![]() ![]() Therefore I set up an admittedly Mickey Mouse affair that works and incurred no more cost than the use of electricity. Given that online one will cost around $200 plus tax, this is quite an investment that I’m not ready to make yet. ![]() Gardening author Steve Solomon highly recommends using a 315 W ceramic metal halide (CMH) grow light because, emitting light at 96 per cent of the solar spectrum, this light supersedes all the others and it uses so little electricity that it will pay for itself after six months. Also, our house gets pretty cold overnight and might kill whatever I’m growing, so I’m using a heating pad that I hope doesn’t draw too much electricity. I hate paying for any more electricity than I have to, but I must admit that fresh greens in winter are probably worth the expense.Īccording to several sources, winter sun doesn’t emit enough energy through our windows to properly feed plants so grow lights are recommended. Why bother setting up grow lights and filling a flat with rich soil and seeds, prepared to continue feeding plants all winter? The heating pad my flat of seeds sits on costs money to run, as does the fluorescent light overhead, but the return of tasty, nutritious food is worth it, David says.
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