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Re: Grow-lights...

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Hi Dawn, (this is my first season gardening, so take my advice with 
caution)

>Well, I went to Walmart and bought a little "Gro & Sho light stick" 

I bought the very same light 2 weeks ago.  Instead of fixing it to the 
wall or ceiling like the instructions say to do, I slide a screw into 
the slot at each end, attached a sturdy string to each (actually two 
old shoelaces) screw, and attached each string to a hook in the 
ceiling.  I tied the strings with adjustable knots, so I can easily 
raise or lower the light depending on the needs of the current 
plantlings.  


>all think that one will do it, or should I get a second? 

I'm wondering the same thing, because I'm running out of space on my 
shelf.  Anyone know how directly under the light the plants should be?  
My onions (lowest priority, so they're at the edges, farthest from the 
light) are starting to lean...

>(any suggestions on how close the 
>lights
>need to be?)  

People have told me about two inches off the top of the plants, 
especially when they're young.  But I don't know what to do -- my 
onions are about 4 inches tall and everything else is 1 to 2 inches 
tall!  Sometimes I hang the light crookedly (short end over the short 
plants) but I don't know if it's helping.

>The broccoli sprouts that we started a week ago are 
>already so long that I'm afraid that they will be too leggy... they 
>have one  set of leaves, and are about 2 inches long...  still in the 
>dish of  vermiculite...
>should I dump these, and start over (since they only took 36 hours to
>sprout all of them, i'll have only really lost a week) or should I 
>try transplanting these into my little newspaper pots?? 

My first set of broccoli (pre-grow light) did the same.  But I kept 
them, transplanted them and planted them deeper in the soil to try to 
shorten them.  One is doing well.... I guess you could keep them just 
to see if they work, but definitely start a second set of broccoli to 
be safe.

Good luck!

--Lisa in Ottawa


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