how many "tomato" plants can I grow under this light?
1800136
This light is very nice for starting and vegetative growth, you will want to have many "plants" under this light. You will, however, run out of room as your plants near the "fruiting" stage. If your plants are healthy you will end up with only 2 to 4 plants worth of space in the area of productive light provided. I wouldn't trade this fixture for any other comparable fixture.
1800137
I'd say three to four medium sized plants if you are talking about mature plants. You'll have to trim indeterminate plants back because they can become six foot plus monsters. If you are thinking of small, determintate patio tomato plants, 10-12 will fit. I've only used these lights to start tomatoes, not grow them entirely inside. But I have had daylilies bloom under them, so I think you'll get fruit.
722860
Less than 1 foot, it must be support closer to plants to do any good... It did NOT help enough to pay for the lights... The lettuce seeds did not survive under this light.... It is simply a collection of red bulbs & blue
1970437
The type of lighting and how long it is on plays a big roll in plant health. You shouldn't have to use more than one type of Plant Food.
396053
that will depend on the plants in question, and the amount of root mass they will create. I have grown two rather large tomato plants in mine. one suggestion I can make is adding air to the reservoir with a fish tank air pump and air stone. this made my plants thrive.
1124741
Sorry, I can't answer your question, Winter is getting close so I've packed up the lights until Spring. I'll guess that there must be 12 or so though.
1588269
you can grow pretty much any kind of plant in this.......I myself have about 4 basil plants growing in it right now and they grow fairly fast they are about 3 to 4 feet tall already.
617247
I'd personally go with two but one will be enough if your just germinating ... If your vegging in that area it's better if you get two .. Although one will work , just may have to keep it a bit closer than if you had two ..
677654
You want the grow light as close to the plants as possible. Any more than a 6-12 inches away from the plant and it's not going to be very effective. While this grow light is surprisingly powerful for the price, it doesn't cover more than maybe 12 inches or so in diameter. I would use this for maybe a few basil plants or herbs, one head of lettuce, or a smaller pepper plant (e.g. jalapeno).
1967384
This is a great light in my opinion, but I use only artificial plants in my 30-gallon tank. I believe you WILL need a second light with a "grow" bulb for live plants.
1822290
I am currently using this light to grow African violets and orchids. I think it has a high enough light output to grow vegetables but keep in mind that the peak light area for the light is only 2 foot by 3 foot. One large tomato plant can take up that much space.
1372151
I'm using one of these with my 10 gallon, 3 lights installed, two white, one red. I have java fern, java moss, vallisneria corkscrew, and two types of anubias & everything is growing extremely well under these lights! However, If you're trying to grow any groundcover (dwarf hair grass or dwarf baby tears) I have had zero luck getting that to grow at all. (I should mention it's a low tech tank, I don't use any Co2, but I do have lots of cherry shrimp generating fertilizer) Overall, I'm really happy with this light set-up.
2186257
I think at least 4 through 10 is a good estimate but I'm not 100% sure, they can be finicky to bloom though sometimes
2041221
I would say it would. I started plants from seeds March 4th and the tomato plants I have are over a foot tall. I suggest getting a pulley system to attach the light so you can raise the light as the plants grow. I kept the light just a few inches above them when they were smaller and then raised it about 8 inches above them as they got "older". Adjust pulley for light to go higher. After they are well established you can keep it 2-3 feet. 16 hours on/8 hours off. Hope that helps.
625373
Absolutely. I started over 1,500 tomato pepper and eggplant seeds in my basement using a light and grow set ups until they were ready for sale and planting outdoors. you need to watch the seedlings carefully because the seedlings will get leggy if plants are exposed to too much light. They can be started in 72 cube strays (3 trays to a typical light set up) and need to be properly watered and fed with a diluted liquid seed starter (b-1) for food ( use an eyedrop) . They need to be rotated and be subject to the lightness and darkness of a typical day as if they were outside. As they grow they can be transplanted into a bigger cardboard like containers that you can find at Big Lots or Ocean State Job Lots. Eventually all you have to do is put these into the ground when it is thier time for planting. Hope this helps.
1301788
Mine came with 10 plants, and I repotted all of them (big ones by themselves, smaller ones two-per a pot). I used Miracle Grow, and so far so good.
2115519
absolutely no. Tomatoes need much more light. With 4, or even 8 bulbs they will get very tall and stringy. I wouldn't use this to grow the tomatoes more then 1 ft before getting them out side. I have a couple of these plus 4ftx 8 bulb units and they do a good job of starting them but can't be used to grow to maturity. Growing flowers is a different story ... they work great.
1502639
If you get 3, you could grow your plants throughout the entire life cycle. I just did it with my plants, but be warned, the bulb may not last long. Mine didn't but the plants did grow great under it.