How many hours of indoor light per day??

RomanX · February 12, 2015

This is my first year starting ANY seeds indoors; I am planning on sowing 11 varieties of tomatoe seeds. I have a shoplight with four flourescent bulbs (6500K, 2850 lumens) and a timer.

I've read 10-14 hours per day and local daylight hours is 12 (in May, when the seeds can be direct-sown) and increases to 13 the next month.

What is the optimum for my indoor growing?? Should I mimic the increasing daylight hours?? Choose a time and keep it the same??

What works best?

February 12, 2015	#1
RomanX Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: North Carolina Posts: 119	How many hours of indoor light per day?? This is my first year starting ANY seeds indoors; I am planning on sowing 11 varieties of tomatoe seeds. I have a shoplight with four flourescent bulbs (6500K, 2850 lumens) and a timer. I've read 10-14 hours per day and local daylight hours is 12 (in May, when the seeds can be direct-sown) and increases to 13 the next month. What is the optimum for my indoor growing?? Should I mimic the increasing daylight hours?? Choose a time and keep it the same?? What works best?