The results are in. The 5 gallon water bottle used to heat up the ground for seed germination really worked. I planted a mesclun mix under the first bottle incubator and as you can see, now have arugula, Russian kale, Purple Osaka and red leaf mustards growing. In the same period of time, another bed that went uncovered has only the beginnings of some chard germinating. What a great way to get a jump on the planting season. Best of all, the mesclun mix was several years old and still germinated well. Seeds under the second bottle failed, so they must have been really old. Bottle number 3 warmed up the soil where I planted some mizuna, that has germinated, but not grown very tall...yet.
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