USING REGULAR LIGHTBULBS TO GROW SEEDLINGS & PLANTS ? CHEAP ALTERNATIVES FOR SEED STARTING.

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CAN YOU USE REGULAR LIGHTBULBS WITH SEEDLINGS? CHEAP ALTERNATIVES FOR SEED STARTING. Can you use regular lightbulbs in a garden set up? Does a regular light bulb work for starting seeds? In this video we look at how to use regular lightbulbs in a seed starting set up.
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@ancientgardening6920 3 года назад

Just five hours at dusk of extra light makes all the difference between a dormant plant and one that's cranking out a leaf every three days.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yea that’s actually very true. Right now even just the change outside light wise is effecting all the house plants

@susanjohnson5824 3 года назад

I agree I have been using cool LED's lightbulbs for my houseplants this winter and they are growing great, it makes a big difference lots of new growth.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

It does! It’s kind of insane how it works

@mysticalrose1414 3 года назад

What brand of cool LED's where you using?

@Enn- 2 года назад

Thank you for this Ashley! It's helpful in a very practical way.

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@craftyam 2 года назад

I love your approach to gardening and shtf and helping people. Found you from canadian prepper. I will try to adjust your teachings to my living in Arizona.Thank you I have an Earthship and it is not oriented the right direction , It faces southwest, So I need to augment my light in the spring.

@BoscowHunt Год назад

Thanks for the helpful info. Great video.

@sahagun71 2 года назад

Thank you for the info. It’s interesting though how apologetic you were for sharing knowledge you’ve gathered as an experienced grower. Us novice people need all the advice we can get before making expensive decisions.

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

I appreciate that!

@jeaninecelayeta3370 Год назад

Fluorescent tubes work great for seedlings too

@GardeningInCanada Год назад

Yes they do

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

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@jennyreese4913 2 года назад

Thank you for this!

@MeAndMyShadow1234 2 года назад

This spring i started my green peppers and tomato seeds with cool led lights and found they did well and as the days got longer i hardened them off quickly to outdoors bringing in on cool nights

@MeAndMyShadow1234 2 года назад

Hubby was worried about the power consumption for grow lights... the led household bulbs created not as much worry

@lynnee7780 3 года назад

informative! Thank you! 💚💚 (perfectly match your sweatshirt)

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Hahah I didn’t realize that till you pointed it out 😂🤣

@Kimgenx 2 года назад

Thank you so much!! Finally...I understand.

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

❤️❤️

@liljoe2592 3 года назад

Thank you for doing this. It’s nice to hear that someone has done some scribbling outside the lines

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

I really enjoy that analogy 😂 thank you. I don’t think everyone has the empathy to understand some people are not in a position for expensive grow lights.

@liljoe2592 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada I totally agree and honestly it will work just get it in the dirt and it will grow. So excited to get planting

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Haha yea me too

@icouldjustscream 3 года назад

I start my seedlings under a blurple from Costco (Innovo, I think) and an Ott full spectrum desk lamp. When they start to grow up a bit I move them to the Spiderfarmer 2000. Then start new seedlings under the cheaper lights again. Always good to have backup seedlings!

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yea exactly! I’ve seen the Costco blurples and the results are awesome my friend had cucumbers blooming in her living room 😂

@travisoneal586 10 месяцев назад

Great video. It was very helpful. Thanks for speaking the truth.

@lindam9018 3 года назад

Excellent information and I think it's just fantastic that you are showing more affordable lighting to help people get started and things like the cut-off bottoms of milk jugs and pop bottles to start seeds in. Oh, I have one suggestion, you could leave your graphics and photos up for longer. Thanks for a great video!

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Thanks so much for enjoying!

@gardeningandgrowing6357 3 года назад

I start my seedlings under the tube fluorescent Bulbs. Works well. I’ve even had my peppers or tomatoes flower. Great video btw.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yup! My grandma does that actually, she’s never had any issues what so ever

@miriambartley6622 3 года назад

I use florescent shop lights too. I use two side by side with one cool and one warm bulb in each. I made a frame of strapping lumber attached to the ends of a 6' folding table. Its a hack job, but does the trick. I also have an LED grow light. They both perform well. The florescent light is a little gentler light which is easier to control.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Last year with my T5 fluorescent I forgot to lift them and my tomatoes touched them 😅 LED would have been nice then

@noneya9944 2 года назад

Thank you for the video. I have a 2 plants at work but lately my co-worker started closing all the blinds during the day. I'm going to buy a desk lamp and leave it on overnight.

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

thats a good idea

@dreamlovermimi9458 Год назад

I love! Quick question, how many lumens should a LED light be? For indoor garden?

@chefe2152 2 года назад

Thanks Ashley, it's true,as with anything the industry is trying to get your money here

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

Unfortunately… very sad factor about todays world

@warrior3d27 2 года назад

i know PAR value and PPFD distance to my understanding, i know based on my last comment these two values are most important, not sure if vintage lights can deliver them tho

@rhino1393 Год назад

Led bulbs for lamps work better if you take the plastic cover off

@lordpurchase9189 Год назад

Car head lamps are a cheap but very effective lights for growing plants and you can get them in 8000k you just need a good 12volt power supply of at least 4 amps.

@79PoisonBreaker 3 года назад

Lumins and PAR are a deep rabbit hole to me lol but as far as intensity of light you want to aim for is 20 to 25 watts per sqft is what ive found. Thats just a ballpark to help determine how high from the plant top to start off . Hope this helps someone

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

I’m sure it will! Awesome comment, and great point didn’t think about the watts per square foot

@patrickwilson9783 2 года назад

🤣 dope grower all of us know the general rule of thumb is 30 watts per SQ ft maybe less with the Samsung leds

@lordpurchase9189 Год назад

6000k to 6500k works best for my house plants and I've even grown vegetables with white light and its worked better. I like to look at nature as a guide, the Sun is white and gives off a white light, it can appear yellow but that is just the earth atmosphere. In space the Sun is white around 6500K color temperature. If using household bulbs its best to twist of the defuser caps for better lighting.

