After a miserable week or two with ripping tops off of my containers and then retaping them each night, messing with increasing vent holes and the like, I took Bakemom's advice: after the jug has finished germinating, the tops come OFF, even if the sprouts are just specks. The only thing I've done to my jugs in the past few weeks was push them under the awning when we were due for a hailstorm. The next day, I pushed them all back out again. None of this nonsense with tops or holes for me! I just don't have time, and if you think about it, the "greenhouse effect" is only necessary to help germination, not to help growth. My sprouts continue to grow and thrive, even with the occasional cold snap (down to 29 degrees last night. Even the basil and marigolds survived. Nobody was wearing their tops).

So ive been in the trade since I was 14 hanging on weekends and after school ( family ) im now 33 and have been full time since highs school, I have over 15 years of solid exp as a piece worker, hanging and finish, seeing someone say if they can hang 70 sheets in a week they are happy makes me wonder if they really know how much money they could make if they learned how to "piece work"??!!.... my brother and I charge $25 per sheet for a basic house with 8 ft cielings, if its a house with more detail we could charge up to $35 per sheet, that's just labor, if we supply material its anywhere from $50 up to $70....the location plays a factor also....houses on the coast tend to be a higher price....anyways say we have a house that's 150 sheets ( 12 foot sheets ALWAYS ) we hang it in 2 days and tape, finish, sand in 5 days.... hanging is always faster money cause your only doing it once! so say we are charging 25 we split it in half 12.50 to hang 12.50 to tape...so that's $1,875 we split 50 50 that we made in 2 days.... we always get a check after hanging then again after finish....and most of our contractors are right there to pay when the last screw is in then when the dust hits the floor......if we are charging 35 we would take 15 to hang 20 to tape....we also do commercial work when we want a break from houses....and that's through another bigger drywall company.... but you can make a lot more piece working commercial stand ups....we mostly tape when it comes to that but we can do anywhere from 350 - 500 sheets a week 10' stand ups, but since its through a different company and not for our own we may get 12-14 a sheet.... but still 350 sheets a week at 12 is a 2,000$$ week!! ( its not always like that but it can be!!) and if your thinking well why doesn't every0ne do that then.... cause not just anyone can!! even guys that are good drywallers and do a great clean job and really know the skill doesn't mean they know to "flow" and hang 80 sheets a day or tape 400 a week.....and just an fyi, our work is by far top quality so no just because we run and go fast doesn't mean we "butch" anything!!.... its called pride and wanting to be the best at what you do!

Not really necessary, although some have put a bead of caulk around the circumference. Assuming a title 24 style installation The housing would typically be in direct contact with insulation (in CA). The tape adhesive degrades over time anyway..

I think it depends upon the kind of grafts you are doing, the species you are grafting, the time of year and the degree to which you can watch your plants and attend to them. Also, how sturdy or fragile the scion material is. For citrus, mangoes, camellias and hollies, and for more fragile plant materials, I like the pre-perforated Buddy Tape. A little goes a long way. It's funny because I preferred Parafilm for awhile, but after many grafts, I have a stronger preference for Buddy Tape. If I'm concerned about a really tight union, I'll add a rubber band around it -- for example for a veneer or a cleft graft. But I like that the new growth will push right through the Buddy take and I don't have to remove it. Just have to remove the rubber band.