Northeast Gardening: Seed starting kit?, 1 by lycodad

lycodad wrote:
Commercial lighting systems serve a purpose for those that truely need them, but can be quite complicated and expensive to say the least. Most ordinary folks consider building their own simple light stand using common "shop light" fixtures found cheaply at your local hardware store. There are several open forums on this.

If your needs are smaller and you have a nice sunny windowsill, you may not need a lighting system at all. I've grown perfectly good tomatoes, peppers and other plants using nothing more than a few Jiffy-7 pellets and a McDonald's salad tray or cool-whip container.

Al