seeds When to put seedlings under lights?

[chillilover]

I grew peppers last year but I forget when I put the seedlings under some lights. Mine are just emerging still folded in half with the leaves still near the dirt.

 

[lee]

You can put them under lights anytime, but don´t burn the young seedlings.
What lights do you use?

 

[chillilover]

23w cfl's

 

[kylestl]

yeah try to put em under as soon as possible. i like to germinate em under the lights

 

[QuadShotz]

I do as soon as there's green stuff up.

Here's my baby mystery asian chiles under a 30W CFL:

 

[Taj]

You can throw them under lights before they come up, it makes no difference, but I find having a light source there waiting for them (and so they know which direction to start growing in) is also a plus. If you have ever had a plant near a window and it will stretch towards the window, you know what I mean.

 

[Necrocannibal]

I usually put the seedlings in a window seal once they toally straighten out and pop their first leaves. Then when the second set pops out and gets any size on them outside they go.

 

[imaguitargod]

I put them under the lights right when I plant the seeds.

 

[worlok]

I do as soon as there's green stuff up.

Here's my baby mystery asian chiles under a 30W CFL:

Hey, you're growing a few in the same pot.

 

[QuadShotz]

Hey, you're growing a few in the same pot.

LoL, ya.

That was kinda just an experiment where I chucked some seeds in a cup and let 'er rip, didn't figure they'd all come up. Go figure, eh?

Ended up with like 9 of the lil monsters. But, after I culled the weaker ones, I got those. When they get first true leaves going I'll re-pot to individual cups.

 

[lee]

Normaly I would use a heating mat to germinate but since I was using CFL's anyway I germinated them under lights. With much faster germinating.