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Old 18-01-2004, 06:07 PM
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Default fluorescent lights and seed starting

C wrote in newsan.2004.01.18.17.35.33.470059
@yahoo.com:

How close do fluorescent lights have to be to indoor propagation trays to
be effective? I would like to use the ceiling lights I have in the
basement. If I were to set up a couple of sawhorses with propagation
mats, do you think I could get by with the ceiling lights, or will I have
to lower them to within a foot or so of the seeds?




Everything I've seen says you should put them really close like within
inches, but my pet theory is you can build a hugh reflector (or two) from
leftover AOL discs and just use the ceiling light.