Coyote251
420 Member
Hi All, First post here on the forum, hope to get some helpful insight.
Last year I got a really late start due to cold weather, and an early finish do to a hurricane which drastically affected my yield. This year I was thinking about starting my plants indoors until the weather is suitable to transplant.
I have a couple old fairly large fish tanks that I thought I could use to germinate and start the plants in. My idea is that by doing this I can better control the environment (temp/humidity), getting the plants to a stronger state before putting them in the ground. I will be growing from seed and propagating in peat pellets, then move to transplantable pots . I thought I would paint the walls of the tank white and put some pea stone in the bottom to put the pots on to allow for drainage, possibly with a heating mat (maybe a thermostat) below it to control the temperature. This all seemed reasonable to me, but i'm open to opinions and ideas. Anything else I should consider.
My first real question is lighting, I have no real indoor growing experience. Is the fluorescent fish tank bulb sufficient for a light or is there something else I should be using? I have a canopy that takes a normal bulb as well so I could use that with a CFL or a dedicated grow type bulb if that would be better. I have no idea!!
Any help would be appreciated.
Last year I got a really late start due to cold weather, and an early finish do to a hurricane which drastically affected my yield. This year I was thinking about starting my plants indoors until the weather is suitable to transplant.
I have a couple old fairly large fish tanks that I thought I could use to germinate and start the plants in. My idea is that by doing this I can better control the environment (temp/humidity), getting the plants to a stronger state before putting them in the ground. I will be growing from seed and propagating in peat pellets, then move to transplantable pots . I thought I would paint the walls of the tank white and put some pea stone in the bottom to put the pots on to allow for drainage, possibly with a heating mat (maybe a thermostat) below it to control the temperature. This all seemed reasonable to me, but i'm open to opinions and ideas. Anything else I should consider.
My first real question is lighting, I have no real indoor growing experience. Is the fluorescent fish tank bulb sufficient for a light or is there something else I should be using? I have a canopy that takes a normal bulb as well so I could use that with a CFL or a dedicated grow type bulb if that would be better. I have no idea!!
Any help would be appreciated.