BTW, I do want to thank those repliers to my inquiry on a prior thread about tomato starts:
So far the starts (tomatoes and peppers) are looking good. Celery - we shall see. Few of the strawberry seeds have even sprouted.
I moved the light* closer, to a few inches above the plants (now adjustable with hanging chains), and installed a second light** similarly over the 2nd shelf. I have a small fan blowing @ the plants overnight***, and the seedlings were started in 18 oz. plastic cups (holes pinched in the bottoms) rather than reused “6-packs” from the young plants sellers. That last so I don’t have to drown the plants to keep them from drying up if I’m away 2-3 days.
I would appear that light sufficient to overwinter various plants in good shape was NOT enough to sustain seedlings.
*It also appears that light #1’s spectrum is sufficient to work well. (It is a 5000K 5000 Lumen 4’ LED “shop light”, but I’d note that the light quality suggests to me a fairly wide, broad, respectably smooth spectrum. It likely lacks a bit in the reds, but, I don’t need strong “red” here.) “Close up” seems to provide enough of the right spectrum components to make the seedlings happy: Leaves are a nice dark green, stalks are not so “spindly” as before”.
**The space for #2 is a bit more limited, so, a couple days ago when I added more “cups”, I squeezed in a 36” 3200 Lumen / 4000K light for that second shelf. I’m slightly worried this light has less “Blue” in its output, but, we shall see how it goes. So far, so good. Later I can rework for a 3rd shelf and another 5000K 5000 Lumen 4’ light.
***The fan overnight instead of during the day should reduce soil water evaporation. (Long explanation - basically that room is cooler / more humid at night.)
Other than “volunteers”, I’ve not had much success trying to start from seed in the garden itself (they start and then die, for one reason or another - too fragile?), so I’ll try to get these seedlings fairly strong B4 moving them out, even tho’ frost would literally take a Krakatoa type event to happen now.
Crossing my fingers...
Thanks but please be consistent on what days you post this thread.