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Re: Light for Transplanted Seedlings & Aluminum Foil Reflectors

i am a horticulturist, recently graduating from college. i have been
working at a local greenhouse
know for 2 years. We put our newly transplanted seedlings right in the
greenhouses.  which means they get a lot of light directly after
transplanting. They do not get any kind of shade. They have just the
slightest stress, but are fine the next morning. night time offers them the
rest they need. sometimes I think too many people try to do to many
things..... thinking the more they do the better. NOT. chris
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> From: MsAlaiyo <MsAlaiyo@aol.com>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Light for Transplanted Seedlings & Aluminum Foil Reflectors
> Date: Friday, April 10, 1998 6:29 PM
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Being fairly new to propagation (only 3 years) , I follow the advice of
anyone
> who has been doing it longer than me.  That means I'm always confused
because
> for every gardening book or magazine article that says one thing, there
is
> another book or article that contradicts it.  One book said that
seedlings
> should immediately return to full sun or to flourescent lights after
> transplanting.  Another book said wait 24 hours.  I've tried both
methods,
> plus waiting 8, 10, and 12 hours before putting seedlings back under the
> lights.  The seedlings appear stressed after transplanting no matter what
I
> do.  So my question:  how long before transplanted seedlings return to
the
> light source?  
> 
> There is an interesting small feature in this month's Fine Gardening
Magazine.
> Since nothing is new under the sun, many of you may be doing this
already.  A
> home gardener wrote in this month's issue that a sheet of aluminum foil
> attached to one light fixture and stretched across the open space to the
other
> fixture would allow a whole flat of seedlings to grow under the aluminum
> foil--without being directly under the lights. This sounded too good to
be
> true and I'm wondering if anyone on the list has tried this before?
> 
> Thanks for all the great information.  I hope one day I'll be able to
> contribute something substantial to the list when I'm less of a newbie.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Alaiyo Barnes
> Southern Maryland
>
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