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I have no idea in which thread I read about this idea but I plan to give it a try. The objective was to create a warm heat controlled environment. The author recommended using a submersable aquarium heater to regulate the 'water bath' at a constant 80 degrees. The germination flat would need to be floated or supported on the surface of the water.
The reason this appeals to me is my house temperature is regulated at 58 degrees F, and even in March when the sun heats up the daytime room temperature to as much as 67 degrees, this is way to cool for proper hot pepper germination and growth. Even local nursery hot peppers are puny by transplanting time.
I have in the past I started hot pepper seed flats in March, and by safe outdoor planting time (June 15th) the plants are still small. I transplant the hot pepper plants from peat pots to 10-inch plastic pots, which are moved back inside by mid-August to harvest any fruit.
I have two 10-gal aquariums with full cover and floursent lighting which I would like to use. I also have three heat mats which can be used with those clear plastic, high domed, vented flat covers after potting up the seedlings to 4-inch square peat pots. If anyone has tried this aquarium water bath method I would like to hear more.
morgan
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