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Comment on How to build My 50 Dollar Greenhouse by seedlings « Farmer Bob

seedlings « Farmer Bob — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:05:15 +0000

[...] Kevin, and I built this 12×8’ hoophouse in my yard last weekend. We based the design on these online instructions. (Unless you’re a contractor like this guy and you have a lot of specific materials onhand, [...]

Comment on Grow All Winter In a Cold Frame Made From Recycled Materials by Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:40:15 +0000

Great Idea, thanks for the inspiration and the push, it is nice to see people just doing things, makes me feel empowered and I thank you for your post (although it did take me a while to find your blog).

Comment on A Little Space to Fill by Ken Poormon

Ken Poormon — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:35:05 +0000

I don’t get it

Comment on Starting Seeds Indoors Under Lights by David LaFerney

David LaFerney — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:15:48 +0000

You definitely need to maintain even moisture. The measures needed to do that will depend upon the temperature and humidity level of the room they are in. Make sure that the soil is evenly moist all the way to the bottom of the containers, and try to keep it that way. You might need more water than you can easily add by misting.

You’re on the right track – You’ll figure it out.

Comment on Starting Seeds Indoors Under Lights by Naseer

Naseer — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:44:55 +0000

Ok, we’ve had our heat and light setup going for about 10 days, and we’re seeing some interesting, and somewhat puzzling, results.

We’re using the standard 72-cell Jiffy starter trays (9 cells x 8), and for some reason the perimeter plants all germinated quite well, but the interior plants had a much lower germination rate. In fact, for some plants (e.g. Juliet tomatoes), we saw 100% germination without bottom warming heat (though a few days longer) but only 50% germination with the bottom warming heat.

This might be due to the water dripping off the lid only onto the perimeter cells, which would cause the center cells to be drier. Also, we thought maybe because the shop lights are directly over the middle of the trays that that is also causing extra dryness. Have you ever seen this problem?

One other phenomenon we noticed is that once we took the tall seedlings out from under the cover, they constantly dried out. I guess it makes sense since they’re under heat and light, but we were surprised that even after 2 mistings a day, they would tend to dry out. Is that normal?

On the plus side, we’ve seen excellent germination rate in the pepper plants with bottom warming heat, and near zero germination rate without the heat. Of course, it’s only been 10 days so I still expect the others to come up, given time.