These red solo cups are their last home before their final pots, they’re not hardened off yet as it’s a little too cold here (Puget Sound area, WA). They receive fish fertilizer once per week. Lights are moved around in this photo in order to get the photo.
The peppers in front are going slower (as expected) and are zebrange and tiger jalapeno. Back row is California wonder bell peppers. Everything beyond that is tomatoes. I’ve been bringing up all my peppers, tomatoes, cucamelons, sunflowers, and lettuces/kales with the wand/rod style grow lights.
This is my first year gardening on my own (used to garden every year with family until I moved out), so I tried to be affordable about it with the wand lights. However, I’m hearing from others that my lights are insufficient and “a placebo.” I’m wondering now if my peppers are leggy or suffering for it? I’m curious how they’re placebo lights when things are growing? If they’re bad lights I’d like to do better next year! I *did* have a heat mat under them, just FYI. Thank you so much!
by nahfacenah
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They are not leggy. After the 2-3 set of true leaves (not baby leaves) form you don’t need to worry about leggy. Yours look great.
Not sure who is telling you your lights are a placebo but the plants like them so placebo it up. Loooots of food has been made by baby plants in a basement with shop lights.
The hardening off process will get them used to sunlight.
Yeah, looks great. The red Solo cups are a choice, but as long as you poke some drainage holes I can’t argue with your results
I would put the more developed plants behind the short ones so they don’t block the light.