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| purchased 2 shoplights, 2 50w plant bulbs, and 1 extension cord from HD. shoplights had some dings in them and was able to get 50% off :) opinions...
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- Posted by feethanddooth 6 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 20, 10 at 11:58
| oh, how long should i expose them to light each day? |
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| I presume the blue cast is from the camera? Once you see the babies pop up, I would leave them on at least 14, preferably 16 hrs./day. I would also move the trays together and get the lights as close as you can and still cover the area. YMMV, Mike |
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| Sorry to tell you but those aren't shop lights. This is a shop light and as you can see it puts out a great deal more light than what you have there. I too wonder about the blue cast?? And why is the plastic dome still on? Have they germinated? If not then you don't need the lights. If they have, then the dome needs to be removed ASAP and the lights need to be much closer to the plants. If you can provide much more light than that the results will be much better. Dave |
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- Posted by naturemitch 4/5 WI (My Page) on Sat, Mar 20, 10 at 18:42
| Hi, guess i will add in a couple of comments. people need to chill out about domes/plastic/coverings being on too long....it WON'T cause horrible, immediate, deadly consequences. I repeat WON'T. I am speaking from years and thousands of seedlings of experience. I keep getting that this is so taboo from the posts that I read, that I just have to smile. Yes, the coverings will need to be removed, but in hours, days??? I will purposely leave saran wrap on to keep that humidity high for the majority of seeds to come up or to protect small plants from dessication....or when I am out of town for the weekend. It can be done!!!! I am talking about peppers all the way to rock garden plants....in fact my saxifrages have had on their saran wrap for close to 2-3 weeks...no worse for wear. I don't have any issues with damp off or my plants dying. Use a good soilless mix, don't overwater when sowing and you won't have issues....period. And as for the light...my lights sit over the heating bed....waiting for that first seedling to emerge. That means the minute they break the soil surface they are getting the illumination they need. If the seeds happen to need darkness...cover the container. So...keep those lights on no matter if germinated or not. And your set-up looks fine...compared to mine about 10 years ago, a light bulb in a box to keep in warmth...ha, I still have to laugh:) m
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- Posted by feethanddooth 6 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 21, 10 at 9:46
| thanks for the info from everyone. im going to leave on the covers until at least half break the soil (i dont know many proper gardening terms so dont chew me out) the blue light is from the bulb itself. casts blue light. its a GE plant bulb 50w. the 13 pods broke through yesterday after putting the light on them so it seems to work great. as far as light exposure i just turn off when i go to sleep, on when i wake up. seems to work fine so far. im just having fun right now and enjoying seeing growth. |
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