Eat at AppleBee's Lately??? Had any food to-go?? Stuck with that cool dome-like food container?
Well if you are in posession of one of those food container things, with about 2 minutes of work, you can make your self a neat little seed germinator that is sturdy and reusable, unlike many of the other "seed germinators made from recycled garbage" instructables, this one is actually cool! So read on and saturate your brain with semi-useful information brought to you through Instructables!
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How to grow PEPPERS!!!
Well if you are in posession of one of those food container things, with about 2 minutes of work, you can make your self a neat little seed germinator that is sturdy and reusable, unlike many of the other "seed germinators made from recycled garbage" instructables, this one is actually cool! So read on and saturate your brain with semi-useful information brought to you through Instructables!
This green solution to all the worlds problems brought to you by Thenear1send.
CHECK OUT MY OTHER INSTRUCTABLE
How to grow PEPPERS!!!
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This process is fairly easy.
First, eat at AppleBee's.
Second, be sure you don't eat all your food, and request a take out box.
Third Step, BAIL OUT of the place!
Alternative:
Note, if you are "smooth" enough, you could just straight up ask if you could have a couple containers, having eaten your entire meal anyway. It never hurts to ask, the worst they could say is no.
First, eat at AppleBee's.
Second, be sure you don't eat all your food, and request a take out box.
Third Step, BAIL OUT of the place!
Alternative:
Note, if you are "smooth" enough, you could just straight up ask if you could have a couple containers, having eaten your entire meal anyway. It never hurts to ask, the worst they could say is no.
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I just ate Applebees leftovers for lunch and I had an apple for a snack earlier. I popped onto instructables to see if there were any guides on growing seeds. What a great coincidence :D
I think your math is a little off :)
It's worth a try
your experiment sounds way awesome!
A good control soil (or as you said, environment/area) would be about 3 parts peat moss, 2 vermiculite, and 1-2 parts compost (depending on its thickness, ive had some store bought composts as thick as clay [not good =(] )
And if your going to get serious about your project enough to get all these things, then do NOT use my garbage food container germinator. This instructables was really more of a --less than serious project i did in my spare time.. if you didn't already catch that drift.
I would suggest purchasing some seed germinating trays. You can spend a load of cash at stores or hardware depots getting these, BUT i have found a good resource of these things in my area. The Dollar Store! w00t!
I spent an entire 2 dollars and got 2 12 celled 1"by 1" by 3" deep seed germinators, complete with hydration domes. xD
They have worked nicely.
Also, if your really confused on soils. Just get a bag of standard potting mix. They work well for about everything, especially controlled experiments. The only thing about them is that they are expensive, have a bunch of weird stuff inside of them (like time released fertilizer pellets), and break down into dust in a few years, rendering them as significant as sand.
Be sure to buy something with a good deal of peat and/or vermic/pearlite. They arent necessary, but provide for good seed germination and aeration. (untill they start to decompose)
Well, hope that helps you!
Good luck on your experiment!
Post pics if it turns out!!!
-thenear1send