Craig, thanks for posting your data. I just seeded most of my pepper, eggplant, and tomato seeds for next season. They're all in the same tray, and I was curious what kind of growth disparities I'd see between the types. I should be able to pop out the plugs as they're ready to pot-up, but I wouldn't want to pull the whole structure out unless I had a good number of plugs to remove.
I've got them all on a Hydrofarm heat mat under T5 shop lights. Do you think there is any danger/benefit to running the light 24/7? I don't want to cook the seeds, but I expect the extra warmth and light might cajole them out sooner.
BTW, you can see the seeds about 1/5-1/4" down in their small dibbles (center of plug). That means the light will be hitting some part of the seeds from above. I'm not sure if darkness or exclusion of light on the seed is necessary in the equation.
-naysen
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