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> "Doug Kanter" > wrote in message
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>>> So far, so good. I built a structure out of PVC to support a large
>>> fluorescent shop light.
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>>> The sprouts stood up straight towards it within about an hour.
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>>> I hope they take off.
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>> Keep the light very close, or those plants will get too leggy. I'm
>> talking 2-3 inches above the tallest leaves.
> I've wondered how to grow herbs inside that weren't leggy.
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> Lynne
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Although some herbs like basil will put up with partial shade outdoors, most
herbs love lots of sun. So, indoors, you really need to make artificial
lighting as intense as possible. It's the same for almost any seeds you
start indoors. Fluorescent bulbs never completely duplicate the sun's
intensity*, so you compensate as much as possible by keeping them close to
the plants, and moving them upward as the plants grow.

*This is why people use sodium lights when growing marijuana indoors, which
also gets them in trouble sometimes because if the cops already suspect
something going on at a certain house, they ask the electric company if the
house seems to be using as much electricity as a shopping mall. :-)