Square Foot Gardening Seed Mat

It s a simple way to create easy to manage gardens with raised beds that need a minimum of time spent maintaining them.
Square foot gardening seed mat. These heat mats speed seed germination and stimulate root growth by keeping soil at about 70ยบ f. Based on square foot gardening spacing approaches it optimizes and organizes your garden space. 9 x 19 mat holds a standard seed flat. Get more veggies and fewer weeds with this color coded seed planting tool.
It can be placed on top of various types of soil with or without the addition of mulch. The gardenmat s permeable top layer and super absorbent filling can hold over 200 time its weight in precipitation and irrigation water and slowly releases. Seeding square the square foot seeding template helps you maximize growth in limited space. Mark your square foot grid and place a seed mat into each square reserve some empty squares for staggered crops in future.
Using seed mats in square foot garden couldn t be easier. Square foot gardening is a simple method of creating small orderly and highly productive kitchen gardens. It was invented by backyard gardener retired engineer and efficiency expert mel. Here s a clever extra instructions and growing tips are printed right on the mat so you can t lose them.
Square foot gardening whereby seeds are sown in specific positions within a square foot allowing enough room for each to grow to maturity without wasting space simple to use the template shows correct seed spacing with color. The concept is inspired by mel bartholomew s popular gardening method. Want to grow your own food. 20 3 4 square mat holds two standard seed flats.
48 x 20 mat holds 4 flats. Make seed mats for your square foot garden in the. Diy vegetable seed mats for square foot gardens don t let the rain snow and cold temperatures keep you from working on your spring vegetable garden during the winter. Seeding square is a seed spacer for planting a vegetable garden.
When the weather is right for gardening amend your soil with compost and mix it to depth of 6 to 8 inches. Simply lay down the garden mats over your beds and plant seed or seedlings at the slotted openings.