Just thought I would put a couple of pics on in case anyone is thinking of getting an envirolite. I know I've pursuaded a few people who have planted in Jan and had to pay for heating a greenhouse. The peppers are particularly good, some over 6" tall now. The previous "purple" leaves ...

Sorry, thought the point had been made. These have been in the soil for 4 weeks, not since December. On average they get light from 6am to 9pm, I have left the light on a few times overnight by mistake. In my garden they would not get this amount of sunshine, yes they would get light, but dappled by...

Nice one Compo ! I did wonder about the socket, but do take the plants out before I water them. Think I have sussed the purple tinges. After a bit of googling, it appears it is phosphorous deficiency. Apparantly if the soil gets too cold, the phosphorous is not released and becomes trapped. When I c...

I have left the light on for a few days for 24 hours (Really must get a timer !)
Otherwise lights off at 10 and on again and 6.
Plants are in Innes seed compost, may need some nitrogen rich feed ?

Hi Geoff. I was just asking abour the amount of light, etc, to see if my plants were progressing ok. The growth looks good, growing twice as fast as their windowsil counterparts. They do have some yellowing on the leaves (just colouring, not deterioration) and the odd leaf on the peppers is a tad pu...

Hi Geoff, my first post, but interested how things are going. I have several tomato plants and pepper plants which I am hoping will get me a couple of weeks ahead of the Jones's. The envirolite I am using is a white 125w. So far indications are good, with good growth. What I really want to know thou...