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My growing season isn't long enough. I'd have a hard time deciding which plant exhibited desirable traits (excluding diseased plants) until 2/3 of the season was up.

Cool! How are they coming along?

Yes. And like the others said above: they are marketed as "Daylight". Some even mix them with a different color bulb to get more spectrum. From my experience, it doesn't make much difference for new sprouts. I'm not spending money on new bulbs when I have tons of slightly used t12's laying...

Home depot, Walmart or Lowes. Problem is you find something you like and they switch brands whenever they get a contract with a different company/supplier. I used to like the Lights of America stuff that Wallmart used to sell. While GE CLF bulbs always seem like crap. Haven't had much...

I agree with Patrick, what's up with the soil?

First flowering, you should have flowers on the plant by the time they are transplanted if you started them early enough (depends on the type of plant...I'm growing marigolds and they should be blooming within 2 weeks of now). I mean that the plants won't out-grow your seed starting area. You...

I think the bulb you have will be fine for 8 plants through the first flowering. I see your using an aquarium, be careful not to grow mold.

Doing a little more research, it looks like I need to use a Ackermann steering geometry. That may require steering arms in the rear of the axle rather in front. I might not need any tilt on the kingpin, from what I read, the tilt is solely to induce understeer...

Bump. Anyone, any suggestions on steering geometry? I have the frame cut out and axles ready to go...just need to think up the steering.

I'm building a small, hand drawn, wagon. I think it will be 2ft by 4ft or slightly smaller. It will have 10" tires. What kind of steering geometry should I use? I think I might want to build it so that the front tires automatically come to center if it is being drawn at any speed. Also...

I built this last year. It took WAY too long. I haven't purchased a chop saw yet, and had lots of fun cutting and cleaning everything with an angle grinder. I have a Chicago Electric 220v mig and wouldn't want to use anything smaller...it's a piece of junk, but it works ok...

Megahot, you should really use a dome lid, then you shouldn't have to water constantly. That is if you are starting them in any kind of pot or pellet.

What would those be? I can't remember any peppers ever taking longer than 2-3 weeks. Although I am having issues with coffee beans rotting.

I've always started my seeds in seed starting mix in the same plastic packs they would be growing in, in the tray (the ones without drain holes) with a clear tray lid ("dome" I guess). I put them up close to my t12 fixtures and leave the lights on for 2 weeks straight. You don't need to water...

I'm growing them in a south window. I didn't cut the plants back much at all. They look really healthy once they stopped dropping old leaves. They have been a little slow to blossom. As soon as I got new blossoms, these aphids appeared everywhere. I did't identify the eggs, but noticed...

Does the US FDA have any resources on this? I know an old school botanist (formally trained in the 60's I believe) I might ask. And check LexisNexis, and Google Scholar.

Couldn't get the picture in-focus in the dark. Rushed the plants outside and bathed them in Ajax dish soap. Low is supposed to be 50F tonight, so they will stay out in the rain for now.

That's cool, thanks for sharing! We used to do a few hundred plants when I was a kid. I'm still looking for a place to call home that has a slightly larger yard. The property I rent has two mature trees in the back yard and not much room to plant. I've never considered selling any, mainly...

Yes, you can say that I'm mechanically inclined. So much so, that I work with computers all day to find something at least challenging to me. Alabama Jack, I'm going to say that you where ripping on my t12 fixtures without saying anything about them. Yes, I know I can get many more lumens per...

Let the picture do the talking... I'll need to consider mats. Had the aquarium heater because my brother-in-law and I were breading fish until he got tired of it. He sold hundreds of fish on "trade" but I think he neglected to ever get a receipt...wanted to get more aquarium supplies.