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[Pat Meadows <pat@containerseeds.com>]

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 14:13:41 -0800, you wrote:

>Since we have been talking about indoor lighting, here's what I use, and it
>can't be beat in my opinion.
>1/ I bought a 1000 watt metal halide lamp and refector hood from an RCMP
>auction (they raid the indoor pot growers and auction off their equipment).
>So for $150 Canadian I got a new system thats over $500 brand new.
>2/ I grown tomato seedlings or new grafted trees under florescent bulbs, but
>this only works for a week or two as the light is too weak.

I also grow tomato seedlings under fluorescent bulbs - under
two regular, cheap, 4-ft long, 40 watt cool-white
fluorescent bulbs in a regular cheap shoplight:  and they're
fine.  They're splendid.  I've done this for quite a few
years.  

So I don't know why yours did not succeed.

Pat
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