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#46 |
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Join Date: May 2014
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Every year, I have problems with them growing leggy. My only guess is that it is the fluorescent lights. I have to move them up every day first thing in the morning because the plants have grown into the lights while they are off overnight. I only use the plastic dome the first week until the seeds start to germinate. When I pot up the tomato plants - I use regular MG potting mix and don't feed/fertilize them. I have already discussed with my wife about going to LED lights next year.
In summer, I sow/germinate seeds outside in dappled shade. Those plants do not grow leggy. |
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#47 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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Salt I have everything you need to build one of my extrem light CFL light setups.
Too bad it isn't there. ![]() 1200 watts of light in 12 square feet is nothing to sneeze at. Doing my next one out of conduit. Worth |
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#48 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 3,194
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An easier solution to try first is put aluminum foil around the sides of your lights to reflect (the light you are now losing) back in.
Nan |
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