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Ottawa, Canada

So, I had my 1505 Holland just breaking the surface of the soil in it's pot (which was in the oven with the light on to provide a bit more heat), when my gf decided to bake a cake. I pulled the pot out when the oven had reached 200F (1 minute). What are the odds it'll survive?

5/1/2010 10:05:31 PM

Ottawa, Canada

I could always make pumpkin pie.....mmmmmm, I like pie!

5/1/2010 10:07:30 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

The heating cycle is reasonably fast and if you had gotten it out fast, I wouldn't rule it out yet. You'll know in the next 24 to 48 hours how it is or isn't... if it was just breaking soil you will probably get a plant.

5/1/2010 10:16:39 PM

Whidbey Island

Always, always, always put a BIG sign on the oven announcing that a seed or plant is in there. Tape over the controls wouldn't hurt either.

5/2/2010 1:03:11 AM

Anchorage, Alaska

The odds of the pumpkin surviving are inversely proportional to the chance of breaking up with your girlfriend!

On the bright side, you have a girlfriend and she bakes unsolicited cake :) Eh maybe she can stick around for awhile.

5/2/2010 8:29:45 AM

Iowa

Any damage being done would have been to anything above the surface of the soil. The soil would have worked as a insulator as far as damaging any of the roots. One min. wouldnt have been even close to enough time to bake anything belowe the soil level.

5/2/2010 9:50:00 AM

Ottawa, Canada

It's alive, it's alive...(insert sninster laugh here)

5/2/2010 6:16:12 PM

chilliwack, b.c. , canada eh

how was the cake?

5/2/2010 9:50:38 PM

Deer Park WA

We use the oven method alot... Always take Moma out for a whatever she wants dinner during the 3-days I tie up her oven. Never had a mishap. Your seedling is dust if 200 degrees.

5/3/2010 12:12:29 AM

Bristol R.I. USA

I think it would fry a seedling at 200 degrees. that would be something if it lasted.

5/3/2010 8:43:33 AM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

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5/3/2010 1:11:40 PM

Ottawa, Canada

The seedling is fine. Looks really good and is growing 1+ inches/day. Cake was good too

5/3/2010 8:41:20 PM