Re: Propagation Heat Mats
- To: Eliza Lindsay
- Subject: Re: Propagation Heat Mats
- From: D* W*
- Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 08:49:05 -0500
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Eliza,
Thanks for responding, and thanks to the others with suggestions as well. My
basement stays around 65 degrees F, and although many seeds germinate well I
would like to help them do better, especially since I want to start doing more
with perennials. So I went ahead and bought the roof de-icing cable and will
place it under the soil trays. I use APS systems from Gardeners Supply so I
will have to put it under the soil tray, yet on top of the water mats. I have
thought it through from many angles - since the cables are supposed to weather
well the water should not be a problem. I am just concerned about the
styrofoam so I am still working on how to accomodate that, or if I should even
be concerned.
--
Debby Williams
Author of Fruit and Urban Kitchen Gardening e-zines at:
http://wz.com/homegarden/GardensPlants.html
Regional Advisor at http://www.thevegetablepatch.com/
Oakland County, Michigan USA;USDA Hardiness Zones 5b/6a
Eliza Lindsay wrote:
> You're in a much colder zone than I here in balmy portland oregon but I
> have found that if I simply put sheets over my lights and trays that keeps
> them warm enough. That is, I use old bed sheets to construct a tent.
> These are cold flourescent lights (not full spectrum) so they don't even
> generate scads of heat.
>
> eliza
