Started germinating my first ever chilli plants yesterday. Bought a heating mat for it, to give it the best chance.
Put the seeds into some cooled down black tea for a few hours, and then planted them. Added water from underneath and a light mist from above. Forgot to switch the heat mat on overnight, so it’s been on max since this morning.
6ish hours later, I took a quick temp reading and it’s 37c!
Did I kill my seeds? Do I need to start again?
Seeds are Choc Habanero and Lemon Habanero
by baileyyy98
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That temp seems a little hot for a seed mat, though I doubt it’s too hot for the seeds to germinate.
Edit: You may want to check to make the mat is not defective. I looked at mine and operating temperatures printed on the mat are 21-30 C.
Is there still water in the tray? That could explain the high temp as it conducts heat better. I don’t think 37C is hot enough to kill the seeds, and they are probably more at the top where it’s a bit cooler than where you probed, so they should be fine.