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  • From: elaine granata <elainegranata AT msn.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Bottom Heat
  • Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 21:33:02 -0700

Bill: I have—several years back—so can’t remember how I protected the blanket—lots of plastic I imagine.  The problem I ran into is that the coils are fairly far apart and the cells on top of, or right next to, the coils germinated first.  So I kept rotating them to spread the heat around.  It was better than no bottom heat.

 

Elaine

Denver

 

From: Market-farming [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Shoemaker, William H
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 2:38 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [Market-farming] Bottom Heat

 

I'm curious if anyone on the list has used an electric blanket for applying bottom heat to propagation trays. Can they be fully protected from water while being used for this purpose? Anyone care to share their experiences on this? Thanks.

 

Bill

William H. Shoemaker

Retired fruit and vegetable horticulturist

University of Illinois

wshoemak AT illinois.edu




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