Taking it indoors

stxgardener · October 9, 2012

After my fall garden failure. I posted my sulking in the forum. I appreciate all the support. I got my second wind. I brought the tomato operation to the garage. I bought three earth boxes and a 45W led grow light. Man those led lights are pricey.I
also put up some florescent side lights . I cant get over how much better there doing
indoors. I'll add pic's next post.

coloken · October 9, 2012

Good luck with them. I keep trying LED lights but they do not put out enough light--so much untruth in their advertising much less the price. I went to CFL and made my own reflector from a length of air duct. You can find larger CFLs ,like 150 watt, on the internet.

Cole_Robbie · October 11, 2012

You'll need a high pressure sodium light to make much fruit.

stxgardener · October 11, 2012

I not sure on the lighting. I have 9 plants in a 6 by 6 area. I have a 45w led and 5
125w cfl's I ordered a 8 bulb T5 fixture with 40,000 lumens. I am getting flowers
and tomatoes now with the led setup.

Cole_Robbie · October 11, 2012

They'll flower and fruit, but the tomatoes won't be that great. The lights you are buying are overpriced and over-rated. It's not that they don't work at all; it's just that you would get a lot better results for a lot less money by using HPS lighting.

I apologize for being so critical. I certainly do wish you the best with the project.

October 9, 2012	#1
stxgardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Posts: 6	Taking it indoors After my fall garden failure. I posted my sulking in the forum. I appreciate all the support. I got my second wind. I brought the tomato operation to the garage. I bought three earth boxes and a 45W led grow light. Man those led lights are pricey.I also put up some florescent side lights . I cant get over how much better there doing indoors. I'll add pic's next post.

October 9, 2012	#2
coloken Tomatovillian™ Honoree Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NE Co Posts: 303	Good luck with them. I keep trying LED lights but they do not put out enough light--so much untruth in their advertising much less the price. I went to CFL and made my own reflector from a length of air duct. You can find larger CFLs ,like 150 watt, on the internet.

October 11, 2012	#3
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	You'll need a high pressure sodium light to make much fruit.