Re: Help with "Moonflowers"

"Puddin' Man" <puddingDOTman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Lost po' me. Whassa 'homemade newspaper tube'?
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I have a 4ft length of wooden closet rod dowel. I lay piece of newspaper
on 
the floor, roll the dowel over it to make a tube of the newspaper. Run a 
piece of masking tape down the seam to hold it closed. I slip the tube off

the dowel, cut the tube into about 4" to 5" lengths. Then I hold the tube 
over a bag of potting mix and fill it, lightly firming the mix. Then I
stand 
the tubes up in an old flat bottomed Tupperware containers. Plant you
seeds 
and water. Once the seeds begin to sprout I pour water in the dish and it 
wicks up the tube, this keeps water off my seedlings.  I have some
different 
sized pieces of PVC pipe I use for dowels, adjusting size and depth of the

tube depending on what I'm starting. I like using these because they are 
handy, don't disturb the roots when I plant out, decomposed very rapidly
and 
they are FREE!  ;)

If germination requires bottom heat I can just sit the container on a heat

pad.

Val