"Robert King" somebody@localhost wrote in message
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Greetings All,


I am thinking about growing some vegetable seedlings from seed indoors.
Would an aquarium tank with aquarium growlight fluoro tubes be adequate to
do this in an area which doesn't receive natural light ?

Quite simply, yes.
If they are the same to your small (or large) indoor (say like kitchen,
bathroom,laundry) fluro tubes, cool white then yes, to get your seedlings up
will be fine.
They provide enough light to get seedlings and cuttings up ready for
outdoors. However not good for flowering, which in your case won't matter as
they are only to get the seeds up.
Remember, until the seeds actually germinate and break the surface, no light
is needed, just bottom warmth.
I have raised many cuttings up under a fluro coolwhite tube no probs.
Only thing to be careful with is anything you are growing that will flower
due to reduced light periods. You don't want to give your seedlings 24hr
light, then put them outside only to find they go straight to flower.
Try and match the fluro light time on your seeds to outdoor light time.
Also, a small grow chamber as someone mentioned from a hardware store (Mitre
10 maybe?) would be a good investment. This should fit in the tank, and will
allow better control of humidity by opening, shutting door on it.
Good luck

Any pointers would be appreciated. My prime objective is to spend as
little
as possible.

Cool white tube in fishtank, quite cheap.

Robert