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Some advise needed from a newbie

16 years ago

This is my first year of WS. I am hooked. I am thrilled to see that some of my seeds are sprouting. Yay!

My dilemma. I leave for work very early in the morning, and I'm gone all day.

My understanding is you should take the lids off your containers on days that are warm, but cover them back up at night. I leave my house at 4:30 am -- too cold to remove the tops then. Is it going to harm my "babies" if I leave the tops on until it is consistently warmer at night?

After all these efforts of WS, I don't want to cook my seedlings.

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PVick
16 years ago
You don't have to take the tops off right away. Add more and more vent holes to the tops; when there are more holes than anything else, you could go ahead and remove them.

If the weather stays really warm, and you do remove the tops completely, you can put the containers in a shady area, out of direct sunlight. To protect your seedlings even more from frying, you can put some old laundry baskets - or anything that allows light and air - over them while you're at work. And make sure the soil stays nice and moist.

PV
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