When to sow Cowslip seeds?
"Kay Easton" wrote
OK, I'm interested in doing this but can I use clear perspex rather than glass, for safety's sake? I have to admit to not liking glass at all, after having an accident some years ago with a glass tumbler. I even have my wine out of a perspex 'glass' now!! yes you can. I use plastic bags. Great, thanks :o) Jaqy |
When to sow Cowslip seeds?
On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 16:59:55 -0000, "MC Emily"
wrote: "Rodger Whitlock" wrote Turning to your specific situation, if you think that sowing seed of hardy plants (not necessarily cowslips) might become a regular event in your life, then maybe it's time to cobble together a coldframe. OK, I'm interested in doing this but can I use clear perspex rather than glass, for safety's sake? I have to admit to not liking glass at all, after having an accident some years ago with a glass tumbler. I even have my wine out of a perspex 'glass' now!! Any transparent polymer will do. For that matter, a simple wooden frame with polythene sheet stretched over it will do quite nicely as a coldframe cover. There are technical reasons for glass having a slight edge in this use -- better light transmission, won't yellow or go cloudy or turn brittle[1] with age, won't get all scratched up, perhaps a little easier to keep clean -- but these are not important enough to preclude the use of a plastic. A few other tips on coldframe construction: 1. If you can put it on a concrete surface, so much the better. Helps keep worms from getting into the pots and provides fewer hiding places for creepy-crawlies. 2. Make sure the frame and its cover are well tied down so they don't blow away in a winter gale. I've had a coldframe cover 4.5' square blown off in a gale -- and it was glazed with glass, but fortunately it landed in a fuchsia that cushioned the landing, so there was no breakage. Big heavy thing, but whoosh! there it went in a powerful gust. 3. Don't make the frame any deeper than absolutely necessary. 4. If possible make some provision for hosing off the surface it stands on, at least once a year. Potted plants give off a lot of silt in the water that drains through them, and this can, over time, build up to a thick layer of mud. [1] Though old glass seems to be more brittle than new glass. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
When to sow Cowslip seeds?
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"Alan Holmes" wrote I even have my wine out of a perspex 'glass' now!! Heathen!(:-) Alan Hee-hee! :o)) Jaqy |
When to sow Cowslip seeds?
"Rodger Whitlock" wrote
snip, some wonderful tips [1] Though old glass seems to be more brittle than new glass. Tell me. My husband has just put a dog kennel through a touring caravan toilet window!!! The caravan is a 1976 and he really did just 'brush' the window with the kennel as he was moving it and, 'crack', the whole thing's gone :o(( Good job it's under the barn otherwise, in this weather, it'll soon be flooded!!! Jaqy |
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