How to Build a Seed Starting Station - GROW LIGHTS! || Black Gumbo

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Жыл бұрын

Come along and see how to build a grow light set-up to start seeds and grow plants. I'll show you my new indoor shelf and light system, it's not too difficult. I'll give you the key factors to look for in choosing your lights and show you the materials I've chosen.
These are the products I purchased, I know many will ask.
Adjustable Storage Shelves
smile.amazon.com/dp/B00EZEN2K...
Linkable LED Shop Light for Garage, LED Workshop Light 42W [250W Equivalent] 5000lm 4FT, 6000-6500K
smile.amazon.com/dp/B07FDCX93...
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@iartistdotme Жыл бұрын

My seed starting shelves looks like yours! The only place I have is in my front room/kitchen/dinning room window.But have found that having the drapes to cover the grow lights keeps it easy on the eyes - I just pull the drapes closed around the shelves. Also, I've found it is an excellent place to tie bundles of herbs to dry.They hang nicely, look pretty and the AC blows on them so they dry quicker and stay green. I know people will say it's an eye sore but not to my gardening eyes. I love watching the seedlings grow. Good video!

@drago6576 Жыл бұрын

Scott! Welcome back. I had missed you sir. A break is good, sometimes. I hope you and your family (and Pheobe!) are doing well. I don't have as much space (for planting or seeding) so I have a smaller setup on a 2.5 ft 3 tier shelving unit. Works well for me. I have just harvested my first okra from my cloth pots. Had some nice air fried okra for dinner last night. (I did supplement with some from the farmers market.) I am up to my ears in lunchbox peppers. My spouse has been using peppers in at least one meal a day to keep up with our harvest. Take care sir. And thank you for making these videos.

@wendyburston3132 Жыл бұрын

Nice variety of veggies you have there.

@anthonytheunissen7454 Жыл бұрын

Hi Scott, Anthony from South Africa Western Cape well come back. Nice hair cut you look good

@lisastirbys5026 Жыл бұрын

Stumbled on your site, glad I did. Great information, thank you. Binging on your other videos, yah

@VagabondAnne Жыл бұрын

Those are some tasty Asian greens!

@dvybryson7300 Жыл бұрын

Great idea Very timely topic

@marlahouseholder8911 Жыл бұрын

Growing my first fall garden. So happy you're in zone 9a , South Texas too! Can't wait for your next videos!

@usamom Жыл бұрын

Your seed station looks great. I put together a similar set up last winter and used 2 strips of lights per shelf and that worked great.

@Deepwatermusic Жыл бұрын

Nice to see you back!

@robertmoore661 Жыл бұрын

Glad you're back ! Good time for a Q and A.

@sonnyamoran7383 Жыл бұрын

I have missed you. I pray things are good for you. Thanks so much for vid.

@conniedavidson1807 Жыл бұрын

I've seen you more on Gardener Scott than on your channel. Glad to see you starting up again. I've started planting seeds for a fall garden. If it all germinates I should be ready to go.

@the.santos.lives. Жыл бұрын

Just the video I needed

@unnamed2737 Жыл бұрын

I love those shelves. I have bought a ton of them over the years and I use them in many different ways. They are in my shed, garage, kitchen, homeschool room, patio, and I also use them for seed starting.

@deebirdwell2051 Жыл бұрын

Yippee! Glad to see you’re back. I’ve been experiencing mad heat in Florida and my area seems to keep missing a good rain. Thanks for posting, I too may be venturing down the road to grow lights soon.

@growagarden54 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this descriptive video. Others don't show the steps, only talk about it, after they've assembled them. You deserve a break, when needed. No worries :)

@tiffanykengregory Жыл бұрын

Welcome back! I got my seeds started on my back porch with natural light. I would love a seed starting station inside for "winter" - florida

@sherylwhited7380 Жыл бұрын

Having a lighted grow shelving station has been a game changer for me. Adding heat mats has also been a necessary component. After my fall seedlings were ready to be potted on and hardened off, I started using the system for seed drying of okra, long beans, purple hull peas, and flowers. One suggestion- since you’re on carpet you might want to put something waterproof under your system to catch any drips.

@theresasedlacek6892 Жыл бұрын

Here in WI we are hauling in the produce. 80 during the day. 58 overnight.

@tangell481 Жыл бұрын

Welcome back Scott yay

@karenw9996 Жыл бұрын

You have green grass! My grass is yellow/tan. We've had just over 1/2" of rain since late June. Less than an hour north they've had rain, an hour south they've had rain, we just can't catch a break. Today we got 1/8", which is the most we've gotten in a single rain event in the past eight weeks.

@laneclaypool8005 Жыл бұрын

My Great-grandmother put up a sixty gallon wood barrel of sauerkraut every year. She wouldn't have any other kind of cabbage besides Late Flat Dutch.

@swallowtailnails868 Жыл бұрын

I'm in SE Texas and I grew that Granaat cabbage this spring. It did AMAZING and taste great!

