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There are quite a few neat techniques for accelerating seed germination, or productivity that employ lots of plastic or other less than desirable materials. I thought it would be neat to investigate some of these and see if we can apply them using alternative materials or tweaking the actual technique.

Here's a good example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq4JxN8nJcs

This video shows a technique for germinating carrot seeds in 4 days.
 
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Thanks for sharing that. I've embedded it below.

 
snakes are really good at eating slugs. And you wouldn't think it, but so are tiny ads:
Switching from electric heat to a rocket mass heater reduces your carbon footprint as much as parking 7 cars
http://woodheat.net
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