Baked seedling disaster

creister · March 1, 2006

Last Friday, I had all but about 2 of 21 varieties that had germinated and were growing. I decided to put my seed trays in the oven with just the oven light on to warm up the soil and get the remaining seeds to germinate.

My DW did not know I had put them in there. Of course, I told myself to let her know, but thought it would be okay. Well, I got up to grill some burgers. As I passed through the kitchen, to my horror, I saw that the oven was preheating for the fries that were going with the burgers.

I ran to the oven, grabbed the trays, which luck had that they had not reached the melting point. However, the damage was done and all seedlings were dead.

I did replant, as transplant date is still six weeks away. Anybody else ever do something like this?

March 1, 2006	#1
creister Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Abilene, TX zone 7 Posts: 1,478	Baked seedling disaster Last Friday, I had all but about 2 of 21 varieties that had germinated and were growing. I decided to put my seed trays in the oven with just the oven light on to warm up the soil and get the remaining seeds to germinate. My DW did not know I had put them in there. Of course, I told myself to let her know, but thought it would be okay. Well, I got up to grill some burgers. As I passed through the kitchen, to my horror, I saw that the oven was preheating for the fries that were going with the burgers. I ran to the oven, grabbed the trays, which luck had that they had not reached the melting point. However, the damage was done and all seedlings were dead. I did replant, as transplant date is still six weeks away. Anybody else ever do something like this?