Beginner Gardening: Do I need to grow under lights?, 1 by Gymgirl

Gymgirl wrote:
Yep. It was me! And, it was a pain, morning and evening. Only because I was rotating out 208 tomato seedlings, and 65 bell pepper seedlings on 4 shelves. I got zealous with the seed sowing hand!

Also, I had a total of 4 bulbs (two 2-light kits) per shelf. This made a tremendous difference from the year before when I only used 2 lights per shelf. The plants on the edges kinda suffered from stretching toward the middle to catch some light!

Kits run $10/per at the big box stores. I got a case of 12 cool lights on sale for $12 and put one cool and one regular light in each fixture. These lights will last at least the next 8-10 growing seasons for me!