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["Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>]

I built an incubator for growing oyster mushroom spawn using an aquarium
heater, some water and two plastic storage bins arranged like a
double-boiler (as used to make candy).  It worked great for rooting the
grape cuttings.
-Mark Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Doreen Howard
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 8:11 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] grape propagating




> where does one get a good cheap bottom heater?
>
I use the heating vent in my kitchen floor to root grape cuttings.  After
they have callused--on top of the refrigerator, I stick them in 1-gallon
cans full of potting mix.  The cans go on the floor in front of a glass
sliding door next to a heating vent.  The position gives them bottom heat
and plenty of light.

A cheap way to provide bottom heat is to buy a heating cable from Park Seed
or other seed catalogs.  They run about $9.  Place it on a tray and place
the pots on top.  I like to line the tray with aluminum foil to trap more
heat.  You can go fancier and get heating mats in the same catalogs.  Some
have thermostats.
Doreen Howard

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