Thanks Mike! If everything goes to plan the living room windowsill will be free of seed trays this spring for the first time ever, which I'm sure will please my other half!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Hi Clueless, thanks for posting that as I just realised I made a mistake in the text above - I actually used a 12m cable, NOT a 6m one!
As long as you can fit that 12m of cable into your 100cm x 80cm hot bed without any of the cable touching itself, you will be fine as long as you do use a thermostat. It will have the advantage of heating up quicker but won't use any more electricity as the thermostat will turn it off as soon as the sand reaches the set temperature.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Hi Daintiness, I have made a lid using the same exterior grade plywood as the base so once I don't need the heat any longer it will be turned off, the lid fitted and it'll become just a normal bench (which I'll be growing peppers on, as it happens!)
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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Thanks Mike! If everything goes to plan the living room windowsill will be free of seed trays this spring for the first time ever, which I'm sure will please my other half!
Nice one Bob
In the sticks near Peterborough
Bugger I've bought 12 m of cable for a hot bed of 100cm x 80 cm
clueless
Hi Clueless, thanks for posting that as I just realised I made a mistake in the text above - I actually used a 12m cable, NOT a 6m one!
As long as you can fit that 12m of cable into your 100cm x 80cm hot bed without any of the cable touching itself, you will be fine as long as you do use a thermostat. It will have the advantage of heating up quicker but won't use any more electricity as the thermostat will turn it off as soon as the sand reaches the set temperature.
yes I have a matching thermostat
Clueless
Looks great - very professional! At 100kg very permanent too, how do you intend to use it after germination in spring?
Daintiness you can add compost to all of the bed say (two inches)and use it to strike cuttings esp Dahlias
Clueless
brum all four inches of the sand or just the top inch or two ??
Clueless
Hi Daintiness, I have made a lid using the same exterior grade plywood as the base so once I don't need the heat any longer it will be turned off, the lid fitted and it'll become just a normal bench (which I'll be growing peppers on, as it happens!)
Bob, Didn't think it possible, but I am now even more impressed...great planning!