Garden

[Pooky1]

I had read that starting seeds veggie and flowers that its good to put the trays on the refrigerator so it keeps the tray and soil warm. I put a tray of different veggies and a tray of zinnia flowers and within 3 days all the flowers had come up and by the 6th day almost all of the veggies have come up too. I had to take clear dome covers off because plants ere already touching the tops.

[cheriere]

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@Pooky1 wrote:

I had read that starting seeds veggie and flowers that its good to put the trays on the refrigerator so it keeps the tray and soil warm. I put a tray of different veggies and a tray of zinnia flowers and within 3 days all the flowers had come up and by the 6th day almost all of the veggies have come up too. I had to take clear dome covers off because plants ere already touching the tops.

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Wow!  I didn't know that putting seeds there would help them along.  I grow a lot of flowers and too many vegetables from starting seeds, but I never did this.  Thanks for the tip.🌺

Since I have so many I'll have to pick a few to start this way lol.  It'll be tough deciding who makes the cut lol.

[PINKdogWOOD]

@Pooky1   Yep, it's the warmth that gets the seeds going. You can go to a good local nursery or full-blown garden store and hopefully find heat mats that you can also use to put your trays on. This is what we use sometimes. You can also purchase a small grow light to help the sprouting process. This also works. 

[gardenman]

By and large, seeds love bottom heat. Warm moist soil motivates them to sprout.

[Yahooey]

i tried for the first time - on time of the cablebox

it worked also - a very small tray obviously

that was in Feb - now it is warm enough with just the cover on top

i'm in zone 7B