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Superdave's Makshift Setup

Well, here is my makshift lighting setup. Got two decent CFLs and two LEDs. LEDs don't seem to give the coverage that I wanted though (gonna have to buy about 3 or 4 more LEDs). Should make up for the lack of light with the two additional CFLs. Got em all hanging from my 400 watt MH. Decided to quit using the 400 watt MH as it was putting off way too much heat, even with the ceiling fan going full blast. Some of my seedlings were actually wilting from too much heat. Third pic shows my LED setup before I added the CFLs. Fourth pic shows my first 15 transplants (6 Red Caribbean Habanero, 6 Aji Limon, 3 NuMex Bailey Pequins). Can't figure out why my tomatoes are so spindly, as they have had enough light close enough to the seedlings since they germinated.

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I had one of those spotlight LEDs and didn't care for it. Too focused. The 12"x12" panels in a reflective box about 3" above the top of my seedlings did better.
 
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