My tomato seedlings are just starting to sprout, when should I remove them from the heat meat or should I even remove them at all? Also do I wait until they get their first true leaves to transplant into a larger soil block? Thanks!!
by tomatos_red
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myGSPhasADHD
You can remove them after they germinate/sprout, that’s really all the heat mat is for
NPKzone8a
As another poster has said, the heat mat is just for germination. If you leave them on it longer, they will tend to get tall and frail, etiolated. I wait for two sets of true leaves before potting them up, out of the seed-starting tray into small posts. For me, those are 3.5″ nursery pots. They stay there until I plant them outside.
sammille25
I just transferred my baby pepper blocks into the larger size last weekend. I waited until most of them had their first set of true leaves, but not all of them did.
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You can remove them after they germinate/sprout, that’s really all the heat mat is for
As another poster has said, the heat mat is just for germination. If you leave them on it longer, they will tend to get tall and frail, etiolated. I wait for two sets of true leaves before potting them up, out of the seed-starting tray into small posts. For me, those are 3.5″ nursery pots. They stay there until I plant them outside.
I just transferred my baby pepper blocks into the larger size last weekend. I waited until most of them had their first set of true leaves, but not all of them did.
Nice method. What’s your medium