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Feb 18, 2012 7:48 AM CST
Name: Jan
Hustisford, WI
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Cat Lover Daylilies Dog Lover Irises Region: United States of America
Region: Wisconsin
Last year I used a combination of a grow light - and a south facing bedroom window.

I too, am not handy enough to actually hang a light. So I bought an inexpensive metal rack from one of the box stores (that was also on clearance) and set that up in an unused bedroom that happened to have that south facing window. I put the trays on the second shelf, and hang the light using chain or wire from the top shelf. Between the grow light and the sunlight, my plants did just fine. The wire/ chain allowed me to adjust the height as needed.

Because I keep my house temperatures cold, I also bought a heat mat - then carefully hung an old curtain around the outside of the rack (except the window side) to help keep the heat in. As the seedlings grew I turned off the heat mat, and then eventually the grow light since most days they got enough sun from the window as the days were getting longer. ~Jan

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