Indoor Garden Lighting, Help.

I'm putting together an indoor gardening area. Unfortunately, the only space I really have available doesn't get any light to speak of.

My area is between 3' and 4' long and about 2' deep. I am planning on growing a couple flats of lettuce, some small tomatoes, a few pots of carrots, strawberries, and catnip.

I'm considering a 4', 4 or 6 buld t5 setup or a few 125w cfl reflectors. I briefly thought about using metal halide but I don't even want to worry about temperature.

What do you think?

If you don't want to worry about temp I would get CFLS maybe 2 125 watts would do the trick.

webb107 said:

If you don't want to worry about temp I would get CFLS maybe 2 125 watts would do the trick.

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Thanks webb. Do you have an opinion on which set-up would make veggies grow best?

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Lettuce and catnip don't need nearly as much light as tomatoes and carrots. Tomatoes need 12/12 flowering schedule with a warm spectrum light. Your light intensity dictates your harvest. The higher your lumen output, the better your tomatoes will be.
Lettuce can happily grow under 125 cf as well as catnip.
Don't have much experience w/ LED, so can't advise there. Will you be in soil or hydro?

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