Property News · February 15, 2020

Use warming mats to heat your seeds | Alys Fowler


Rubberised pads are a cheap, compact alternative to a greenhouseAll my current fantasies are about greenhouses. I am tortured by emails from fancy manufacturers seducing me with modern glass cubes and cute-as-a-button wooden structures. Imagine standing in a greenhouse, I think, as I play Tetris with seedling trays on countertops at home. What starts off on windowsills quickly sprawls on to any flat surface. So, for a fraction of the price of a greenhouse, I’ve been trying out BioGreen’s rubberised warming pads as a new solution. You sit the seed trays on flat plastic mats that heat the soil to 5-10 degrees warmer than the ambient temperature. If you stick a bit of recycled polystyrene underneath, and add in some cheap LED grow lights with a timer, you’ve got a pretty good propagation unit. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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