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- From: dmiller@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Dick and Jill Miller)
- Subject: Re: Seedlings under lights and legginess
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.222454.16873@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 22:24:54 GMT
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- >From: rlwilliams@gallua.gallaudet.edu
-
- >Hi,
- > for the first time I'm thinking of starting some seeds indoors...
- >probably tomatoes and peppers. I have tried the window sill rout in the
- >past but that has usually led to really leggy plants plus many of them
- >didn't survive the transplant (the peppers' stem wilted right where it
- >meets the ground and they plopped right over and died). Sooo, this
- >year I am thinking of getting one of those kits with a light and a shelf
- >for starting plants indoors. I got about 10 (!) gardening and seed catalogs
- >this week so I'm ready to start looking.
- > I wonder if you have any advice for me. Do these things work?
- >Any particular brands better than others? Any special feature I should make
- >sure I get? Thanks
- >
- >skip
- >rlwilliams@gallau.bitnet
- >
- Lights work pretty well. You should be aware that lights alone won't
- necessarily keep plants from getting leggy. They should also have fairly
- cool temps (55-65F) during growth (but not during germination when the
- seeds need to be warmer (~75F?).
-
- --Jill
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