My New Incubator / Seed Propagator
Moderators: Laaz, lucky1, Alchris, Kansas, Wes North Van
- Knnn
- Clumping Palm
- Posts: 2368
- Joined: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:54 am
- Location: Central Kansas , USA ~ Zone 5
My New Incubator / Seed Propagator
This was prompted by finding a customer return mini fridge at Lowes for $10
<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/fin ... 2day"><img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... anguage=EN" alt="Click for Tescott, Kansas Forecast" height="100" width="300" />
- Knnn
- Clumping Palm
- Posts: 2368
- Joined: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:54 am
- Location: Central Kansas , USA ~ Zone 5
After some modification, heat is provided by two 60W bulbs.
The circulation fan in the bottom center moves air to the top of the unit through external ducting.
The shelves are offset from the back wall 2'-3" to allow for proper air flow, a thermostat salvaged from a space heater has been calibrated to a 80F - 110F range.
All set and ready to go
Steve
The circulation fan in the bottom center moves air to the top of the unit through external ducting.
The shelves are offset from the back wall 2'-3" to allow for proper air flow, a thermostat salvaged from a space heater has been calibrated to a 80F - 110F range.
All set and ready to go
Steve
<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/fin ... 2day"><img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... anguage=EN" alt="Click for Tescott, Kansas Forecast" height="100" width="300" />
- TerdalFarm
- Palm Grove
- Posts: 2983
- Joined: Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:48 pm
- Location: Manzanita, OR & Sarasota, FL
- Contact:
Cool 'fridge!
This will let you keep them consistently warm. The fan is to circulate air. Will the fan dry the growing medium too fast?
- Knnn
- Clumping Palm
- Posts: 2368
- Joined: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:54 am
- Location: Central Kansas , USA ~ Zone 5
I've been in the habit of using the Tupperware style containers to germinate seeds in. Easier to maintain humidity in a small container, and easier to stack (usually have 5-10 containers going at any given time
Steve
Steve
<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/fin ... 2day"><img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... anguage=EN" alt="Click for Tescott, Kansas Forecast" height="100" width="300" />
beautiful steve. nice find for $10. amazing what you do to propogate seeds.
Kent in Kansas
where it's cold in winter (always)
and hot in summer (usually)
<object width="290" height="130"><param name="movie" value="http://www.wunderground.com/swf/pws_min ... sh&lang=EN" /><embed src="http://www.wunderground.com/swf/pws_min ... sh&lang=EN" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="290" height="130" /></object>
where it's cold in winter (always)
and hot in summer (usually)
<object width="290" height="130"><param name="movie" value="http://www.wunderground.com/swf/pws_min ... sh&lang=EN" /><embed src="http://www.wunderground.com/swf/pws_min ... sh&lang=EN" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="290" height="130" /></object>
That's awesome and it actually looks nice too!
I will have to keep that in mind as I have become much more interested in sprouting seeds.
My next adventure will be fern spores,C.medullaris(black tree fern) and C.australis(rough tree fern)
I will have to keep that in mind as I have become much more interested in sprouting seeds.
My next adventure will be fern spores,C.medullaris(black tree fern) and C.australis(rough tree fern)
<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... rfield.gif" alt="Click for Fairfield, Iowa Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" />
- Knnn
- Clumping Palm
- Posts: 2368
- Joined: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:54 am
- Location: Central Kansas , USA ~ Zone 5
Thanks Kent, Took about three hours to put together (most of that time was scrounging around for parts, besides the fridge, the only other new parts were the bulbs & sockets)
Seems to be working well! Starting to load it up.
Jim, Thanks, looks a little better than the last model, used this one for about two years.
Good luck with the fern spores, sounds like a great project! I haven't tried it yet, but hope to someday.
Steve
Seems to be working well! Starting to load it up.
Jim, Thanks, looks a little better than the last model, used this one for about two years.
Good luck with the fern spores, sounds like a great project! I haven't tried it yet, but hope to someday.
Steve
<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/fin ... 2day"><img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... anguage=EN" alt="Click for Tescott, Kansas Forecast" height="100" width="300" />
I like the palm logo on the new one,keep you from reaching in there and eating something?
Love the matching license plates on the old one nice touch!
Love the matching license plates on the old one nice touch!
<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... rfield.gif" alt="Click for Fairfield, Iowa Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" />
- Knnn
- Clumping Palm
- Posts: 2368
- Joined: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:54 am
- Location: Central Kansas , USA ~ Zone 5
Thanks Jim, I also save the old compressors out of these. They are handy for filling tires
Steve
Steve
<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/fin ... 2day"><img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... anguage=EN" alt="Click for Tescott, Kansas Forecast" height="100" width="300" />
That's some good stuff Steve, you truly have an inventive mind! I think in our climates we all come up with some really good idea's to get this
stuff through. I like the painted palms on the front! Nice finishing touch. The picture of the coconuts in there made me laugh, nice after a long day
of hanging sheet rock for my parents place.
