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Old March 3, 2016   #1
enchant
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Default Custom hydration dome

I've only been seeding for a few years and I'm still just growing into all this. In the past, I started my seeds with these low-cost hydration domes that are simple plastic trays covered with clear plastic domes that could hold 72 cells. They work fine, but I'd like something a little bigger, and since that could run into money, I wonder if I'd be better off just building my own to the exact specs I need - something that will fit my heating pad and can securely suspend my grow lights overhead.

My concern is the height. Unless I'm mistaken, keeping the humidity up is the is major point of a hydration enclosure. On the one hand, I don't want it to be too short, otherwise the seedlings will be bumping their heads into the roof. On the other, if there's too much headroom, I'd think that would decrease the humidity.

Is there any wisdom about how big an enclosure is suitable? I'm thinking I might want room for about 100 seedling cells.

Thanks for any advice.
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