How to Build Your First Vegetable Grow Light for Seed Starting Tomatoes: Easy & Inexpensive (1 of 3)

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I mention 100 Watts which is the equivalent. The LED is 15 Watts and the CFL is 23 Watts. This 3 part series is for first time gardeners that want to start tomato transplants indoors. You can use this setup for most types of vegetables. I show you everything you need to know to buy and build a simple grow light to start tomatoes indoors. Follow me on Instagram for 60 Seconds or Sow videos and Gardening Tips... https://www.instagram.com/therustedgarden/ Welcome to My 1st Vegetable Garden. This channel is 100% dedicated to new vegetable gardeners that want to learn and have lots of questions. Check out my associated Blog: The Rusted Garden! http://therustedgarden.blogspot.com/ Please help spread the world of my channel to all the new gardeners you know that are looking for a friendly place to learn.

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You are proactive and enthusiastic; you got experience too. In one of your videos you got a nursery going on all the time even outdoors just in case your crop is destroyed by insects or weather. NIce ideas. Some floor lamps have tiltable light heads, they can be used too. Nice info.

Hi Gary! I have all the items for the grow box just need to put it together, thank you! Question: I am in zone 9b in FL and we don't have a frost date but it's starting to get a little cold now usually last through the the end of February.. Should I start my tomato, pepper, squash, okra, cucumbers all now or is it still to early? Thanks!

Hey Gary I am in year two of following your tutelage and really appreciate the work you put in for these videos!

I am trying from seeds again this year as last year seemed to go pretty well. I used the rubbermaid grow box that you demonstrated in another video, it seemed to work OK but I just worry about the seedlings getting enough light. I also had some troubles once the transplants got too big for the box, any chance you have a cheap and easy set up for the larger transplants?

hi Gary Im one of your new students I live upstsate ny so zone 5, i want to start veggies seeds its now January which seeds are the easiest to grow which hardy seeds of tomatoes peppers and spicy group as well thanks!

Great info! I was wondering about the LED bulbs. Thanks!

you are still teaching old dogs , new things😆

Hi Gary - I got a LED grow light that has those blue/red color that's 24w (http://a.co/0r2RJo6). Is it sufficient or should I get the bulbs you showed here? Thanks.

Hi Gary,
always great videos
any clue about full spectrum led grow light? do you recommend them?

Hi Gary, what do you think about special (just for plants) growing LED or CFL lights ?

Hi Gary. Are you starting these now for the purposes of transplanting? I figured it would be too early.

I optimized your other design (The one with the PVC pipes) to be used with 4 LED bulbs or 8 using socket splitters, and it is working fine with five batches of seedlings done and counting, Many thanks to you for making it simple to start.

Another great video Gary