Viewing post #1264692 by Shadegardener

Philip - who would have thought that choosing grow lights could be so confusing? I think you'll have to decide how big a light setup you want, how long you'll be using it, where can you do the setup and how much to do you want to spend. Certainly standard fluorescent shop lights would be the least expensive option and they will get your veggies plants started and growing decently IF you keep them no more than an inch or two above the tops of your plants. Us cold-weather seed starters have to grow under lights a little longer to get plants big enough to produce in our shorter growing season and I've gone over to T5 lights for that reason.