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   Message 39,976 of 40,484   
   Snag to All   
   Re: Seeds in!   
   21 May 23 23:29:35   
   
   From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 5/21/2023 11:00 PM, T wrote:   
   > On 5/21/23 18:47, Snag wrote:   
   >> On 5/21/2023 7:19 PM, T wrote:   
   >>> On 5/21/23 16:00, Snag wrote:   
   >>>> Why didn't you start stuff indoors ?   
   >>>   
   >>> My wife is violently allergic to the mold in dirt   
   >>   
   >>    That has got to put a major crimp on cultivation of any sort since   
   >> your growing season is shorter . Any way you could do an attached (to   
   >> the outside of the house) small hotbox for starting seedlings ?   
   >> Attached to the south side , being attached it draws some heat from   
   >> the house . We're ahead of y'all here , I've got 'maters a foot tall   
   >> already . I did start mine inside , end of February . Since my corn   
   >> came up spotty - old seed - I planted some red ripper and purple hull   
   >> field peas in the gaps in the corn rows today . Right after I built 40   
   >> feet of (wire and string) trellis for the green beans since they have   
   >> started running .   
   >   
   >   
   > I have though of one of those sprouting tables on wheels   
   > with their own blue/red led lamps for the garage.  But   
   > I have not gone that much further.   
   >   
   > I'd love a green house, but maybe in my next life   
   > I could afford one.   
   >   
   > What is a hot box?  Can it survive freazing cold weather?   
      
      Some people call them cold frames . Premise is to keep the temps   
   inside above freezing . Basically a box with a glass top , inside   
   painted black to gain heat from the sun . Recess into the ground and it   
   will help keep temps up - assuming the soil isn't frozen .   
   --   
   Snag   
   "You can lead a dummy to facts   
   but you can't make him think."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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