In my last post I touted my cable-heated gravel bed for starting plants. Forget that – my Gro-Quick 48 Ft Soil Heating Cable failed after only one season of use. Thanks to Gro-Quick my starts are about a week behind where they should be. In the end, to get them started, I put a couple lamps with IR heating bulbs above my plants. All but two of my 126 varieties are now sprouted.