Re: Heating Pads
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Heating Pads
- From: H* E* P*
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 03:30:40 -0700
- References:
pumpkins@mallorn.com wrote:
>
> Wayne,
> I also just finished an experiment with some summer squash
> seeds. I placed them in a wet paper towel and then in a plastic ziploc bag.
> >From there I put them on an old waterbed heating pad set at 80 degrees
> Farenheit. Four seeds, !00% germination. In an earlier experiment, I placed
> the same seeds in soil on the same heating pad with only 25% Germination. No
> question about it the Lloyd 935 is going in the bag !!!!!
>
> Brad
>
Dear Brad
Since you are a Purdue grad, I just assumed you are a Horticulture
grad and I should not offer advice. However, I have had some 1970
experiences of cooked fish in small acquaria, etc. using pet store
heaters. Some of the setups I see in Pumpkins sound risky to me as some
thermostats are not very dependable. I really liked the idea of putting
trays above a shop lite for warmth.
I also liked the light hanging over the tray. I had a desperate
situtation in late December. Someone removed the light from my master
virus-free sweetpotato and the only place I could keep it was dipping
down to 40F. All the leaves had fallen off and there were no tuber
roots to supply food. I hung a 100 watt light bulb in a reflector over
the 2 gallon pot and the 1/4 peat & sand mix warmed up nicely and the
green stems made food. Now I have 5 vines 3' to 5' long coiled around
the pot.
Planting in soil mix appeals to me, but I have no experience with AG.
I grow small fruit plants and I like 1 sand : 1 peat moss : 1 bark :
perlite. The bark is rotten pine bark from North Carolina.
--
Harold Eddleman Ph.D. Microbiologist. i*@disknet.com
Location: Palmyra IN USA; 36 kilometers west of Louisville, Kentucky
http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab/pk.htm
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