RE: Hello

I start a few early girl tomatoes every year around
the 1st of February  for the earliest tomatoes
in my area. I use a  a frame that I built and
two shop lights screwed together. Thats 4 
flourescent 40 watt bulbs close together.
I can raise the lights as the plants grow ,
works great for me . I get the seeds  started in
my oven with the light on , that keeps it a little 
over 80 degrees . They  usually  sprout in 
about 3 to 4 days.

Bill ,     Zone 6 Tennessee

At 08:47 PM 1/14/99 +0000, you wrote:
>On Thu 14 Jan, Grem, Beth A wrote:
>> Gaylen,
>> 
>>   Well, it ain't very warm here, but we have no snow to play in either.
>> I've been amusing myself by growing stuff in the basement under fluorescent
>> lights.  Success so far: lettuce!, basil, parsley, oregano, chiletepin
>> pepper (3" high so far), masquerade pepper (edible ornamental that is hard
>> to kill), tiny tim tomato (has flowers, not holding my breath for fruit,
but
>> we'll see), hyacinth bulbs, amaryllis bulbs (on second bloom), garlic bulb
>> planted for the green stalk and used like chives on potatoes (yum).
>> 
>Interesting, I thought one had to have special Gro-lites which are
>special horticultural lights. Please keep us posted as to what
>successes you have, also what power and duration you have to use. I
>believe bottom heat is usually used as well.
>
>-- 
>
>Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
>
>
>
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