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Lights for germination

mojorisin57
19 years ago

I'm a newbie and I want some advice on lights to be used in germination and growing on of annual/perennial seeds. Is a 4' Home Depot shop light with 2 bulbs (one warm white and one cool white) the way to go? I read on a web site that these inexpensive shop lights greatly shorten the life of the bulbs. Are the fancy Gro and show lights any better? What about Agrosun full-spectrum bulbs? Any opinion of the expensive Tek-Light T5 bulbs? I want to grow the perennial seedings into good size 3-4" pot sized plants indoors for about 5 months before moving outdoors in the spring so I need a good light source. Does anyone now of a good books/pamplet/web site on growing under fluorescent lights?

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