My girlfriend and I love gardening, but have only ever planted tomatos
and peppers from starts you buy at the hardware store, or even walmart,
in the fall. We're trying to go cheaper this year, and I have a henry
fields catalog here with tomato and pepper seeds.

Here's where it starts to sound kinda hokey. Could we save money by
trying to start our own tomato and pepper plants inside? I can get a
48" flourescent two-bulb fixture and two grow bulbs for around $30. I
know, it's not a greenhouse. Another issue, we're planning on putting
them in dixie cups to start them, is that an issue?

We're only planning on growing about a dozen tomato plants and maybe a
dozen bell pepper plants, but we have many friends and family who also
garden that we'd share our starts with.

How large can these starts get in the house under a growlight?

Thanks!
Jason Kelly
Valley Center, KS