How to Use a Heat Mat to Start Seeds Indoors

In this video I show how to use a heat mat to get seeds started early and give them a longer growing season. I’ve started chilli, aubergine and lemon grass seeds, along with radish and lithops.

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If you found this useful you may also like my video on watering plants with dish water or my hydroponics system for growing salad. Plus there’s How To Prune A Blueberry Bush & Repotting, Making Paper Plant Pots: Testing vs Root Trainers or Drainpipe Peas Failure: Trying to Grow Kelvedon Wonder Peas in Guttering.