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A Tip to Germinating Seeds
If you have a Sky Box, put a couple of sheets of kitchen paper on top, place a tray (without holes in the bottom) with seed compost and seeds on top of the paper and cover with a sheet of glass. The `bottom heat ` will make your seeds germinate within a few days without going to the expense of a heated propagator. When seeds show, move them to a light position out of direct sunlight. Keep compost slightly moist. Spray compost with Cheshunt Compound before sowing and on emergence of seeds to help prevent `damping off`.
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be careful about putting things on your skybox. If it overheats and is damaged you will be into megabucks for a new one...better on a radiator, sunny window or in the airing cupboard if you must provide bottom heat. For seeds that don't need it, i prefer slower natural germination, I think you get stronger sturdier seedlings and less hassle with hardening off.
I have been doing this for ages and have had no problems, and any heat from the box soon dissipitates into the tray of compost. Like I`ve said, I use a tray without holes, I use small plastic trays that our meat from the supermarket comes in, and only damp compost that comes straight from the bag and no further watering until germination, then I place them in a light place out of full sun. When the true leaves appear, (after the seed leaves) prick out into trays with drainage holes, then water.
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