@karenw9996 Жыл бұрын

So, I'm developing my wish list, and one of the things is "build a seed starting station" - I close that file & log in to KZfaq, and this video pops up on your channel - go figure! EDIT: And now I'm jealous! I bought very similar shelves for long term pantry storage and I paid a LOT more than you did, and mine come with only four shelves - DRAT!!! My only consolation is that the shelves I got might support more weight than yours, necessary for me if I'm filling them with canned goods & bulk dry goods, not so necessary for you if you're filling them with seed starting trays.

@terrisheridan4316 Жыл бұрын

Glad to see a new video! Looking forward to your progress. Happy gardening!

@j.b.6855 Жыл бұрын

I bought my seed starting setup two years ago. Six 3600L/5000K led shop lights from Menards for $14 each. Since the lights are going to be close to the seed trays, if you can, take off the diffuser cover. Some lights wont let you, but you can get 300-500L more if you can. I was able to unscrew and remove one of the end caps on mine and slide them off. Another must have is a timer, unless you are 100% going to be on time turning the lights on and off.

@ScottHead Жыл бұрын

Good advice, thanks so much!

@freezo244 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott! We are still enjoying your pickled onions. Lol. Seed starting is my biggest challenge-no room for it inside my garage or home. Not sure what I’m gonna do. Nothing I coMe up with seems to work. Sure wish I could do this project!

@wereadalot Жыл бұрын

Very nice setup. At the price of starts I'm planning to improve my setup to something like yours for next year. So glad for the blessed rain we have needed it for so long.

@laurenpaolini7073 Жыл бұрын

Welcome back! I've grown chijimisai in South Florida for the last few years, and love it. I use it just like spinach, but it handles our heat and humidity so much better.

@AdventureIndiana Жыл бұрын

Life does happen. My garden got away from me. I am going do raised bed gardens next year and going to start my own plants rather than buy starts. I was going to get a rack like you. Good luck!

@scottlarkin4748 Жыл бұрын

Glad to have you back

@jeremiahoverstreet4479 Жыл бұрын

Hi there brother, thanks for the video. I bought my grow lights this past spring and am using them on my fall seeds now. Great setup, will be borrowing that shelving idea! I started some determinate tomatoes a few weeks ago and plan on planting the 2nd weekend of September, hoping to do better than my spring tomatoes. The heat came on so early this year , my tomatoes stopping setting by the middle to end of June.

@Buytheebook Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the inspiration and insights👍👍

@wandakelly2173 Жыл бұрын

Welcome back!

@darylwatson4777 Жыл бұрын

Welcome back Mr. Scott looking forward in growing 2022.

@jerryspinosa5466 Жыл бұрын

You gave me some good affordable ideas!

@metalrabbit09 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad that you're talking about grow lights. I was thinking doing a very small set up with an old flexible lamp and grow light bulb(s) but wasn't sure if that would be much use to me for late August and fall planting. I don't know if I put the plants in shadier area outside, maybe under tulle for protection, for a while while I start another batch under the grow lights. I'm mainly doing some planting in containers and storage totes at home but would like to donate some plants to friends and a local food growing project. Not sure if it might make more sense to create some shade and protection in the totes and not get a growlight. I like multi-tasker tools. In this case, not just for one season. I'm not sure if I'd get much use out of growlight, so I'm watching you to see how you work with them.

@jomiller4397 Жыл бұрын

I grow the chihimisai in spring and fall in central Texas. I have only tried them raw, so I will look forward to a video on some of the ways you use them. Glad to see you back. Happy Growing

@StubbsMillingCo. Жыл бұрын

Welcome back Mr. Scott!! I have had no trouble with using CFL’s. They are fairly large. I believe they are 1500 lumens each. I have 6 of them. They save electricity better than other lights, you can get them as close as you want/plants can touch them without being burned and they are pretty cheap. This is the bare minimum though. You have a wonderful set up!

@endrawes0 Жыл бұрын

Extremely interesting! No kidding! I've been setting up my indoor grow space too!

@aaronrazer4660 Жыл бұрын

Great to see you back! Have 2 flats mostly brassicas started under the lights already here in zone 7B. Glad to see the fall garden on the horizon. God bless!

@ameliatribeofissachar7311 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I'm getting my seedlings started too.

@AGirl-SomeLand-andADream Жыл бұрын

Great setup. Mine worked great this year. Glad you’re blocking the wall from the shelf, wish I would have done that. My floors are vinyl so I wasn’t worried about dirt, but I see you have carpet. Maybe put some plastic under the shelf too? Thank God for the rain we’re FINALLY getting!

@mse1333 Жыл бұрын

I bought similar strips, not quite but similar. You have a plastic diffuser which is going to spread your light horizontally, diverting lots of light horizontally. After a bit of research, I cut the diffuser away from each strip, forcing the light downward, which gave my seedlings much more light

@ScottHead Жыл бұрын

Going to look into that. Thanks.

