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Clear Growing Medium Edible Jelly?
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Dave East wrote: Would like to try and create a clear jelly like growing medium, so we can watch the plant roots grow outwards. There are such products available commercially, for propagation, but they are probably very expensive. My first thoughts are an edible type jelly dessert from the supermarket with plant food added to it. Grrk. I wouldn't. The synthetic fruit squashes that are so cheap and popular make fairly effective sterilising agents, and the cheap jelly materials use the same dyes and flavourings. Get some agar and make it yourself, but remember that oxygen will permeate though it very slowly, so only some plants will be able to grow in it. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Clear Growing Medium Edible Jelly?
Would like to try and create a clear jelly like growing medium, so we can
watch the plant roots grow outwards. My first thoughts are an edible type jelly dessert from the supermarket with plant food added to it. Grateful for any advice on this project please. |
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Clear Growing Medium Edible Jelly?
On 19/08/2011 13:36, Dave East wrote:
Would like to try and create a clear jelly like growing medium, so we can watch the plant roots grow outwards. My first thoughts are an edible type jelly dessert from the supermarket with plant food added to it. Grateful for any advice on this project please. Alan Tich has allegedly done this with wallpaper paste, although it usually contains anti fungal stuff IIRC. The gel would probably be clearer using deionised or rain water. If the gel itself has to be edible, some kind of vegetable gum (guar,locust bean, xanthan). Most only need 1-2% in water to create a stiff gel, but dispersing them in water isn't easy |
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Clear Growing Medium Edible Jelly?
On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:50:37 +0100, stuart noble
wrote: On 19/08/2011 13:36, Dave East wrote: Would like to try and create a clear jelly like growing medium, so we can watch the plant roots grow outwards. My first thoughts are an edible type jelly dessert from the supermarket with plant food added to it. Grateful for any advice on this project please. Alan Tich has allegedly done this with wallpaper paste, although it usually contains anti fungal stuff IIRC. The gel would probably be clearer using deionised or rain water. If the gel itself has to be edible, some kind of vegetable gum (guar,locust bean, xanthan). Most only need 1-2% in water to create a stiff gel, but dispersing them in water isn't easy I used to use a gel made from wallpaper glue (non fungicide type) to fluid-sow seeds like parsnips. I think it was GQT who used to recommend it. Can you still buy allpaper paste powder without fungicide? worth a try. Pam in Bristol |
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On 19/08/2011 15:04, Pam Moore wrote:
On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:50:37 +0100, stuart noble wrote: On 19/08/2011 13:36, Dave East wrote: Would like to try and create a clear jelly like growing medium, so we can watch the plant roots grow outwards. My first thoughts are an edible type jelly dessert from the supermarket with plant food added to it. Grateful for any advice on this project please. Alan Tich has allegedly done this with wallpaper paste, although it usually contains anti fungal stuff IIRC. The gel would probably be clearer using deionised or rain water. If the gel itself has to be edible, some kind of vegetable gum (guar,locust bean, xanthan). Most only need 1-2% in water to create a stiff gel, but dispersing them in water isn't easy I used to use a gel made from wallpaper glue (non fungicide type) to fluid-sow seeds like parsnips. I think it was GQT who used to recommend it. Can you still buy allpaper paste powder without fungicide? worth a try. Pam in Bristol If not, Pound Shop hair gel might be worth a try. IIRC that's a synthetic product, but the gel may not be compatible with the plant foods |
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"stuart noble" wrote in message ... On 19/08/2011 15:04, Pam Moore wrote: On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:50:37 +0100, stuart noble wrote: On 19/08/2011 13:36, Dave East wrote: Would like to try and create a clear jelly like growing medium, so we can watch the plant roots grow outwards. My first thoughts are an edible type jelly dessert from the supermarket with plant food added to it. Grateful for any advice on this project please. Alan Tich has allegedly done this with wallpaper paste, although it usually contains anti fungal stuff IIRC. The gel would probably be clearer using deionised or rain water. If the gel itself has to be edible, some kind of vegetable gum (guar,locust bean, xanthan). Most only need 1-2% in water to create a stiff gel, but dispersing them in water isn't easy I used to use a gel made from wallpaper glue (non fungicide type) to fluid-sow seeds like parsnips. I think it was GQT who used to recommend it. Can you still buy allpaper paste powder without fungicide? worth a try. Pam in Bristol If not, Pound Shop hair gel might be worth a try. IIRC that's a synthetic product, but the gel may not be compatible with the plant foods --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to all. I didn't mean to say that the gel had to be edible, just that edible jelly from the supermarket what the first kind of jelly i thought of. I suppose it doesnt have to be a jelly as long as its thick enough to support it, but even then i suppose of good support the stems and have it almost in a liquid. The key thing is to see the roots grow. Thanks for any further thoughts. |
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Clear Growing Medium Edible Jelly?
