tape
>and there seems to bee lots of headroom for the little seedling to grow as
>oppsed to some of the clear take home containers. I all of my containers
>have little holes in the bottoms but I am just spraying them lightly- since
>they are covered moslty they are not drying out and I am trying to leave
>them alone. Still not sure what I am doing. They are outside on a patioe
>table in the light-but away from the cold and wind-We shall see.... The
>trick will be to see how to get the little suckers out of there when they
>need to be transplanted.( Just cut out the more of the top?) God I am such a
>novice It takes me three times to get anything - even when it is
>obvious!LOL! This is my first year really trying seeds.Earnestly and with
>commiment at least.Will probably wind up buying some plants anyway- but hey-
>had these seeds so - what the heck? Half of them are flowers  - I figure it
>is a great experiement.Went to the home and garden Expo this weelend and the
>the garden Clbbers are all moaning about the ultily bills for their
>greenhouses and growlights here- It really is bad- so I an going to keep on
>trying to find ways. The kids and cats and lack of sunny Window space
>indoors make me have to look for other ways.I put a reflective blanketover
>the tops of the covered containers the table( kind of the reverse of the
>thing in your car window) and then one under the trays on the table with  4
>of my arthritis Rice Packs spread out under it.  It didn't get too hot  and
>it didn't get to cold and I didn't lose anything in the frost. My neighbors
>think I am a nut tho- all this for what? A bunch of  lettuce and some
>onions?I fiugure it beats the heck out of being a couch potato and it gives
>the neighbors something to watch. I love in a mobile home park ful of mostly
>old folks and they are bored out of their minds-I am always clibing into the
>dumpsters to drag somthing out to use in my yard or to fix and use in my
>house and they line up to watch or peek thru the curtains.They thought I was
>loopy when I stripped all the branched off of the Xmas Trees left behind the
>dumpsters to use to protect my plants and bushes("the winter gardener
>episode something HGTV) and then actually PLANTED one  as a wind break for
>my hibiscus!(It worked. HAHAHAHA).I talk too much so I will shut up
>now.Still working on those beds so they will be ready for my babies-Teri
>----- Original Message -----
>From: mary slater <mcslater@hotmail.com>
>To: <sqft@listbot.com>
>Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 10:08 PM
>Subject: Re: Lights! the rest of the story
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> > We have animals so I can't just start my seeds anywhere.  The cats would
> > love to get their paws in all that loose soil. I start them in the
>bathroom
> > and in the walk-in closet where its warm, then transfer them to the cooler
> > basement. I don't have any way to hang the florescents so I prop them up
>on
> > canned vegetable cans and later move to spaghetti or larger cans.
>Sometimes
> > I need to put a board under the cans for the proper spacing of the
> > vegetables from the lights. I leave the food in the cans for weight so
>they
> > don't tip over.
> >
> > I also spray them every other day with dilute chamomile tea to avoid
>damping
> > off.
> >
> > Cate Slater
> > Mid-Missouri
> > Zone 5
> >
> >
> > >From: James R Carter <jrc1@juno.com>
> > >Reply-To: "Square Foot Gardening List" <sqft@listbot.com>
> > >To: sqft@listbot.com
> > >Subject: Re: Lights! the rest of the story
> > >Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 09:09:12 -0600
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> > >I agree with Ron Souliere's previous comments about keeping plants from
> > >getting spindly.  I use the same methods and have very few problems with
> > >spindly seedlings.
> > >One other thing I do is to leave the lights on at least 18 hours per day.
> > >  Seedlings can actually absorb light 24 hours per day for up to six
>weeks
> > >straight before the chlorophyl processing mechanim breaks down.  I have
> > >given the seedlings 24 hours of light with no problem.
> > >My seed starter setup consists of hanging shoplight fixtures and either
> > >cool white or warm white bulbs (whichever are on sale).  The trays rest
> > >on formica sink cutouts leftover from house construction.  The formica is
> > >screwed onto an old, rather large, fish tank stand my landlord was
> > >throwing out.
> > >No need to get too fancy  - the seedlings don't know the difference!
> > >
> > >jrc1 in zone 4a, MN
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