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Re: Seedlings!

How about a capillary bed. Get one of those polystyrene boxes from the
green grocers.
Line it with plastic. Put a 10 cm pot in it. Half fill the box and the
pot with sand. Give it a water
so the sand is damp. Fill a 750ml bottle with water and place neck down
in the pot.  Now
put you seedling pots in the sand. Bury them about half way. They should
be right for 4 days!

Samantha

>----------
>From:  Marla Steinau[SMTP:msteinau@MEDIA100.DATX.COM]
>Sent:  Wednesday, March 19, 1997 10:20
>To:    Multiple recipients of list SQFT
>Subject:       Seedlings!
>
>Hi group,
>
>I started two trays of seedlings in little peat containers in early March.
>They are coming up fine, getting sun, growing, looking forward to being
>planted in my garden.
>
>However, unexpectedly, we have to go away from the house for 4 days - I don't
>know what to do with the seedlings!  Should I water them well and then cover
>them with a trash bag for the duration of the trip??  Or should I put a tray
>of water under them? But then wouldn't the peat pots would be soggy and too
>wet...??  I keep them in a southern window.  I figure they'll dry out if I
>don't do something.  I'm in zone 5, southern Massachusetts.
>
>I don't know what to do!! Can anyone help me with a suggestion??
>
>Thanks!!
>
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