Bill
stuff through. I like the painted palms on the front! Nice finishing touch. The picture of the coconuts in there made me laugh, nice after a long day
of hanging sheet rock for my parents place.
Bill
- Knnn
- Clumping Palm
- Posts: 2368
- Joined: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:54 am
- Location: Central Kansas , USA ~ Zone 5
Thanks for the comments!
The finishing touches are my daughter's idea. For anyone interested, this shows some detail of the construction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhYR4oqnPmk
Steve
The finishing touches are my daughter's idea. For anyone interested, this shows some detail of the construction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhYR4oqnPmk
Steve
<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/fin ... 2day"><img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... anguage=EN" alt="Click for Tescott, Kansas Forecast" height="100" width="300" />
- Knnn
- Clumping Palm
- Posts: 2368
- Joined: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:54 am
- Location: Central Kansas , USA ~ Zone 5
It works!
Here is the first seed to germinate in the new rig
(A thin stemmed Licuala sp. from P.R.)
Steve
Here is the first seed to germinate in the new rig
(A thin stemmed Licuala sp. from P.R.)
Steve
<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/fin ... 2day"><img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... anguage=EN" alt="Click for Tescott, Kansas Forecast" height="100" width="300" />
Nice baby pic / can't wait to see it grow up
<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... rfield.gif" alt="Click for Fairfield, Iowa Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" />
-
- Palm Grove
- Posts: 4416
- Joined: Wed Dec 01, 2004 5:40 pm
- Location: South Central Idaho 5b
- Contact:
That is awesome, what a good idea. Looks like it would be good for reptile eegs also.
Shoshone Idaho weather
<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... ooding.gif" alt="Click for Pearce, Arizona Forecast" border="0" height="50" width="150" /></a>
Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... ooding.gif" alt="Click for Pearce, Arizona Forecast" border="0" height="50" width="150" /></a>
Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
- Knnn
- Clumping Palm
- Posts: 2368
- Joined: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:54 am
- Location: Central Kansas , USA ~ Zone 5
Aaron, Would probably work fine for reptiles, maybe with the addition of a better quality thermostat.
This article on DIY incubators gave me the idea for a seed propagator.
http://www.utm.edu/departments/cece/idea/incu.shtml
Bill, Right around $20.00, the fridge was $10.00, then I had to buy the ceramic bulb sockets & light bulbs
(Already had the heater for parts, extra 4" duct work, etc.)
Steve
This article on DIY incubators gave me the idea for a seed propagator.
http://www.utm.edu/departments/cece/idea/incu.shtml
Bill, Right around $20.00, the fridge was $10.00, then I had to buy the ceramic bulb sockets & light bulbs
(Already had the heater for parts, extra 4" duct work, etc.)
Steve
<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/fin ... 2day"><img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... anguage=EN" alt="Click for Tescott, Kansas Forecast" height="100" width="300" />
-
- Arctic Palm Plantation
- Posts: 11325
- Joined: Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:31 pm
- Location: Vernon BC, Zone 5a or 5b (close to 6A!)
Congrats on a great video, Steve, for folks to see the process.
If they have the ability, just need to be shown once.
Your daughter's idea was the perfect finishing touch!
Barb
If they have the ability, just need to be shown once.
Your daughter's idea was the perfect finishing touch!
Barb
<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... anguage=EN" alt="Find more about Weather in Vernon, CA" width="160" />
If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
- Knnn
- Clumping Palm
- Posts: 2368
- Joined: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:54 am
- Location: Central Kansas , USA ~ Zone 5
Bill, That's true 95% of the time, (except for some species like Manicaria saccifera & Cocos nucifera which naturally float)
Give them at least 24 hours to sink, sometimes they can dry out and be revived with a soak, also, make sure there is no dried fruit left on the seeds. (that will also cause good seeds to float)
Steve
Give them at least 24 hours to sink, sometimes they can dry out and be revived with a soak, also, make sure there is no dried fruit left on the seeds. (that will also cause good seeds to float)
Steve
<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/fin ... 2day"><img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... anguage=EN" alt="Click for Tescott, Kansas Forecast" height="100" width="300" />
- Okanagan desert-palms
- Clumping Palm
- Posts: 1600
- Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2005 12:59 am
- Location: Kelowna British Columbia Canada
- Contact:
- Knnn
- Clumping Palm
- Posts: 2368
- Joined: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:54 am
- Location: Central Kansas , USA ~ Zone 5
John,
Thanks, I consider myself just a caretaker, it's the seeds and plants that do all the work.
Bill,
Best of luck with them! Take some photos along the way, always nice to see what other people are growing.
Steve
Thanks, I consider myself just a caretaker, it's the seeds and plants that do all the work.
Bill,
Best of luck with them! Take some photos along the way, always nice to see what other people are growing.
Steve
<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/fin ... 2day"><img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... anguage=EN" alt="Click for Tescott, Kansas Forecast" height="100" width="300" />
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 5 guests