Re: seed starting tables


Unfortunately, this won't be very helpful except as a hint.  I forget the 
name of the premier issue of the magazine the plans were taken 
from, but my son-in-law built two-tiered racks from white PVC pipe.  
There are green plastic trays one can buy (I bought mine years ago 
from Park Seed) that will fit across the pipes used as the floor of 
each tier.  They are 2-3/4 inches deep and made for seeding 
directly.  Fluorescent (not grow lights which are much more 
expensive) tubes were suspended above each tier.  Four of the 
large-size trays would fit each tier.  Also, my daughter used the 
lights to grow African Violets, and she bought plastic, flat trays at 
Wal-Mart or some discount store for holding the pots.  By making 
the racks yourself, that keeps the cost way down.

Barbara Davis       southwest of Fort Worth, TX



> I really really want to get a seed starting table -- the kind with two or
> three levels, each with its own gro-light.  Have any of you used this?
> Where can I buy a good but not overly expensive one?   Is this the best way
> to carry seedlings through the winter?  If not, what do you recommend
> instead?  And do you mist your seedlings?  If so, how?
> 
> Needless to say, I don't have a greenhouse.  This will probably go in my
> dark basement, because anywhere else my children are likely to poke holes in
> the dirt, just because it feels good and is fun to see the nice impression
> the finger leaves.  Plus the seedlings make good jewelry.  And it makes
> mommy mad, which is always fun.  But I digress.
> 
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