Re: Starting Seeds...
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Starting Seeds...
- From: W* A* <w*@ibm.net>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 08:24:47 -0700
- References: <09DD20D87178D111B70700805F1529FB4CE808@MHSMAIL>
It seems to me that I remember someone suggesting using waterbed heaters,
available for $10 in classified ads, to provide heat for seedling trays.
At 03:04 PM 6/30/98 -0500, you wrote:
>neens,
>
>> Does anyone use heated mats under their seedling trays? Are you using
>> purchased, or homemade contraptions (as noted above)?
>
>I think we once discussed this -- check the archives.
> I'll repeat what I do--put a couple of heating pads in heavy zip-top
>baggies, turn the pads on low, and set the seed flats on top. I make
>sure that water does NOT get on the pads. All under adjustable lights
>suspended from the rafters in the basement--the flats are on the famous
>ex-college days desk of a door propped up on each end with cheap metal
>shelves. Maybe the heating wires of an electric blanket would be too far
>apart to heat a flat--and I think heating pads are more amenable to have
>something on them ( the electric blanket booklets warn against having
>anything on top).
Wyn Achenbaum
Stamford, CT, 10 miles from Long Island Sound
Zone 6
w*@ibm.net
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