At first I was concerned about the LED light being too bright for seedlings. Most folks use florescent tubes for starting seedlings. I ordered a thick book on hydroponics, but seems it was written in the early 1980s... LEDs aren't even mentioned.
Two weeks ago
Today shows some progress
The light was about 24" above the seed cubes...but once they started quickly sprouting and getting "leggy", I realized my light needed to be much closer. More like 10 inches. Luckily, they appear to be okay now. Stalks are beefing up a tad. Placing a low speed fan blowing across them is supposed to help. So did that as well.
And I'm running lights on timer...15 hours on - 9 hours off.
Today I transferred the lettuce and kale to the "perma-tubby". Mixed up the proper nutrients, placed a bubbler stone inside, and adjusted the light. Once everything gets bigger I'll change to a 14/10 timing for lights.
Seems slow going... but what else am I gonna do? Nap?
They seem to be growing nicely. Good job!
ReplyDeleteThanks....might be time for an update.
DeleteNot sure what or when we will doing our garden
ReplyDeleteYou've still got alot of winter to go, it looks like.
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