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Chatting => Frugal Living => Topic started by: Anonymous on January 14, 2007, 18:46

Title: Cheap heated propagator
Post by: Anonymous on January 14, 2007, 18:46

Can't claim that i thought of this, shamelesly lifted from another forum:

Link:
http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=152250

Title: Cheap heated propagator
Post by: John on January 14, 2007, 19:29

Thanks for that, whoever you are :)

I made a thermostatic propogator that we left behind 2 houses ago  :(

A deep wooden box from some scrap designed to take 4 seed trays into which I fitted 2 lightbulb holders with some aluminium over the top with holes drilled in to spread the heat.

I then connected the contraption via a thermostat picked up for 50p at a car boot and it worked really well. In very cold weather, I replaced the 25W bulbs with 40W.

At night the greenhouse glowed like an alien spaceship landed in the garden!

Title: Cheap heated propagator
Post by: penance on January 15, 2007, 09:41

Strange, I was logged in when i posted that :?

Title: Cheap heated propagator
Post by: John on January 15, 2007, 11:15

Quote from: "penance"

Strange, I was logged in when i posted that :?

Weird things these computers - but thanks for pointing out by your post that I'd left the section open to anyone to post in even if not logged in, thank goodness the spammers hadn't clocked it or we'd have been full of where to buy cheap enhancement drugs and suchlike!

Title: Cheap heated propagator
Post by: penance on January 15, 2007, 14:48

Two scores with one thread! :D