I don’t do much in the way of starts. I prefer to plant in the soil out doors when the weather is nice.
There may come a day when I need to do starts in order to get more food to harvest, but that day is not yet here in my opinion.
I bought a Jump Start lighting system in 2010. It has an efficient full spectrum bulb that I use for my indoor winter plants. It just now burned out. Will have to track down a replacement bulb. Still pretty cheap for growing just a few things. It’s only 2 foot long.
I’m starting more tomatoes tonight. First batch damped off in spite of my best efforts. I’m need to get one of those heat mats. I think the issue is too cool during sprouting.
We got a great deal from the local nursery this past week. She had 7 grapefruit and navel orange trees she’d overwintered in her greenhouse that hadn’t sold last year. She let me have them all (and 6+ft they are) for $200. Now to get them containers and soil mixture. Happy happy happy. This will bring my total citrus count to 3 meyer lemons, 1 key lime (on order from gurneys), 4 washington navel orange, and 6 grapefruit.
I’ve got them grouped with 2 arbequina olive trees that are absolutely loaded with blooms this year. I’d had them for several years and they were sparse and fairly unhappy. I figured they weren’t happy in my yard or in a container but they were kind of attractive still so I left them at that. Well, last summer I started feeding them the CitrusTone stuff I feed my citrus. They filled out into 6ft shrubby trees and are literally loaded with blooms. We’ll see if any of those pollinate. Arbequina is supposed to be self pollinating but I’m planning to order a couple more different varieties just to make sure.
I wish I even had room for growing stuff indoors.
I’d love a house with a screened in or sunroom type porch.