heat mats - Page 3

Alpinejs · April 2, 2014

BTW and OT, combining diatomaceous earth and dense planting works great.
The seedlings are up in about three days and I then transplant them to 4"
plastic using Craig's system of just pushing the roots down into the soil (see
his YouTube video) So, in 3-4 days, I have accomplished what used to be
10-18 days. If I have some fail-to-germinates, I will know it a full week ahead of
the old system.

I am now wondering if I could take a fertilized human egg and put it in
D.E. and have a new baby in a week or less. Women might love me if I can
perfect that technology, but skip the dense planting aspect!!

Vicmeister · April 13, 2014

I have tomato starts up, about 3 weeks now. I have them on a heat mat, but there isn't enough room so only half get it at a time.
My house stays around 60 degrees, and my floor is Pergo so it stays cool as well. They have a grow light over the top, which the plants are spread evenly beneath it.
I was told to remove them from the heat mat.....but the plants that were not on the heat mat started leaning towards the heat mat. I flipped them around and now they are standing up tall.
So I still have them on the heat mat as they seem to prefer it, is that still wrong?

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April 2, 2014	#31
Alpinejs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Alpine, Calif. in winter. Sandpoint Lake, Ont. Canada summers Posts: 850	BTW and OT, combining diatomaceous earth and dense planting works great. The seedlings are up in about three days and I then transplant them to 4" plastic using Craig's system of just pushing the roots down into the soil (see his YouTube video) So, in 3-4 days, I have accomplished what used to be 10-18 days. If I have some fail-to-germinates, I will know it a full week ahead of the old system. I am now wondering if I could take a fertilized human egg and put it in D.E. and have a new baby in a week or less. Women might love me if I can perfect that technology, but skip the dense planting aspect!!

April 13, 2014	#32
Vicmeister Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Desert of WA State, USDA Zone 6B Posts: 29	I have tomato starts up, about 3 weeks now. I have them on a heat mat, but there isn't enough room so only half get it at a time. My house stays around 60 degrees, and my floor is Pergo so it stays cool as well. They have a grow light over the top, which the plants are spread evenly beneath it. I was told to remove them from the heat mat.....but the plants that were not on the heat mat started leaning towards the heat mat. I flipped them around and now they are standing up tall. So I still have them on the heat mat as they seem to prefer it, is that still wrong?