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Re: Stan's hot tomato

Hi, Stan.  I am not sure it matters, if your plants are still seedlings. 
I
keep my seedlings under fluorescent lights for 24 hrs. (indoors), with no
harm.  I have heard that plants need to be 'rested' at least 8 hrs. at
night, but then I found out that commercial growers often use 24-hr.
lighting, so I tried it.  No problems, and my plants came out stockier
and
with shorter internodes.

Perhaps it depends on the light source.  My two 40-watt fluorescents are
a
long way from the intensity of spring or summer sunlight.  Your Christmas
lights undoubtedly are a ways off, as well.


Sheila Smith
mikecook@pip

Thank you Sheila,
     This solves one more potential problem.  Sometimes I try to solve
problems that don't even exist.    I think that I will just ignore the
nitelite situation for now, but keep it in the back of my mind in case
something weird pops up in the future.
     I am fairly new to gardening, and don't really know the meaning of
many gardening terms, but either way I am not too sure that I want my 
"internodes" any shorter than they already are.
     
Stan.     The cheap and lazy gardener.

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