Well, one way or another we'll get this setup growing--oops, I mean going! Della, I agree with you in regards to product availability mostly centered around pet store, etc; but be carefull-- there is a big difference between aquaculture and agriculture when it comes to light applications. some of these T5 and T8 so called grow lights sold in pet and aquarium stores don't have as much 'red' or 'blue' light as those designed specifically for terrestial plants. Most are designed to make pet enclosures and aquariums just look pretty while others may have wavelengths as high as 15000 to 20000 designed for deep water aquatic life. Even more fustrating is the help in many of the stores don't know dippity doo about what's best for what and why. So the next time your out looking, jot down some model numbers of different grow light tubes from Hydro Farm/Hrdro Gro, Sylvania Gro-Lux types, and GE, etc. Then go back home and pull up the pdf's of each for all the specs. Then you'll see that some have different color peaks charactur. Some may have sharp peaks while another may have a more broad peak for red and blue. And since we're dealing with growing greenery, we want lots of blue, preferrably in a nice broad peak form. If we were at the flowering stage, we'd be looking to emphasize the red a little more and so on. Of course, you know this part already I think, but I put it out there for some readers who might not.
