My parents were pissed off bc I was using the AC to keep a room at 30c, so my mother told me to put the in the oven with le light on “just like sourdough “
by AdorableShip4352
16 Comments
ConstantLynx4732
a seedling heat mat would be easier and cheaper than both, also means someone wont accidentally preheat a bunch of plastic and kill everything whilst damaging the oven. Seriously please get that out of there, if you are anything like my family, someone WILL forget and that wont be good…
MrSquishypoo
Can also put it on top of the fridge, gives off a decent amount of heat for seedlings.
stifisnafu
Yes, that is a terrible idea. Get a seed heating mat with a thermostat off Amazon for next to nothing. 🌱
AdorableShip4352
EDIT: a heating mat is on its way
Dry-Bet-5987
Google seems to think that an oven with just the light on can get over 38c, but as long as yours doesn’t get over 32c you should be ok… and no one turns the oven on before checking… but if it works it works.
Mimi_Gardens
Just out of curiosity, where do you live that you use the AC to make the temp 30c? Where I live (USA) the AC is used to cool things down and 30c/86f is hot. It is currently 70f inside or about 21c. I would have to turn the furnace on not the air conditioner.
inthemagazines
Try sitting on it like a bird.
bmorebirdz
I love this.
I had an old fridge I used to use. Obviously it was unplugged.
Nuppusauruss
Is it really that important to keep your seeds so warm? I just put mine in some small containers, covered with plastic wrap and put them on a window sill in room temperature. All of the seed germinated in a week. Even the ones I took from dried chilies from the Asian market. Granted it is 22-24°C in my apartment, and with the full sun the containers were probably over 30° during the day, but like I didn’t need anything special for a 100% success rate.
Shaddix-be
Yes, you are crazy.
keysercade
Careful when preheating
carlab70
Just make sure no one turns on that oven! Put a sign on it or something if there is a chance.
I make sourdough and use the oven light for the extra warmth. It is easy to forget and turn on the oven and then disaster.
Otherwise good idea, the oven light will warm the tray by a few degrees until the heat mat arrives. I’ve also used a small closet with just a space heater. The seeds don’t need light until they germinate but the issue is if they germinate at different times (and they always do) then you must provide light for the ones that have germinated. The oven light would be inadequate.
I have the best luck with a heat mat plus grow light (the light warms from above and the mat from below), or environmental heat like in a heated closet with a grow light. Sometimes the heat mat is not enough just by itself (depends on your house temperature and the temp you are trying to achieve).
burntbutblooming
I tried starting peppers this year just in a six pack. No nothing came up. So I had clipped some mums and planted the tops. I thought I better put these in some shade. Come back a few days later and my pepper plants started. Like what? In the shade. I don’t get it but I got peppers.
raynacorin
What would you not just get a heat mat? They are like $15 on Amazon
the_prancing_horse
Is this how they make peppers hot?
/s
Maximum_Necessary651
Put it on the stovetop. I use a pastry board on top the stove when not in use. It’s a glass top electric. I use the light above my stove to start all my seedlings. I stack books to raise the seedlings closer to the light and remove as needed. If it gets really cold. I might turn my oven on 100 degrees to add heat from underneath the seedlings. If it’s not warm enough I remove the pastry board and let them sit on the stove top. Don’t block off your vents doing this if you have a gas stove. Use the top of your fridge.
16 Comments
a seedling heat mat would be easier and cheaper than both, also means someone wont accidentally preheat a bunch of plastic and kill everything whilst damaging the oven. Seriously please get that out of there, if you are anything like my family, someone WILL forget and that wont be good…
Can also put it on top of the fridge, gives off a decent amount of heat for seedlings.
Yes, that is a terrible idea. Get a seed heating mat with a thermostat off Amazon for next to nothing. 🌱
EDIT: a heating mat is on its way
Google seems to think that an oven with just the light on can get over 38c, but as long as yours doesn’t get over 32c you should be ok… and no one turns the oven on before checking… but if it works it works.
Just out of curiosity, where do you live that you use the AC to make the temp 30c? Where I live (USA) the AC is used to cool things down and 30c/86f is hot. It is currently 70f inside or about 21c. I would have to turn the furnace on not the air conditioner.
Try sitting on it like a bird.
I love this.
I had an old fridge I used to use. Obviously it was unplugged.
Is it really that important to keep your seeds so warm? I just put mine in some small containers, covered with plastic wrap and put them on a window sill in room temperature. All of the seed germinated in a week. Even the ones I took from dried chilies from the Asian market. Granted it is 22-24°C in my apartment, and with the full sun the containers were probably over 30° during the day, but like I didn’t need anything special for a 100% success rate.
Yes, you are crazy.
Careful when preheating
Just make sure no one turns on that oven! Put a sign on it or something if there is a chance.
I make sourdough and use the oven light for the extra warmth. It is easy to forget and turn on the oven and then disaster.
Otherwise good idea, the oven light will warm the tray by a few degrees until the heat mat arrives.
I’ve also used a small closet with just a space heater. The seeds don’t need light until they germinate but the issue is if they germinate at different times (and they always do) then you must provide light for the ones that have germinated. The oven light would be inadequate.
I have the best luck with a heat mat plus grow light (the light warms from above and the mat from below), or environmental heat like in a heated closet with a grow light. Sometimes the heat mat is not enough just by itself (depends on your house temperature and the temp you are trying to achieve).
I tried starting peppers this year just in a six pack. No nothing came up. So I had clipped some mums and planted the tops. I thought I better put these in some shade. Come back a few days later and my pepper plants started. Like what? In the shade. I don’t get it but I got peppers.
What would you not just get a heat mat? They are like $15 on Amazon
Is this how they make peppers hot?
/s
Put it on the stovetop. I use a pastry board on top the stove when not in use. It’s a glass top electric. I use the light above my stove to start all my seedlings. I stack books to raise the seedlings closer to the light and remove as needed. If it gets really cold. I might turn my oven on 100 degrees to add heat from underneath the seedlings. If it’s not warm enough I remove the pastry board and let them sit on the stove top. Don’t block off your vents doing this if you have a gas stove. Use the top of your fridge.