With all the gloomy weather we are having this month on the west coast of BC, its amazing I am getting anything to grow in the greenhouse. I started growing tomatoes in the first week of March. So far I have had about seven seedlings germinate and that’s been exciting. With hardly any sunshine this month, the greenhouse is a bit cooler at 60F during the day. Unfortunately tomatoes would rather have a consistent 70F to grow well. It doesn’t seem to matter which kind of tray I have used, wooden or plastic.They are both germinating seeds with the wooden trays about three days later than the plastic. The heat mats are what is helping them grow, that’s for sure. The heat mats provide the bottom heat needed for growth.
To increase the warmth over the tomatoes, I placed some bubble wrap over the top of the flats. I would…
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