Bagging those seeds

From: "Cooper, Susan L." SLCooper at scj.com> on 2001.05.30 at 14:35:28(6612) I finally got a heating pad, now I'll add the plastic bag. In the past I've tried the plastic but put the bag on too tight- interesting results! :( Thanks Dan, although my house is very dry, I'll try seeds again. That was a good experiment! And for the record, I don't own a single Spath. Susan

From: Dan Levin levin at pixar.com> on 2001.05.30 at 20:45:09(6623) Susan, Indeed, the whole idea behind using Zip-Loc type bags is to take advantage of that added stiffness at the bag's opening. By slipping those interlocking ridges just over the top of the pot, two triangular openings are formed which will not deform or collapse. This allows some interchange of air- yet humidity and moisture inside the bag are still retained. That's what works for me, at least. ? The "sandwich" size bags (16.5 cm x 15 cm) fit well with 2-3/4" or 2-1/4" square pots. In fact, I made a mistake in quoting the pot size I used: my Synandrospadix seeds were all sown into McConkey SR-225's; which are 2-1/4" square & deep (200 ml cap.). ? I find the "quart" size bags (17.8 cm x 20.3 cm) also work well on 3-1/4" pots; McConkey SR-325's or equivalent. -Dan Levin +More (who owns only a single Spath.'Mauna Loa'- which I assume to be as prevalent world-wide as Gonotopus apparently are in Fla.- but I'd be more than happy to share it with you Ron!) --- "Cooper, Susan L." wrote: > I finally got a heating pad, now I'll add the plastic bag. In the past I've > tried the plastic but put the bag on too tight- interesting results! > :(

From: "Ron Iles" roniles at eircom.net> on 2001.05.31 at 01:17:28(6626) Dear Susan, (Sounds title of an English Film or a letter to an newspaper advice columnist) What NO Spaths at all? As a Member you do have Arisaema or Alocasia or +More Marantas or Anthurium, surely Anthurium? From Ron - Word Cobra ----- Original Message ----- You heard my drowning cries for help and wrote| | "And for the record, I don't own a single Spath". | | Susan |

From: "Ron Iles" roniles at eircom.net> on 2001.05.31 at 01:17:55(6628) Dan wrote... "-Dan Levin (who owns only a single Spath.'Mauna Loa'- which I assume to be as prevalent +More world-wide as Gonotopus apparently are in Fla.- but I'd be more than happy to share it with you Ron!" Folks! This Aroid-L is a chuckle a minit. Obviously I'm getting boring, so! Now that "they" have been put in the same category as Gonatopussy, I'm going quiet, in fact I will die on you. Before I do, will the real ML identify yourself, there's a lot of it about but not in the OW. Even in the 80's I wasn't sure "they" were all imposters. I'm building a database for all the plants sent to one US airforce base for onward jet to our local Cork Airport. Thanks a millyon for the offer of the share of the first one in the bomb bay, Dan. Please can I let you know the estimated departure time later when we have enough to load, probably after 2003? Do you know I've never seen a Gonatopussy? Chers Green Mav

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