Grow Light ?

[Maverickpro201]

How long, hour wise per day, do you leave your grow light on for? 

Say for tomato starters, etc

Thanks

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Indoor times will vary. I say it depends on the strength of your light.

But I do not grow starter tomatoes.

Maybe someone else ?

[ness]

I go around 14-16 hours. You can do too much light; plants need dark too. 
 

[Flysmallie]

Jim Belushi recommends 16 hours.

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, Flysmallie said:

Jim Belushi recommends 16 hours.

  His show is a hoot! 😁

[Fish24/7]

The timer turns it on at sunrise and off at sunset. I adjust the timer as needed as the days get longer . Haven't started anything yet though.

[Flysmallie]

59 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

  His show is a hoot! 😁

Yes it is. 

[fishinwrench]

Your meter is spinning away.  Veggies aren't that expensive.  

If you're gonna pay for sunlight then may I suggest that you rethink your choice of crop..... to something with a higher monetary yield.  🤔

[Flysmallie]

8 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Your meter is spinning away.  Veggies aren't that expensive.  

  🤔

This isn’t the 80’s. LEDs use very little power. 

[fishinwrench]

8 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

This isn’t the 80’s. LEDs use very little power. 

Right on, but a tomato in the 80's wasn't expensive then......and still isn't.  For the cost of building/buying the circuitry to affix your LED's to.....you could feed us all perfectly healthy veggies for 4 months. 

Our grocery store has DELICIOUS tomatoes and various other produce.  I just can't, for the life of me, wrap my head around "Gardening".    

Buying pots, building boxes, buying special soil, assembling lighting, herbicide, pesticide, pruning and fussing about...... All over a salad 🙄