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Allotment Stuff => The Basics => Topic started by: killerflies on March 22, 2008, 18:35:03
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Just a quick one if you dont mind........
Ive just put the following into soil for germination;
Long red marconi,
Habanero hot wax,
Tomatillo,
Lovage,
All are in their own supermarket veg trays and on a wine heating plate (not sure of temp).
Should I put each of my trays into plastic bags in order to keep in heat and moisture, if so, what about oxygen?
Thanks a million!!
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I would put them in bags until they have all come up.
A wine heating plate (used for fermenting wine) should be ok, if not a tad too warm.
Does it have a thermostat? If so, set to about 25C.
Put a thermometer in the soil to test it, if it is too hot, move the trays above the heater.
Or put them in your airing cupboard instead.
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Great stuff!
Thanks for that. Ive put them all in bags and checked the soil temp. It was 33oC :o so I put the trays on 10mm stilts and will re-check the soil temp again this evening.
Its all gone into the diary so Ill let you know how it goes in the end.
Beir bua!
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Checked the temp again today with the trays on 1cm stilts and the temp was 40oC :o :o :o
Perhaps its my thermometer but I dont think that that is wrong.
Hope I didnt bake them!