Although there are diy alternatives to real seedling heat mats i fell for the appeal of something i could unpack plug in and put to work right away.
Diy plant heating mats.
73 75 degrees f soil temperature.
Commercial heat mat surface temperature thermometer placed on top of soil.
A lot of people these days will purchase heating pads to germinate trays of pepper and tomato seeds.
It s very important to stay safe and to know what kind of heater will benefit your plants.
If you wish to build your own heating mats for the plants you need to pay attention on certain requirements.
A good low cost alternative is to simply make your own homemade heating mats for your seeds and seedlings.
Seedling heat mats are usually sized to hold one two or four of the 1020 size standard nursery flats.
Because we live off grid we needed to find another way.
Noticing that i would have to drop a lot of dough for heat mats i decided to go with this plan instead.
Bottom temperature gap between heat mat and seed trays.
Of particular interest is the temperature comparisons of the store bought heat mats and the diy plan.
Diy light heat mat surface temperature.