Plastic bag covers on all seed starting flats!

bobberman · March 30, 2012

I start my seeds in usually styrofoam grape boxes! The main problem was they get dirty and I like to reuse them. I started putting all the boxes and seed flats in a white plastic garbage bag. The bags are cheap and only need to be .6 mills. The plastic bags do several things to make seeds grow better. The soil holds the water much longer and I can put in a single drain hole with just a pin! ! The white plastic reflects light back on the seedling. The bag makes the whole area much cleaner and the boxes have very little to clean after the bags are removed!Bags are very cheap as little as 3 cents each! The plastic also holds the heat n the planter longer! Has anyone tried it?

raindrops27 · March 30, 2012

I have used the big white kitchen bags and it has worked fine.

This year, I sowed melon, squash, and a few restarted tomato seeds in jiffy pots, in a plastic container, enclosed in a supermarket bag on the floor next to the heater board 2 days and almost all of the melon's are up, and now under lights.

March 30, 2012	#1
bobberman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Latrobe Pa. Posts: 142	Plastic bag covers on all seed starting flats! I start my seeds in usually styrofoam grape boxes! The main problem was they get dirty and I like to reuse them. I started putting all the boxes and seed flats in a white plastic garbage bag. The bags are cheap and only need to be .6 mills. The plastic bags do several things to make seeds grow better. The soil holds the water much longer and I can put in a single drain hole with just a pin! ! The white plastic reflects light back on the seedling. The bag makes the whole area much cleaner and the boxes have very little to clean after the bags are removed!Bags are very cheap as little as 3 cents each! The plastic also holds the heat n the planter longer! Has anyone tried it? __________________ Frank the Bobberman & Carpet Installer Inventor of the Bobber With A Brain,. Gadening, Greenhouse, Fishing, Softball, Scrabble. Single looking for a woman with a 100 acre farm!

March 30, 2012	#2
raindrops27 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: long island Posts: 327	I have used the big white kitchen bags and it has worked fine. This year, I sowed melon, squash, and a few restarted tomato seeds in jiffy pots, in a plastic container, enclosed in a supermarket bag on the floor next to the heater board 2 days and almost all of the melon's are up, and now under lights.