[Market-farming] Seed starting greenhouse

Beth Spaugh lists at rhomestead.com
Thu Jan 10 10:09:51 EST 2008


We have a woodstove in the basement so most of the time it is in the 60s at
least, but here is what I am toying with this year. Our furnace boiler is
down there also, and there are both return and outflow release faucets. I am
thinking of hooking up hosing to run under an 8 x 8 plant table, with 400 w
metal halide light overhead. Hot water would flow anytime we used hot water
or hot water flowed to house heat, anytime the circulator pump came on. (I
am getting real tired of flickering and burnt out flourescent tubes, and
adjusting the height.) My actual concern is it being too hot. I could
manually control it by turning the faucet to only let a little out. I could
also just run the hose under half of the table so that the bottom heat was
less for some.
 
The other issue is having a few plants (onions) that should be shorter day,
but onions are pretty cold hardy and I think I could just put them out in
the unheated hoophouse once they were up, under row cover, and they should
be fine?????
 

Beth Spaugh
Rehoboth Homestead
Peru NY
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"How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used."  -
Wendell Berry

"Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Francis
Moore Lappe


 

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Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Seed starting greenhouse


Hi Andy,
    Unfortunately, my large basement seed start area can get quite cold at
times. I think that when tomatoes get too cold, they turn more purple on
stems and under leaves.  Some say that hurts yields - but mine seem to bear
as usual. I am interested to hear of other's experiences with early cold and
yields. If it made a difference, i'd make a warm tent in there.
Toni
 
I was wondering if anyone else had tried growing seedlings at such a low
nighttime temperature?
Andy King
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