[Market-farming] heat mats

Square Ft Gardening mike_jordan at squareftgardening.com
Mon Jan 19 18:26:49 EST 2009


I use heat mats for both seedlings and to get my plants through the winter.
When you are ready to buy make sure you check around.  I just bought some
for seedlings, the 9"x20" or somewhere in that vicinity.  Cost per with
shipping and handling can go as high as $45.  I got mine with both s&h for
$30 a piece.  I also use heat cables but I don't find they are very
effective unless they are right in the soil.

 

"How many at once?" I have 5 of the 4ft ones layed along my benchs on one
side of my greenhouse.  "along the length or width?"  I like to try to use
as much of the mat surface as I can.  The ones for seedling flats are meant
to be the the size of a flat thus it fits to cover the whole mat.  I have
used the temp.  regulators but have found that you don't really need them.
Some people might say that they use a lot of electricity but (I'm sure
someone will correct this if it is wrong) I believe they run on 40 Watts

 

Hope this helps

 

Mike Jordan

ContinuousHarvest.com

 

From: market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of pech
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 2:49 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] heat mats

 

Hi Ya,

 

anybody have any advice on heat mats? I remember a discussion about them
years ago, but my mind is slipping and now I want to get some. 

 

How many do you use at once? do you lay the flats across the mat or along
the length? any better/poor brands?

 

I'm a 60 member (I hope) CSA and don't know if I can start all I need using
heat mats...

 

Oh yeah, How do you search the archives?

 

Thanks

Have Fun

dave z6a 

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