I have some questions about tropical seeds that I'll be germinating this winter, If I have them under lights, and on heat pads, when can I take them off of the heat? as soon as they germinate, wait a couple of weeks, or when the summer comes....? I realise that they will probably all have different requirements, and its a bit of a general question, but the seeds are things like Musa sikkmensis, Ensete, Agave, lithops..... Thanks Carol
My limited one-season trial with bottom heat last winter suggests taking the seeds off the heat one the true leaves appear. For one, the bottom heat dries the seedlings a lot, which is bad in my dry climate and in the dry winter, too. We used plugs and potted them up to 4-inch pots and cleared the heat cable for the next batch. We went a little overboard. We didn't attempt anything very exotic, but I think the concerns about drying out too fast would hold.