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Gardening

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wildeyed

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Tue Jul 18, 2017, 08:54 AM Jul 2017

Anyone use a seed starting system they particularly like? [View all]

I like the kind that use a reservoir system so I don't have to water as much. I grow them in the garage in early spring, no central heat, so I use heat mats. If you mess up and forget to water with those, it is easy to burn the babies up from the roots.

I used an old Gardeners Supply system. Loved it. The flats were made out of styrofoam, so they were delicate, but other than that, they were fantastic. They stopped making replacement parts for them and my husband stacked a bunch of heavy stuff on my reservoir support pieces (my fault, I didn't pack them up properly at the end of the project), so now I am stuck.

I got a starter pack of the new Gardener Supply system. It is rigid plastic, so sturdier, but difficult to get the seedlings out. Any suggestions? I need to order them now so I have them ready and waiting in early spring, otherwise I will get late again.

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