Starting Seeds Indoors with Self Watering Flats

When starting seeds indoors remember that not all potting soil is created equal. I show some examples of what makes good potting soil and bad potting soil and what to do about it. Youre going for consistent moisture all around when starting seeds indoors. Im also building a homemade version of a self watering tray, like the burpee ones. Its a simple experiment. Hope it works.
As promised, heres the link to benefits of using newspaper as a capillary mat.

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A couple days later
Follow up! The experiment is beginning to work. The water is being sucked through the bottom of the cells into the soil. The moisture is even - thats exactly what Im going for. This system should make starting seeds indoors so much easier. Raised self watering flats seem to be proving worthwhile.

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Making Adjustments
A few changes to the self watering trays included switching out cardboard for plywood, cleaning slime from the flats, adding clean newspaper plus a capful of hydrogen peroxide should keep the water cleaner.

Starting Seeds Indoors with Self Watering Flats