![]() Cheaper Versions of Grow LightsĮven though I was afraid that a grow light system would end up being really expensive, when I started looking into more, I realized that there’s a wide variety of different grow lights with quite a range of different prices too. And, as an extra bonus, since the price of buying seedlings can add up, starting my owns seeds at home also saved some money, too, since starting your own seeds at home is great way to save money on your garden. ![]() So last year I finally decided to give indoor seed starting a try so I could grow the varieties I wanted to grow and have fun experimenting with trying new varieties that are harder to find. So my only way to grow some of those less common varieties would be to start my own tomatoes from seed indoors. (And if you’re looking to try some new heirloom seed varieties, you can find some of my recommendations for sources for heirloom seeds here.) ![]() but I don’t find those varieties as seedlings where I live. I wanted to try some harder to find, more obscure tomato varieties, like the Large Red tomato which was one of the most common early 19th century tomato varieties and Hartman’s Yellow Gooseberry tomatoes, etc. For tomatoes, for example, there are dozens of different tomato varieties available as seeds, but there is much less variety for seedlings. One of the problems I always ran into when buying seedlings, though, is that there is a much more limited variety available for seedlings than for seeds. So I stuck to direct sowing seeds outdoors when the weather was warm enough and buying seedlings for plants like tomatoes that I couldn’t direct sow in my gardening zone. I hadn’t really thought it would be possible to have a DIY grow light system that would be both simple and cheap at the same time. For years I avoided trying a grow light at home because I had figured it would probably end up being expensive and complicated and would take up a lot of space.
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