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pdxwindjammer · March 12, 2010

Darn! I am only growing for personal use and also to give plants and some tomatoes away so I don't have a heat mat.

I planted some of my tomato seeds 6 days ago and some of them 5 days ago. None of them are up yet.

I planted them in a seed starting mix that was nicely watered, covered them with saran and now I wait. Does the heat mat really speed things up by several days? I planted a good 60 seeds and not ONE has popped out. Should I be concerned?

I am heading out of town for the weekend so hopefully some will pop out while I am away.

March 12, 2010	#22
pdxwindjammer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 625	Darn! I am only growing for personal use and also to give plants and some tomatoes away so I don't have a heat mat. I planted some of my tomato seeds 6 days ago and some of them 5 days ago. None of them are up yet. I planted them in a seed starting mix that was nicely watered, covered them with saran and now I wait. Does the heat mat really speed things up by several days? I planted a good 60 seeds and not ONE has popped out. Should I be concerned? I am heading out of town for the weekend so hopefully some will pop out while I am away.