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How To Make a Windowsill Greenhouse Have you ever wondered why professional greenhouses cover their germinating plants with plastic?

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How To Make a Windowsill Greenhouse Have you ever wondered why professional greenhouses cover their germinating plants with plastic?

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The plastic creates a vapor and temperature barrier allowing the seeds and cuttings to remain warm and moist. Now you can create your own greenhouse with a plastic bag, your windowsill and Mosser Lee’s long-fibered sphagnum moss. Here’s how: 1. Wearing gloves, shred 2 or 3 handfuls of Mosser Lee’s Long-Fibered Sphagnum Moss or use Mosser Lee’s NoDampOff . Place the moss in the bottom of a 2 quart clear plastic bag. 2. Add enough water to the moss so that it is completely saturated and pour off any excess water. 3. Take cuttings 4″-6″ long from a plant, with a sharp knife or pruning shears. Remove the leaves from the lower third to half of each cutting. 4. Slice an inch-long sliver along the side of each cutting ending at the base. Dip the end of the cutting to the top of the cut in a root hormone. 5. Plant each cutting into the wet sphagnum moss. 6. Make sure that the cuttings are secure in the moss, standing straight or leaning against the side of the bag. 7. Seal the bag at the top w

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