Comments on: Henderson on Hotbeds

By: Jai C J Marks

Jai C J Marks — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:29:42 +0000

A rodent free application for this same idea was tested by myself and Alden to great length at Tree of Life Raw Food center in the SNOW ! Taking trash wood and last years poly ,making little green houses ,with doors and wire mesh for extra heat and easy stacking in off season ( heat over 100f ). If you want more info hit me up at Tribe.net or My Space by Jai C J Marks. For disease control and mold suppression EM 1 was activated and added in a 1 to 10,000 ratio . This bread healthy pro biotic plants starts with an easy vent system . Much love to this site just found ya and it makes this displaced Cajun SMILE .

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:21:52 +0000

I used to have a simple cold frame made with old windows from the dump and cement blocks gleaned from here and there. It was deep so I used to fill it with horse manure and old chicken bedding and snug my seed flats down into it. I was able to grow a lot in there and have them stay toasty warm. Early spring mornings you could see the steam rising.

By: Nita

Nita — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:51:50 +0000

We’ve used hotbeds in the past for seed starting. Horse manure heated up the fastest and cooled down the fastest, we were able to keep the temperature the steadiest with cow manure.
I’m cheating now using a heat mat, but may go back to the hotbed method, to save electricity.
I look forward to more posts. Thanks