Sounds like a stellar idea! Thats thinkin... did those seeds arrive yet?

Keep us updated !

I can't imagine that a toaster oven was designed to be on 24/7 for weeks at a time. For your own safety, do not use your toaster oven this way. If you must use it, put it in the middle of your driveway, at least 50' from your house or another wooden structure.

Thats where I keep my toaster,(in the driveway)until I accidentlly ran it over,my car caught fire,but my flame thrower seeds sprouted in two days,fortunantly my back seat was full of watermelons which put out the fire.palm trees.

It's not actually "on" the whole time. The ambient temp in the house is 65, so the toaster only comes on every so often to heat up 5 degrees (which takes less than two minutes). The heating bars don't ever get red. Im only going to keep them in there for two weeks at most, then i'll put the seeds outdoors (our highs are in the 60s now with lows in the 40s, so in two weeks or so, it should be warm enough to finish off the germination process --at least i hope, im no expert)

bestdank, Im not at home right now, but im sure if they havnt arrived yet, they will by the end of this week. Thanks

It would be much safer to buy a heating pad.Sounds dangerous to use a toaster oven. And the bone dry heat can't be good for the seedlings as they sprout.
An old garage sale aquarium,heating pad and shop lights. simple and safe.

I used a 5 gallon aquarium with a glass top to germinate Medjool date seeds. I put a pot of them inside the aquarium, along with a lava lamp base, and then covered up the top. The temp got up to 90 degrees in there, and they germinated within 2 weeks.

Not worth burning your house down in my opinion. Why can't you plce the seeds on top of the water heater or even your computer (actually seen that done to germinate seeds).

picture of safe seed starting machine using 200 mini christmas lights.

re-do. I use an old aquarium with a lid as a seed starting machine. You could use any container (like a rubber maid thing). 200 christmas mini lights on a timer. 20 hours on - 4 hours off. They are in my basement that stays about 70F year around. doesn't use much energy and is safe. I tried the 300 lights but too much heat. Check it out.

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Cool i was wondering what i could do with all those extra christmas lights thanks !