Re: [CH] EXPENSIVE SEEDLINGS?
tucker (tucker@ticon.net)
Mon, 17 Feb 2003 16:15:03 -0600
Fred Morris wrote:
> Hey Erich, not wanting to take any business away from Susan, but growing
> seedlings can be pretty simple and inexpensive. You can get one of
> those little plastic tray planters from Wally World for $3-4, and 24
> inch shop light at same place for $10 more. That'll grow you 72
> seed-lings - all you need is a corner of a room to put it in. I've gone
> a couple of steps further, put an old heating pad under the tray for
> bottom heat, ...
>
> Fred the habanernut
Hi Fred!
I already have trays and covers, which I adapted to cover taller
seedlings, from previous years. It's just that I don't really have as good
of a place to try starting them here as I did at our previous residence. I
thought about doing the lights and the heat pads, but I really don't have
the room to string them up under the seedlings. The basement has become a
sort of dumping ground during house projects, so I have to find a place
upstairs to put the trays. That won't lend itself to hanging any kind of
lighting, so I'm just going to put them in the warmest room that still has a
window. They likely won't do as well as years past, but then, my gardening
space is pretty small anyway...
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Erich
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