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> My seedlings that I start in there do just fine except some tend to get
spindly and leggy.  Dwayne

There are a few ways of helping this problem.
1) Keep seedlings as close to the bulbs as possible.  (a few inches at most)
Light energy falls off as the square of the distance...blahblahblah, in
english,
the closer the plant is too the light, the more energy it will receive.
This
should help avoid being leggy.  (won't prevent it, just helps)

2) Rotate the plants around every day or so.
Plants will grow toward the light source, if you rotate the plants every
day they will grow in different directions, this will encourage better
development.

3) Run an oscillating fan over the seedings for a few hours each day.
Plants in nature have to deal with breezes and winds etc, they develop
thicker stems and this also helps against some predators (Cutworm).
Some books recomend touching or petting the plants to encourage
this same effect.  I find that the oscillating fan on a timer accomplishes
the same thing and also helps a little bit with damping off.  The fan
does cause the medium to dry out faster, good at the surface to
avoid damping off, bad if you let it dry all the way through.

This works for me in my basement in Lincoln Nebraska,
your geographic location and or weather means
what works for me may or may not be appropriate for you.

- Ron Souliere


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