page_title: Seed germinator
hierarchical_section_title: Seed germinator
caption_attribution_description: English: Hot Beds used by Gilbert White Gilbert White successfully grew melons in these hotbeds. A pit is dug and filled with fresh horse manure, on top of which is a foot or so of good loamy soil. The manure ferments and produces a high temperature which aids the germination of the seeds. If required, glass can also be placed across the frame.
context_page_description: A seed germinator is a device for germinating seeds. Typically, these create an environment in which light, humidity and temperature are controlled to provide optimum conditions for the germination of seeds.
  One type of germinator is the Copenhagen or Jacobsen tank. The seeds rest upon blotting paper which is kept moist by wicks which draw from a bath of water whose temperature is regulated. The humidity around each seed is kept high by means of glass funnels and a lid covering the tank.
context_section_description: A seed germinator is a device for germinating seeds.  Typically, these create an environment in which light, humidity and temperature are controlled to provide optimum conditions for the germination of seeds.
  One type of germinator is the Copenhagen or Jacobsen tank.  The seeds rest upon blotting paper which is kept moist by wicks which draw from a bath of water whose temperature is regulated.  The humidity around each seed is kept high by means of glass funnels and a lid covering the tank.
caption: Gilbert White used hot beds warmed by manure to germinate melon seeds in England.[1]
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