On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:11:45 -0800, Matthew Montchalin
wrote:

Hay folks! too many complex answers to a simple problem (I think).

Think about this. If your first day at the beach you rippedoff your
shirt and stayed in the sun all day- - -You'd wilt too! BUT, if you
started out at say 15 minutes the first day,,30the next and etc, you'd
soon adapt to it.

Now for the person that mentioned using florescent lights instead of
grow light. It works great! BUT, you need both the Soft White and
Daylight type bulbs(different light spectrums ).

I raised tomatoes in my basement (hydroponically ) and had tomatoes in
January and February one year. (lots of work).

Another thing you can do by using lights is; Adjust your day length
to make your plants think it is summer. Don't over do it though.
Plants manufacture food during the day and grow in darkness (I know
there are exceptions). bit as a general rule.

Guess I might have offended some, but not my intentions, After
70+years of watching thing grow, I still get a thrill out of it..

All of you gardeners have a good day- -Rogerx

A couple days ago I made the mistake of putting my tomato seedlings out
on a windowsill for direct sunlight, and a few hours later I discovered
they were all withered. (We've had a lot of sunlight here lately in
Portland, Oregon.)

I immediately removed them, and enclosed them in a humidity-containing
package (it used to be a doughnut package but I filled it up halfway
with potting soil), and hid it away.

The next day, 10% of the seedlings began to perk up again.

If I buy a photometer, how much light should tomato seedlings be exposed
to?

Is the real problem loss of water instead of too much sunlight?