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  • From: "Leslie Griffith" <lgriffith AT kchomecare.com>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: good old American ingenuity
  • Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 19:40:48 -0600


I am having trouble with one of those heater wires to heat sand up to a high
enough temperature to start seeds (not to mention the logistics of the frame
to hold all the sand and coils, etc.)

are any of the following hare-brained ideas feasible?

how about a king-sized waterbed with the bladder filled up say 2-3 inches
with seed-starter trays on the top of it (Thrifty Nickel cost for a
king-sized waterbed complete with canopy and mirrored headboard, heater,
bladder, liner, etc. only $200 --- less than heater coils for similar square
footage?)

how about using a waterbed heater under a plastic wading pool to warm the
pool and the sand and putting the trays in the pool?

anybody out there doing "outside the box" seed starting?

Les




  • good old American ingenuity, Leslie Griffith, 02/22/2000

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