Lights for growing tomato plants indoors

[kurt]

Originally Posted by KarenO

Set your shelf up in front of the biggest south facing window you can and then supplement the window light for 16 hours a day with plugin t12 fixtures. Works for me. Expensive lights are for growing things other than tomatoes in blacked out rooms and closets IMO.
KarenO

For just getting a jump start for seedlings and keeping them alive till the plant goes in hole in springwould be the lessor of the complete cost of a full seed/clone growout,harvest regime.You will be talking mega ducats($$$$)1000-2000 grand for a nice setup.