Posted this yesterday as a 'reply', and realise that it should have been a new thread - sorry!

Hi, Everyone - first post on here, so I'm hoping someone can leap to my rescue!

Just bought a Sankey Gro Warm 300 heated propagator from a local Focus which is closing down. The top has a few bits of damage to it, but those are mendable - the one thing I'm struggling with is the fact that the promised Instruction Leaflet isn't in the box. Lovely husband (head gardener, chief pruner) says that it just needs plugging in, but I don't want to kill all my precious seeds before they've even called me Mother. As it were.

Could anyone out there point me in the right direction, please, even if it's just to tell me what not to do!!

Thank you! - hope you all had a lovely Christmas!

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says...

Posted this yesterday as a 'reply', and realise that it should have been
a new thread - sorry!

Hi, Everyone - first post on here, so I'm hoping someone can leap to my
rescue!

Just bought a Sankey Gro Warm 300 heated propagator from a local Focus
which is closing down. The top has a few bits of damage to it, but
those are mendable - the one thing I'm struggling with is the fact that
the promised Instruction Leaflet isn't in the box. Lovely husband (head
gardener, chief pruner) says that it just needs plugging in, but I
don't want to kill all my precious seeds before they've even called me
Mother. As it were.

Could anyone out there point me in the right direction, please, even if
it's just to tell me what not to do!!

Thank you! - hope you all had a lovely Christmas!





As you are working blind I would place a thermometer inside so you can
see it from outside and just see what temperature you get on the
different settings (before entrusting any seeds to it.
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:29:56 +0000, seedy2311 wrote:

Could anyone out there point me in the right direction, please, even if
it's just to tell me what not to do!!

Tried a google?

http://www.rsankey.com/Propagation-P...owarm-300/1008

It's only 22W so highly unlikely to cook anything. They have a contact us
page, email 'em.

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

Good morning, Gentlemen, and thank you for your replies. I've tried Googling the propagator; a lot of companies have instructions on line, but not Sankey, sadly. Will call them in the new year. Is it a good idea to put a layer of sand on top of the capillary matting so that the trays/pots aren't in such direct contact with the heat?

In article ,
says...

Good morning, Gentlemen, and thank you for your replies. I've tried
Googling the propagator; a lot of companies have instructions on line,
but not Sankey, sadly. Will call them in the new year. Is it a good
idea to put a layer of sand on top of the capillary matting so that the
trays/pots aren't in such direct contact with the heat?



Dave Liquorice;767656 Wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:29:56 +0000, seedy2311 wrote:
-
Could anyone out there point me in the right direction, please, even
if
it's just to tell me what not to do!!-

Tried a google?

http://tinyurl.com/ytsmtg

It's only 22W so highly unlikely to cook anything. They have a contact
us
page, email 'em.

--
Cheers

Dave. pam is missing e-mail





So long as you keep the mat moist then it will not be a problem, my
propagator is a foil heating mat with capillary mat over, the thermostat
is in a pot of compost at the same level as the plants roots
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea