Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Growing Seedling

Each spring I start seedlings with the best of intentions but my method of placing them next to a window produces leggy plants. And the selection of annuals starts at local stores and nurseries have not been very inspiring, the only way to get the plants I want is to grow them from seed

So I just ordered myself this Jump Start Growing light. It's adjustable, you can raise it as your plants grow for optimum lighting for the seedlings.

Once I found this nifty item I searched several sources trying to find the best price including shipping. I also wanted to make sure it was shipped quickly as I want to get things going. I finally ended up at Amazon.com, even though I would have preferred to give my business to a smaller retailer this looks like the quickest way to get my plant light, I even signed up for my free 30 day trial of Amazon Prime so I get 2 day shipping for free.

Now since I'll have this set up I'm thinking about what else I want to grow from seed.

2 comments:

  1. Karen, It will be interesting to see how your seedlings grow. We've often thought of purchasing one of these as well. Keep us all posted.

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  2. Anonymous5:08 AM

    LOL, Karen. I was all set to congratulate you on your spectacular start of plants.

    When I lived in Dallas, a friend's SIL was obsessed with growing African violets. She had dozens, maybe hundreds, of them. And she had something like this for them. Ultraviolet light? Anyway, her violets were gorgeous and made me want to rush home and start my own Africans. I never did but I still think they are gorgeous plants.

    Things are greening up here. My lilac bush by the front door looks to have quite a few blossoms this year. It's really hit or miss on whether it blooms each year The forsythia are in full bloom. So beautiful.

    Amazon is great on the 2 day shipping. I do have Prime and have had for several years. I order a lot of things from them and figure it probably comes out even in the end. But I do like it.

    Margaret

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