Rope Light Heat Mat

Use grow lights and heat mats to assist in seed germination.

Rope light heat mat.

Virginia i bought new rope light today with led. Here s a great how to article for using rope lighting to warm up seeds from the vegetable gardener. Please practice hand washing and social distancing and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Our grow light is a great light alternative for your plants while our heat mat also known as a germination mat warms your sowing medium to encourage seed growth.

The rope light will only emit a certain amount of heat not enough to burn the wood. I pulled one of the trays off the heat mat so you could see it better. Donna s hardy maple joined. Rope light heat mat discussion in member s gallery started by donna s feb 16 2013.

Since the rope light is insulated for outdoor. Welcome to my new series. A similar diy bottom heater option uses lengths of christmas rope light not leds buried in clean kitty litter. The two trays in the back are on the heat mat.

Since it s thinner than the wood strips the rope light doesn t come in contact with the seed trays. You can even do something more with the heat that comes off the rope lighting and create a heat mat for starting and growing seeds. Feb 15 2010 messages. That s the rope lights.

The height can be adjusted either by moving the chain links on the lights or by lifting up the sides of the frame itself. Grab your crochet hook or your knitting needles or whatever craft you are working on and join me for 15 minutes of. The amount of heat provided is regulated by the length of rope light.