Using Heat Mats To Start Seeds

With our heat mat thermometer and grow lights let s start the 2019 garden season and plant broccoli cauliflower kale and bok choy seeds.

Using heat mats to start seeds.

How to use a heat mat. Just lay them underneath your tray plug them in and they ll keep your seed trays warm helping speed up germination. Then plant the vegetable seeds and place your sprouting trays or pots on the heater. Fill a seedling tray with a quality potting mix.

Remember to plug the seedling heat mat to the outlet and to insert the thermostat s temperature sensor into the soil. Be patient as it may take a couple of days for the mat to warm the soil especially with deep. One almost surefire method is to use a seedling mat an electric heating pad that sits under the seedling trays usually regulated by a thermostat. Put a heat mat under seed starting flats celled trays or even individual pots.

And they do work just as they promise to do so keeping the soil up to 20 f 11 c warmer than the surrounding air. Use a soil less mix as it is sterile and made up of finer particles which makes it easier for the seedlings to sprout through. With a heat mat we can ensure quick and reliable sprouting for our vegetables. Some heat mats for plants even have thermostats to adjust the heat.

Use a heat mat to start your seeds and ensure that as many seeds as possible are able to germinate. How to use a heat mat for seed starting. Should it be left on all night and after the seedlings come up. Do i leave the heat.

Among the products commonly sold for starting seeds are heat mats. Place the insulation such as the styrofoam plate under the seedling heat mat to provide optimal effects. Seedling mats are generally sized to hold one two or four standard sized nursery flats. Our seedling sprouting area is near our windows and since we start our spring garden seedlings in january.

Heat mats which use very little electricity produce gentle consistent heat.