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Re: Lights! the rest of the story

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We have animals so I can't just start my seeds anywhere.  The cats would 
love to get their paws in all that loose soil. I start them in the bathroom 
and in the walk-in closet where its warm, then transfer them to the cooler 
basement. I don't have any way to hang the florescents so I prop them up on 
canned vegetable cans and later move to spaghetti or larger cans.  Sometimes 
I need to put a board under the cans for the proper spacing of the 
vegetables from the lights. I leave the food in the cans for weight so they 
don't tip over.

I also spray them every other day with dilute chamomile tea to avoid damping 
off.

Cate Slater
Mid-Missouri
Zone 5


>From: James R Carter <jrc1@juno.com>
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>Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 09:09:12 -0600
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>I agree with Ron Souliere's previous comments about keeping plants from
>getting spindly.  I use the same methods and have very few problems with
>spindly seedlings.
>One other thing I do is to leave the lights on at least 18 hours per day.
>  Seedlings can actually absorb light 24 hours per day for up to six weeks
>straight before the chlorophyl processing mechanim breaks down.  I have
>given the seedlings 24 hours of light with no problem.
>My seed starter setup consists of hanging shoplight fixtures and either
>cool white or warm white bulbs (whichever are on sale).  The trays rest
>on formica sink cutouts leftover from house construction.  The formica is
>screwed onto an old, rather large, fish tank stand my landlord was
>throwing out.
>No need to get too fancy  - the seedlings don't know the difference!
>
>jrc1 in zone 4a, MN
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