simple glovebox to sow orchids anywhere you like

[Guus]

Hi all, last year I made a simple glovebox to be able to sow orchids on the campsite from green pods. From the pictures you can get the idea of how to copy this divice. Don't hesitate to ask further details!
Goodluck!
Greetings, Guus

[Anthony Darby]

Ooh you are a tease Guus.

[Slug Killer]

Hi Guus

I think the reason the pictures are not showing is that your profile is set to private on the 'photo' hosting website.

Dave

[Guus]

Thanks David, I have set the pics to 'public' ...pasted the links again.... but still teasing.
I will keep on trying and ask my daughter for help.
Greetings, Guus

[Diane Clement]

Thanks David, I have set the pics to 'public' ...pasted the links again.... but still teasing.
I will keep on trying and ask my daughter for help.  Greetings, Guus 

Please Guus, don't post the link to a photo hosting site, just post the picture here directly. 

[Maggi Young]

Yrs, Guus, I would advise using the direct method of uploading photos to the Forum by uploading the pix from your own pc files to the page.... this is not at all difficult and has the benefit that if anything goes wrong with your photo hosting site, as has happened with other forumists using, for instance,"Photobucket"   in the past, then your photos disappear, never to be seen again.

[Guus]

Thanks Maggi, I even did not need the help of my daughter! It won't happen again...
Greetings, Guus

[Maggi Young]

Excellent, Guus,  well done for solving your difficulties in this way.......and an intriguing invention from you..... I had wondered quite what the "glove box" was meaninhg! Now I see very well, Thanks!
I am sure we would all like to hear more about how exactly to use this device....

[Guus]

Hi all, I took the glovebox on holiday as I said. At home I prepared petridishes with medium in the laminar flowcabinet. Packed those tight in the plastic they are in when sold. Put some ethanol in to keep clean. You need scalpel and forceps and a plastic container (icecream-box). A small hand-operated spray. A small plastic container to put chlorine in to sterilise the seedpods. An old toothbrush. A jar with sterilised water. (sterilised in the pressurecoocker)
Cover the bottom of the box with an old towel.
Fill the spray with 1% chlorine in water with a drop dishwash-stuff. Fill the ice-box with 4% chlorine and a few drops dishwash... put all the 'tools' in the box. Don't forget the seedpods! Put those in the 4% chlorine together with the forceps, toothbrush and scalpel.
Close the box and put your hands into the gloves. Take the spray and go around with it in the box to make sure inside everything is in contact with the chlorine (1%). Leave the box for at least 15 min.. Than you can start brushing, rubbing, brushing, ..... until you think the pods are sterile. Then open the jar with sterile water and rinse the pod for a few minutes. Open a petridish and cut the pod open, spread the seed in the dish (if necessary, put a few drops of water in). Use several dishes for one pod to not overpopulate and to spread the risk of infection. If you are done and when you re-packed the dishes, you can open the box again and write details on the pack.
I wish you lots of success!
Greetings, Guus

[gote]

Gus,
Great invention but what is clorine? You cannot mean Cl2 gas??
Göte

[Anthony Darby]

Gus,
Great invention but what is chlorine? You cannot mean Cl₂ gas??
Göte

It will be a sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) solution. Household bleach is 3-6% strength.

[Guus]

Very right! That is it. Just buy in the supermarket. GG

[gote]

Thank you both.
The stuff seem sto be by far more common in your places than in mine but I understand it can be bought.
Göte

[Anthony Darby]

Thank you both.
The stuff seem sto be by far more common in your places than in mine but I understand it can be bought.
Göte

Domestos (http://www.unilever.co.uk/ourbrands/homecare/domestos.asp) is the obvious chlorine bleach in the UK, but I find the cheapies better for this kind of purpose as they wash off more easily.

[Joakim B]

Guus thanks a lot for this explanation. This box can even be used at home in the garage if we do not have a "proper one". This seem to be very good and thanks for explaining all the steps.

Göte I think it is called "klorin" in Sweden, that is the stuff but with maybe a drop of added dishwashing detergent. The pure stuff is used to add wells to kill of the bacteria in all the countries that have "clorinated water". In swedish "natrium hypoklorit" is the name and it might be bought at paint shops or maybe also at stores aimed at farmers. I have not looked after it in Sweden.
Oops Anthony told You similar when I type my answer.

Hope this inspires people to try this!
Best of Luck
Joakim