How To Make A Homemade Heat Mat
It has to be easy to construct even by inexperienced users.
How to make a homemade heat mat. You don t want to spend so much money on this homemade device. To control heating times use a thermostat or timer. An average size mat 36 x 19 ranges from 20 60. These are mats on which you set your pots with seeds and they provide a small amount of heat to keep the soil temperature warm.
Noticing that i would have to drop a lot of dough for heat mats i decided to go with this plan instead. The only drawback is the cost. Of particular interest is the temperature comparisons of the store bought heat mats and the diy plan. Commercial heat mat surface temperature thermometer placed on top of soil.
You have to make sure that the heating mat is safe and won t cause an electrical shock or a fire hazard. Here s a simple diy heater for seed starting that will cost less than the flexible ones and should last for decades. Diy light heat mat surface temperature. 73 75 degrees f soil temperature.
80 82 bottom temperature gap between heat mat and seed trays.