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Re: basic gardening 101

What a great idea and your're absolutely right about the grow lights.  
Seedlings actually prefer the fluorescent lights.

Lynne

Rene M. Lipshires wrote:
> 
> I, too, also use shop lights, cool and warm.  The lights that are sold as
> "grow" lights are expensive and provide no additional value (in my mind)
> over and above the ordinary shop light.
> 
> My husband and I create a wooden frame on which we attached 4 shop lights,
> each containing 2 bulbs.  The frame is hooked up to a pulley which can be
> raised and lowered.  There is a 4x4' "make shift" table that is under the
> light frame.  The table is a piece of plywood sitting on top of two
> sawhorses.  Each table holds up to 8 flats of seeds.
> 
> This has really worked for me.  I can 'get around" the table and have easy
> access to all the flats.
> 
> Rene.
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