[Market-farming] Heat Mat
Bill Shoemaker
wshoemak at inil.com
Wed Dec 12 08:27:50 EST 2007
Be careful about the amount of heat you generate in your system. Back in the early 70's I used a design published in Organic Gardening for device to make home-made fruit leather that was similar. I found a box about 10" deep with an opening in the top the same size as a cookie sheet. I lined it with aluminum foil, set a trouble light in the center, ran the cord out the side and plugged it in. I set the cookie sheet in the top, filled it to 1/2" deep with a peach slurry. In about 48 hours I had a beautiful peach leather. The point is that incandescent bulbs can generate a lot of heat so make sure it's not too much.
Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center
www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
Not Tim here, but i sure would not put them atop with the moisture of the flats. I always use a dbl. plastic barrier between anything electrical when starting our flats.
-Toni
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:12:42 EST DFORD8N at aol.com writes:
Tim--
Do you put your flats directly on top of the strings of Christmas lights, or do you use something to raise them up a little bit?
--Dave
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