Using A Heat Mat To Germinate Seeds

With garden season approaching our seed order just arrived in the mail.

Using a heat mat to germinate seeds.

Put a heat mat under seed starting flats celled trays or even individual pots. Some heat mats for plants even have thermostats to adjust the heat. Use a seedling heat. In this post i will look at the truth about seedling heat mats.

We use a heat mat and thermometer to germinate our vegetable garden seeds. Find out how we use these tools to get a 100 germination rate. Seedling heat mat redi heat heavy duty propagation mat by phytotronics. How to use a heat mat.

Be patient as it may take a couple of days for the mat to warm the soil especially with deep. Heat mats are rarely necessary for starting garden plants with lower temperature requirements such as tomatoes. This can increase the temperature inside the humidity dome which can damage the seedlings permanently. In germination do not put your seedling tray under the grow light if you are using heating pads.

Set the heat mat to the proper germination temperature for the type of seeds you are growing. How to germinate seeds. Using a seedling heat mat is the cheap and easy way to provide the optimal conditions for your vegetable seeds. I have a heat mat but i haven t used it in years finding i get enough heat for fast and even germination under my lights.

What are seedling heat mats. However you can speed up their germination process when you provide more warmth for vegetable seeds. Gardeners in most of the united states who wish to grow warm weather plants such as tomatoes and peppers must start the seeds indoors weeks before. I keep my heating mat for seeds that are reputed to need a special heat boost to germinate well 85 c 30 c or greater such as moonflowers ipomoea alba.

How to use a heating pad when germinating seeds. A seedling heating mat is a sheet of plastic that has heating elements embedded inside. Most plants require a soil temperature of 70 to 72 degrees fahrenheit but some plants like peppers require warmer temperatures of 80 to 85 fahrenheit. Moreover while germination does not use grow lights with the heating mat.

Once seeds have sprouted. Read the back of the seed packet to verify the temperature requirement of your seeds. Using heat mats and grow lights to make germinating seeds and maturing young plants easy ferry morse heat mat the ferry morse heat mat is safely designed to avoid overheating while maintaining a range of 70 85 degrees the perfect temperature range for promoting seed germination within your seed starting trays. Heat mats which use very little electricity produce gentle consistent heat.