heat mat for peppers

PaulF · January 25, 2015

I may have made a mistake, but it sounded good. I just bought a waterbed heat mat to put under my pepper seedlings. The idea was to get a little extra heat under the peppers. The normal mats for seedlings seem to only get an extra ten degrees above ambient which in my basement is in the 65 degree F range making the pepper soil 75. I want 85.

The waterbed mat has a thermostat and a high heat shut-off and its range is 70-100 degrees F. I will keep track of soil temps with a soil thermometer.

Mistake or not?

January 25, 2015	#1
PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,296	heat mat for peppers I may have made a mistake, but it sounded good. I just bought a waterbed heat mat to put under my pepper seedlings. The idea was to get a little extra heat under the peppers. The normal mats for seedlings seem to only get an extra ten degrees above ambient which in my basement is in the 65 degree F range making the pepper soil 75. I want 85. The waterbed mat has a thermostat and a high heat shut-off and its range is 70-100 degrees F. I will keep track of soil temps with a soil thermometer. Mistake or not? __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.