What are warming mats. They are simply a mat that you place underneath a growing tray to provide warm to the soil and seeds to "kick start" the germination process. Now it is not a requirement to have these, if fact if you are starting seeds inside your house and have a warm place for the trays to sit, a warming mat is not really a necessity. I do start all my seeds in the greenhouse and did an experiment with the warming mat. I placed one of my seedling trays with half of it on the warm mat and the other half with no heat added. The heated area started sprouting seeds 2 weeks before the other non-heated seeds.
The mats come in several sizes, and if you are wanting the most bang for your buck I would go with a mat that will hold at least 2 trays at a time. There are many places to buy these little items such as Amazon, 48 inch Seedling Heat Mat. or the Greenhouse Megastore has quite a few to choose from, Greenhouse Megastore heating mats.
This is a small picture of what a seedling mat looks like. You will need power for this.
There are also windowsill size mats that are not to expensive, the Greenhouse Megastore has them for 17.00, and Amazon has them for 15.65 with free shipping option.
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