I certainly can, just wasn’t sure if it would be ok for the baby plants. I’ve always read that you should turn off heat mats after germination.
I wouldn’t keep them on in normal house conditions but I think it would be ok if the air is cold. Definitely remove the covers on the plants if you do it though.
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@zinnia @gardeningandgreen Thanks! I think I will wait a bit longer then give it a try and see what happens.
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I gleefully bought lots of flower seeds, and am finding out (duh) that I don’t have nearly enough space in our seed-starting setup as I would need to grow all of them. Or at least, I’m going to have to grow way fewer of each variety than I would like. And my husband also wants to grow food so will need the space for that (so annoying). I know some of you can relate!
So far I have started sweet peas, snapdragons, crespedia (sp?), and some feverfew.
I’m going to have to embrace direct-sowing for the ones that can handle it, like zinnias. I’ll start some inside and direct-sow the rest. I want max zinnias!
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ooh you could maybe do some winter sowing?
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Oh I actually did! 100% inspired by your video on it. I went to Ikea, I got plastic containers, I taught myself how to drill holes in them and everything. I sowed some snapdragons and sweet peas and a couple other things that I’m not sure will come up at all. But yes I did it!
I’m worried they won’t work out because our winter is so far very mild, and it’s possible we won’t have any freezes the rest of the year, so I wonder if it won’t get the benefits of freezing/thawing that you mentioned in your video.
TLDR, you influenced me 
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aw!! i guess that makes me an influencer 
i bet some stuff will grow! not everything needs the cold stratification — snaps and sweet peas just like to grow when it’s not hot.
i am 100% invested in this so please update me in like early/mid april!
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oh oh and at that point you can use your containers again to get zinnias and cosmos and warm weather stuff started!
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Ooooh OK this was info I needed! Thank you and I will update!
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I bought some stuff from epic gardening 3 days before their Presidents’ Day sale 
I emailed to try and get a retroactive discount so I don’t rebuy and return what I got (it’s all still in the box).
We also have to cut down an ash tree. I’m so sad because it’s healthy but it’s also 5-6 feet away from the house with branches hanging over the roof. I want to repurpose the wood if I can, has anyone had success with growing mushrooms? I was thinking about trying to turn some of them into a lil mushroom farm.
We are also removing two Bradford pears and I was going to see if they can turn those into chips we can use as much.
I want to figure out how to use all of the wood and wood chips but three trees worth will probably be SO MUCH. TBD. I like a challenge! lol
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They sent me a gift card! Yahooo!! It was $60 so not just pocket change.
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i just bought a bunch of dahlia tubers and i’m trying not to go nuts, but it’s haaaaard
i’m excited about all of them but this one, WOW
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Oh… she’s a beauty!
I ordered I think 4 new ones a couple of months ago, and then recently took screenshots of a bunch more as I was wandering websites. I DELETED THEM AND WILL NOT ORDER ANY MORE THIS YEAR. I have so many that I think are surviving winter storage, and a ton of seeds to grow. It is so hard!
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started pruning back our unruly and very poorly maintained witch hazel. At this point I’m considering just taking out the old ones completely and letting it reshoot from the base.
Also thinking about when to prune back the rose and start this year’s fight against the rust. Probably Monday the snow will be gone enough to get at much of it.
I hate pruning. It’s so irreversible.
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Sitting down and planning a spring and summer gardens. Trying to make this work for us without spending a lot of money or effort. Our raised bed garden is in the shade of mature trees. The only sun in the yard is our front yard, and there is considerable resistance to moving the raised beds there. We live in suburbia. So I’m focusing on shade plants.
Yall the rabbits in my yard are brutal in the early spring. They’ve been chewing the bark off my cherry trees and the fence into my blueberry patch is broken, but I can’t fix it because it’s all under snow and I’m scared about what I’ll find when it melts. They’re bad in the summer but so much worse Jan-March when I’m not out and checking on things. Do I just need to fence literally everything permanently or is there something else I can try?
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I went to a plant sale and then to a garden center. Mistakes Were Made. 
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Ugh they ate so much of everything
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My garden area has also been neglected because there has been so much snow (and still is) and I was only able to get back to the trees a few days ago, and the damn deer have wrought devastation on the young trees AGAIN. I am going to have to securely fence everything with stronger (more expensive) fence.
If it is just (or mostly) rabbits (and not woodchucks which will climb or deer which will just jump it), a 2-3’ fence with small enough openings might work for you (like slats, metal bars (like wrought iron or similar), or lattice)…
I feel your pain.
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The deer have been eating my shrubs. I’m not a happy camper here. The deer repellent was left in the deck box over winter. I hope it isn’t wrecked! First, dig out deck box. Second thaw out deer repellent. Third, use it.
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