On 20/08/2011 16:09, Dave East wrote:
"stuart wrote in message ... On 19/08/2011 15:04, Pam Moore wrote: On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:50:37 +0100, stuart noble wrote: On 19/08/2011 13:36, Dave East wrote: Would like to try and create a clear jelly like growing medium, so we can watch the plant roots grow outwards. My first thoughts are an edible type jelly dessert from the supermarket with plant food added to it. Grateful for any advice on this project please. Alan Tich has allegedly done this with wallpaper paste, although it usually contains anti fungal stuff IIRC. The gel would probably be clearer using deionised or rain water. If the gel itself has to be edible, some kind of vegetable gum (guar,locust bean, xanthan). Most only need 1-2% in water to create a stiff gel, but dispersing them in water isn't easy I used to use a gel made from wallpaper glue (non fungicide type) to fluid-sow seeds like parsnips. I think it was GQT who used to recommend it. Can you still buy allpaper paste powder without fungicide? worth a try. Pam in Bristol If not, Pound Shop hair gel might be worth a try. IIRC that's a synthetic product, but the gel may not be compatible with the plant foods --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to all. I didn't mean to say that the gel had to be edible, just that edible jelly from the supermarket what the first kind of jelly i thought of. I suppose it doesnt have to be a jelly as long as its thick enough to support it, but even then i suppose of good support the stems and have it almost in a liquid. The key thing is to see the roots grow. Thanks for any further thoughts. Glycerin and gelatin spring to mind. Both cheap and freely available. ISTR both are crystal clear, whereas I've a feeling wallpaper paste may be cloudy |
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On Aug 20, 4:34*pm, stuart noble wrote:
On 20/08/2011 16:09, Dave East wrote: "stuart *wrote in message ... On 19/08/2011 15:04, Pam Moore wrote: On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:50:37 +0100, stuart noble * wrote: On 19/08/2011 13:36, Dave East wrote: Would like to try and create a clear jelly like growing medium, so we can watch the plant roots grow outwards. My first thoughts are an edible type jelly dessert from the supermarket with plant food added to it. Grateful for any advice on this project please. Alan Tich has allegedly done this with wallpaper paste, although it usually contains anti fungal stuff IIRC. The gel would probably be clearer using deionised or rain water. If the gel itself has to be edible, some kind of vegetable gum (guar,locust bean, xanthan). Most only need 1-2% in water to create a stiff gel, but dispersing them in water isn't easy I used to use a gel made from wallpaper glue (non fungicide type) to fluid-sow seeds like parsnips. *I think it was GQT who used to recommend it. *Can you still buy allpaper paste powder without fungicide? *worth a try. Pam in Bristol If not, Pound Shop hair gel might be worth a try. IIRC that's a synthetic product, but the gel may not be compatible with the plant foods --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to all. *I didn't mean to say that the gel had to be edible, just that edible jelly from the supermarket what the first kind of jelly i thought of. I suppose it doesnt have to be a jelly as long as its thick enough to support it, but even then i suppose of good support the stems and have it almost in a liquid. The key thing is to see the roots grow. *Thanks for any further thoughts. Glycerin and gelatin spring to mind. Both cheap and freely available. ISTR both are crystal clear, whereas I've a feeling wallpaper paste may be cloudy As long as your seeds arent valuable, why not try one or 2 of each type, hopefully one at least will work. NT |
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