"clc" wrote in message ...
In the case of lettuce, only a few days longer. In the case of okra,
they will not germinate. Ditto for tomatoes. I always find that even
the oven is too cold for okra.
Now I place seeds in a wet paper towel, fold the towel with seeds in,
place the towel in ziploc bag, place bag on pipe exiting my water
heater. The temp is typically mid-90. One day and they are off to the
races (two days and they root into the towel and give you a headache).
It is the consistently warmest place in my house, easily beating
fridge, stereo and sunny window.


All of my tomatoes germinated in a room that never gets above 68 degrees and
the only extra heat was from the fluorescent lights above them. I didn't
put them under the lights for germination purposes, I put them under the
"heat" of the light for germination.

Cheryl

Cherry tomatoes will germinate at 60F, but it will take forever
(weeks). San Marzano will not germinate at 60F. Both of them will
germinate instantly at 75F.
And tomatoes are one of the coolest-germinating warm season veggies.
Heat goes up. You are better off putting them over the light until
they germinate. I do that (place the tray at the top of my seedling
shelf, then turn on the light under it) with lettuce for example. Then
the tray temperature goes all the way to 65 and within two days all
seeds are up.