Calling this part one because this is so not the finished project! It became apparent as soon as I sowed my seeds that a grow light system was going to be on the project agenda this year. However in true frugal "use what you have" style I raided the garage and put this together.
Nope it's not perfect and ideally I'd like to make more use of the light on the end but for now it works. It's a T8 light (supplies from the garage) with 2 bulbs, supported on boxes over the seed tray. Since I took the pic I raised the seed tray nearer the light using some packing materials we had on hand. In all it works for now but I am planning a proper shelving unit for the next batch. Oh and it's sitting on the dog crates cos there is nowhere else right now to put them!
For seed trays, well last month I bought one of these Jiffy trays with 72 peat pots. I hadn't used them before and I was quite impressed with them. I was kinda worried though as it's tough to buy the replacement pellets, but I've since seen that the insert to hold those lifts out and I can use the pots instead which I can find locally :)
Here is a pic of the ever growing seedlings! I thinned them out just prior to this pic, though I'm not sure what to do with the arugala (does it need thinning?) so I need to research that. Some of the plants are ready to transplant to bigger pots too!
So there you have it! A make-shift, make-do lighting system for seedlings. Total cost = nothing, which is even better :)
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