Anyone using capillary matting?

mecktom · February 20, 2012

If you are, did you make your own system and are you satisfied with the results? Never used it but it does look like it is a good way to water seedlings correctly.

rweakley · February 28, 2012

I use one of the systems from Gardeners Supply. It does make it easy in that watering is virtually unneeded until germination and you remove the "greenhouse" lid. However, I did seem to have a lot of algae form on the top of the Miracle Gro seed starting mix, presumably because it was constantly moist. Another issue I had only with my sweet pea currant variety was edema. Although removing them and keeping them in a larger pot didn't help, so maybe it's just a difficult variety...not sure. But anyway, that's my experience with them.
Oh another thing is that the roots will grow through the mat.

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February 20, 2012	#1
mecktom Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Southern Virginia Posts: 342	Anyone using capillary matting? If you are, did you make your own system and are you satisfied with the results? Never used it but it does look like it is a good way to water seedlings correctly.

February 28, 2012	#2
rweakley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Pensacola Posts: 15	I use one of the systems from Gardeners Supply. It does make it easy in that watering is virtually unneeded until germination and you remove the "greenhouse" lid. However, I did seem to have a lot of algae form on the top of the Miracle Gro seed starting mix, presumably because it was constantly moist. Another issue I had only with my sweet pea currant variety was edema. Although removing them and keeping them in a larger pot didn't help, so maybe it's just a difficult variety...not sure. But anyway, that's my experience with them. Oh another thing is that the roots will grow through the mat. Sent from my MB520 using Tapatalk