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  • From: Robert Schuler <sunnfarm AT verizon.net>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Heat Mat
  • Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:37:38 -0600 (CST)

From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT inil.com>
Date: 2007/12/12 Wed AM 07:27:50 CST
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Heat Mat

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  

That is the principal behind the Crock Pot. Cooked beef stew or cooked pepper
seeds I have done both... Bob.





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