About 5 weeks ago I amended some raised beds with cottonseed meal, bone meal, azomite, and composted horse manure. The peppers that I planted are looking gre…
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Question by Bozie Bear: Growing tomato seedling under blue light?
I wanted to try starting my tomato season early this year by growing under indoor light. I found a light with a blue tinted bulb that reads Plant Grow N Sho on it. It looks like a regular 150W flood light but must be for plants. In other words, it is not florescent. I have it hanging over my plants about 18 inches because it seems a little hot to put lower. I have it on a timer for 18 hours on and 6 hours off in darkness. Does this sound sufficient? I don’t have room for long tube lights plus the light I found reads and looks as if it were for this purpose. Any tips would help.
Best answer:
Answer by Cicero G
In order to get nice results from a grow lamp you need a High Intensity Discharge or HID light. They come in two major flavors, High Pressure Sodium HPS and Metal Halide MH aka street lights. The blue tint ones are MH the redder hues are from HPS. A 400 watt MH High Bay(fixture type) would do a real nice job and not be too pricey. Good Luck
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great job! love the videos!
You’re doing a great job; both with the gardening and the donations to
people. Wish more folks were out there like you.
I have seen the Vietnamese using human manuare I quit eating those big
vegetables…!!
looking around at all the snow ,watching your videos makes me excited
about spring :)
what kind of manuare compost do u use? thanks!
Bobby, my hat is off to you – I love your videos. You mentioned the problem
with the Moringa – but not what you did to solve it. Please share the
remedy. What is your elevation ? I am in the midle of Mexico at 1,750
meters and desperatly want – no, NEED , to grow Moringas to fee my farm
animals or I am going to lose it. Have been told my yield will be poor due
to the elevation – – but I am trying an asking the Lord to help me make it
happen., Sheila
i dont know why i was not suscribed to your channel but im subscribed now.
very good vids God bless you all from Guatemala.
Thank you very much.
Nothin worse than a calorie counting ladybug!
Yes Susie, I feel like the more I do to help others, the more He blesses
me. Things work out like that way more than I ever expected.
Wow first video I’ve come across of yours will definitely be looking
through some more. Your farm and plants look amazing!
Thank you. All of those little insects are a headache.
Both…they are in 5 foot cages and I also clean up the bottom leaves.
Great video. Keep-on, keeping-on!
very good
Great job, thanks for the video.
Cool … Marigolds are great. But they do attract spider mites. So keep an
eye out for the little terrors.
Hey… I’m not perfect ! 😉
Initially the water was 150ppm and I have added 29 grams of nutrient for 5
gallons bucket of water and got 500ppm, shall I increase nutrient to reach
1000ppm?
We had a little bit of wind yesterday too. Snapped a few squash, but thats
about it.
God bless you and your wife more! May your tribe increase!
LOL…. that’s exactly what I did, and fast.
Hey Sheila…. what I’ve done is just try to keep the Moringa hosed off. A
little bit of Neem oil or dish liquid helps too. But I don’t spray unless I
really have too. Keeping the mites dislodged with water seems to slow down
their progression. We’re not very high up elevation wise. But honestly, I
have yet to see anyone grow a truly healthy looking Moringa. I’ve seen a
few decent sized trees, but even they didn’t look too good. I hope you can
do it !
Do u think they used compost tea n the old bible days?i mean everything’s
from nature n ya tea.im a tru believer n the tea and will use nothing else
for now on.thanks fa ya testimony on the knowledge the man gave u to send
out.im just a lost sheep tryna find my way bro.
Peppers really like the heat. They are much slower to kick into gear.
That’s why a lot of people end up with a better crop in the Fall. It takes
awhile for the plant to mature to the point of good production.
There is a new CFL (compact fluorescent light) made by EiCO (small case I) model SP105/41/med. 105W rated at 450W incandescent. Not only will grow a tomato or whatever, it will give you a free tan. They’re about $ 30-35 at any good hardware store. The bulb you’re using is more for Show and less on Grow. I do like the bulb for reading, I’m using one now to see the keyboard. Easy on my old eyes. RScott