@compiticny1445 3 года назад

When growing aquatic plants we used a cool and a warm fluorescent bulb to cover the spectrum better than a single bulb or an expensive grow light. You are correct about the light intensity from older bulbs as a coating starts to form on the inside chemical reaction and electricity. We changed the bulbs every six months or so since we had a large area lit by them we would take them from the "grow area" and replace ones that burned out.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Oh interesting I didn’t realize it was the coating

@VeggieBeard Год назад

I have smart LED bulbs the have adjustable KV from warm to cool. I even have one that can change red, blue, green and etc. Do you think these would be a good light source and do think it would be possible to get blossom predictions with them? I can use the app gor them to schedule chages in color brightness and duration. I also have a 4x4x60 grow tent and this is my first year growing so I am trying to figure out the cheapest and easiest way to a very least overwinter pepper plants but if possible I'd like them to continue producing.

@GardeningInCanada Год назад

Sounds like they could work! I have a sensor now that can measure lighting in a specific area.

@InvoicedThyme80 3 года назад

Not about lights, but about heat mats. Zone 5a. Montréal. As of now I have 4 plants that sprouted out of 20. I planted valentines day. What should I do? Move the sprouted one off of heating mat and put it under lights. Or wait till they all sprouted.? They are various kinds of veggies/fruits, my tomatoes catnip and sugar baby sprouted are what sprouted.. thank you

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Leave them for now but if you start noticing leaning then switch them to light. If the light is moveable move the light over the heat pad the ungerminated seeds will be just fine.

@samartinez1988 3 года назад

Found an led shop light at a local farm and ranch store. Was only 25 dollars, and has a 5500 lumen output in a 5000k spectrum. I call this a seed starting bargain!

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

That sounds amazing there are some cheaper ones out there forsure

@kandjsma 3 года назад

Do you know if the light meter apps work to measure how much light your grow lights are putting out?

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

I’ve never heard of those but it’s using the camera it could I know the ones with the UV panels are pretty accurate

@michaelmarchione3408 3 года назад

So, if I use a regular shaped LED light bulb that is listed as daylight light, then I'm on the right track?

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yup! Absolutely that’s exactly what you need!

@TKEsweetheart24 3 года назад

... 🪴🌱🪴👩🏽‍🌾🌱 🪴🌱... 👈🏽 that’s me up to my neck in new plants with one S facing window and one N facing that’s heavily interrupted by buildings. I honestly don’t know what any of that means but I hear about exposures all the time. I really need a supplemental lighting and a humidifier. Sooo thankful you made this video, I can be confident in the knowledge I’m about to gain lol

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Ahaha oh man! That’s the worst we have all been there though 😂

@kendravoracek3636 3 года назад

💚💚

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

❤️❤️❤️

@jillsmith5687 2 года назад

Do I leave the light on night and day? I’ve just got an LED lamp over my flower seeds; will that be ok ?

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

yea absolutely and if its seedling leave it on all the time :)

@patrickwilson9783 2 года назад

24 or 18 on 6 off for vegs 12/12 for flowering/fruiting plants

@warrior3d27 2 года назад

i like vintage styling, do you think a vintage led bulb may contain more red/blue spectrum? good for houseplant foilage

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

I wish unfortunately those kind of a yellowish ones will not work

@thoward869 Год назад

What wattage do you want the led bulb? Does it have to be 100? Can it be 60 or40??

@wildedibles819 3 года назад

Ive u...im using day light led reg light bulbs just fine :)

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

See! I’m not lying 🤥

@wildedibles819 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada not good for flowers but they work to keep plants alive over the winter months Seedlings very with stretching but it's better than just the window I do eventually want real good lights but it's so much mixed opinions out there I'm waiting to spend good money for good lights ;) I have a mini shop light too and it still works after being old it puts out some heat but my drafty window is helped by this extra heat

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yea exactly. That’s the main goal anyways right

@wildedibles819 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada exactly:)

@apextroll 3 года назад

I assume by "regular light bulb" you don't mean the old school incandescent light bulbs. I plan on using a 40 watt incandescent with a lamp shade to act as a heating pad. They give off more heat than light.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yea incandescents get to hot to put at the 12 inch mark so LEDs. But ambient warming absolutely incandescents work awesome

@apextroll 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada If anyone decided to do this, use a baking tray under the seed tray balanced on a wide lamp shade. Just be careful because it can be a fire hazard if not done correctly. Do not use a bulb above 60 watts.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

That’s an awesome idea! I’ve never thought of using a cookie tray.

@fiatlux4058 2 года назад

Growlight industry is full of shit. 1$ 10w household lamp gave me results better than branded 20$ 8w growlight But what is more important it doesn't fuck with my eyes.

@jessletteer8430 3 года назад

So I’d be good growing baby leafy greens possibly?

@jessletteer8430 3 года назад

Like I’m assuming yes bc I use my daylight lights for my basil ... but i just need clarification 😂😂

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yup!

@jessletteer8430 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada sweet! Ok I assumed but wasn’t for sure bc ya kno, self doubt and I has no science degree lol thank you 🥰🥰🥰

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Haha trust yourself! You’re no dummy ❤️

@taniarice2770 3 года назад

I’m so confused by the colours. 😩. Can you break it down? At what stage should you use what colour. From just planted seed until the time you put them outside.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Blue green is your seedling colours. Red yellow is flowers 😊