Gardening: Question of the Day Thread

[Patchouli]

Does anyone have good grow light suggestions for seedling starts?
This is coming from @dademoss who is looking to get tomatoes started.

 

[joel]

Hashbrown & neb are informed about growth lights, I would just go to Amazon.

 

[Neb]

Does anyone have good grow light suggestions for seedling starts?
This is coming from @dademoss who is looking to get tomatoes started.

I used to use florescent bulbs and they worked fine. I replaced them with LED to save energy.

I just went with the best price. Lettuce needs light to germinate so they only get a light sprinkle of dirt to cover them. There are a lot of option about the light spectrum to play with to optimize growth vs flower/fruiting. But I haven't researched those details.

Ben

 

[Mountain trapper]

We just use an LED light tube. The wife has been growing herbs all winter long using it. She'll probably start the tomato and pepper seeds next month.

 

[Pearl]

Great thread Patch, great place for the quick questions!!

 

[Patchouli]

@hashbrown we need your valuable input here on grow lights for seedling starts.

 

[Neb]

@hashbrown we need your valuable input here on grow lights for seedling starts.

I would think that @hashbrown lighting is optimized for flowering not sprouting and vegetative growth.

Ben

 

[dademoss]

I picked one out on amazon, gonna be a year for the review. I'll use my dying panel this year

 

[Pearl]

I would think that @hashbrown lighting is optimized for flowering not sprouting and vegetative growth.

Ben

Excellent point!!

 

[hashbrown]

@hashbrown we need your valuable input here on grow lights for seedling starts.

What I’ve learned about lights, good lights are freaking expensive…..

 

[hashbrown]

@hashbrown we need your valuable input here on grow lights for seedling starts.

This is what I’m using now.

 

[hashbrown]

There are a lot of decent lights on Marketplace in our area due to potheads thinking they can grow their own weed.

 

[dademoss]

Indeed, your crops/seedlings need next level lights compared to my tomatoes

 

[montanabill]

Great thread....just today the wife and I were looking at grow lights on line..
We plan on starting a lot of herbs and interesting garden stuff we can eat... Since we are in montana it behooves us to start as early as possible and also we need to get some fresh consumables growing in the winter.

So for starting garden plants can we use the standard led four foot strip shop lights?

 

[Neb]

Great thread....just today the wife and I were looking at grow lights on line..
We plan on starting a lot of herbs and interesting garden stuff we can eat... Since we are in montana it behooves us to start as early as possible and also we need to get some fresh consumables growing in the winter.

So for starting garden plants can we use the standard led four foot strip shop lights?

Yup

I used to use 4' florescent shop lights.

Ben

 

[Snowman]

Confused and overwhelmed by all of the options for grow lights for seed starting? Yeah, me too! I’ve bee nursing along my old fluorescent light set up for the last few years and decided it was time to upgrade when one of my ballasts gave up the ghost.


The grow light landscape has changed dramatically over the last 15 years when I first set up my system. And many more options and companies means it’s become difficult to navigate the myriad of choices and decide which set up is right for you.


So, I dove in for you, spent time researching, wrote this article, and even purchased some of the grow lights I share in this below.

https://www.creativevegetablegardener.com/grow-lights-for-seed-starting/

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