vma4922 said:Dnd
I'm late to the party, I haven't been reading the threads for several days. Here is the simple light set up my husband rigged for me. I had the nice wire shelves, but I think they can be bought for about $40?? Or if you have something similar. I then bought inexpensive shop lights at Home Depot, and bought plant/aquarium lights for them
I only did 2 lights/shelves, as I was given a 4' grow light with metal frame besides, and that's plenty for my use.
PS, my shelves are pretty much empty because the lights just went up; was growing a few herbs under my other light :D Dont want you to think I dont utilize all the space - LOL
Thank you for sharing! You're not too late at all...I won't likely purchase the lights, etc. for a few weeks since I don't intend to start my seeds until January.
Your setup is just like what mine will be. I already have those same wire shelving units, I just need to get the lights and, it seems, some mylar for the back to reflect some of the light and heat back at the seedlings.
Your picture gave me something to think about...I still plan to put a single light the entire width of the shelf, but if I have some seeds that don't require as much light (heuchera, perhaps?), then I might be able to get away with a single light across two shelves like you have and put any shade-friendly seeds in the fringes where there isn't as much light. I do think most of my seeds will require a lot of light, but I could also see how much more light the mylar reflects back...there might not be any shadier spots if it's reflecting a substantial amount of light to edges where the light wouldn't otherwise go. If that's the case, it could save me a lot of money to not have as many lights!
