Ask the Gardener: Can Fluorescent Shop Lights Be Used To Start Seeds?
by
Susan @learning and yearning
(IC: blogger)
Seedlings require a lot of light; more are lost to lack of light than any other factor. Even a good south facing window will generally not be enough light in the spring to grow your seedlings. The sun doesn’t shine every day, and won’t provide direct light for enough hours in the day at that time of year. Sunlight contains the full spectrum of light which plants use for photosynthesis, and that’s the selling point of specialized, full spectrum light bulbs used for growing plants indoors.
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Published March 4th, 2014 12:04 PM
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