{"id":114297,"date":"2020-02-15T18:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/use-warming-mats-to-heat-your-seeds-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2020-02-15T18:03:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T11:03:06","slug":"use-warming-mats-to-heat-your-seeds-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/use-warming-mats-to-heat-your-seeds-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"Use warming mats to heat your seeds | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nRubberised 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\u2019ve been trying out BioGreen\u2019s 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\u2019ve got a pretty good propagation unit. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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