@WILLITGROW Жыл бұрын

its a very nice clean set up sir.i like it

@barbaraackerman57 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Will be moving into a condo without a lot of outside access and this set up is gonna be great for me. One wall for orchids and one wall for veggies!

@gretaknebel8495 Жыл бұрын

Welcome back.

@nancyseery2213 Жыл бұрын

You just described my garden, a weedy mess that needs to be weed wacked down and covered by heavy black plastic! I got started and then my trimmer decided it didn't want to run. It is cooler here than last month, but the humidity is still really high. I have my seed starting rack in my east facing spare bedroom and my final decision is to only start my cabbage inside this fall. Peas, carrots, beets radish and lettuce are all going to be direct sow. God bless and keep growing! P.S. missed your videos, but life does happen outside of KZfaq!

@noelleparris9451 Жыл бұрын

Welcome back! I'm looking forward to the fall garden but I still have summer crops fruiting well, so I'm waiting till the end of August to get started. Good luck with your new set up 👍🏾

@nel6211 Жыл бұрын

Also I removed the plastic covers on my lights exposing the LEDS. Much brighter but yes, it does void the warranty.

@gbltheolechurch5acrehomestead Жыл бұрын

Hey my FRIEND! It has been awhile since I’ve seen you! Very glad to get your notification today! Watching you from Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador Canada! It goes, for sure! Seeds for next year! Watching you with great interest!

@michaeltillman1147 Жыл бұрын

Welcome back! Wish I could share some of my weather with you and a few others that have been struggling. We had two days of mostly sun in a row so I hopped on the lawnmower as the sun was going down last night and only got stuck a few times. Standing water on a good portion of my yard still. Enough to get the blades with them picked up all the way. It's looking like raised beds is the only way to go for me. Take care of you and yours podna. Im just outside of Baton Rouge La. BTW... 😎

@kjrchannel1480 Жыл бұрын

I prefer using replaceable led bu!lbs that use standard Flourescent fixtures and ballasts. That way the entire thing isn't junk if one side fails.

@trentwills8490 Жыл бұрын

Hey Scott... It's with a very heavy heart that I ripped out my 2 cucumber plants today. Diseased and only produced 5-6 small puny cucs from both plants total. Getting really depressed from my garden this year. Was so excited, grew all my seedlings from scratch. Tomatoes are the only thing producing "somewhat". Ripped out all my lettuce and bok choy as well. Peppers and beans aren't producing anything and some of my pepper plants are nearly waist high. I fertilize and water regularly, and still nothing. I may not garden next year if my potatoes don't produce. Too much blood, sweat, and tears, and heartache.

@anamariaguadayol2335 Жыл бұрын

Welcome back! You disappeared there for a while. I thought that you had drowned! 🦋

@gardeninjake Жыл бұрын

Welcome back Scott. When you were showing your seeds for this fall, I noticed what looks like a sword in the corner. Is that what that is? Gonna teach them weeds a lesson with it? Glad you're back.

@ScottHead Жыл бұрын

That was my grandmother's sword used in traditional Scottish "sword dancing," a sort of jig. My grandmother and mother are Scottish.

@gardeninjake Жыл бұрын

@@ScottHead Scottish sword dancing, my interest level just peaked. Gotta check into this.

@gardeninjake Жыл бұрын

Ok from what I've read and videos I watched, I assume the dance in particular was the Ghillie Callum. Correct or am I miss interpreting things? It looks like something I would cut my feet off doing. I'm a bit of a klutz.

@ScottHead Жыл бұрын

Yes, that's one of the names of a particular dance. My grandmother was a nationally recognized figure skater in Scotland before the war and did the dancing too. Nice to have the sword as a relic of our family heritage.

@katielin2379 Жыл бұрын

I have converted a closet to start seeds and or grow micro-greens. I only have the one shelf, but it's plenty. I have 2 each 2x2 LED adjustable lights. Will start seeds as soon as I get back from camping vacay.

@bridgetofczarzak5461 Жыл бұрын

I use shower curtain hooks …the cheap kind…to hold up my lights….easy to adjust the height of the lights

@jtharp9265 Жыл бұрын

That's what I did this past January 2022 ..

@bobertcronos8433 Жыл бұрын

My neighbor is moving and he just came over to sell me his 2 5x5 cannabis grow rooms for 200 dollars for both and everything with it so this video popping up was perfect timing. I don't plan on growing cannabis though but I'll have rooms for whatever I want I guess.

@bobertcronos8433 Жыл бұрын

It's funny what you learn about your neighbors. But I've always been the mind my own business kind of guy

@melissakingery4393 Жыл бұрын

Hey Scott great to see you! I still have my one seed challenge it's the Lemondrop pepper it's just now with this heat starting to bloom and put on peppers. I'm excited it almost bit the dust several times

@noelleparris9451 Жыл бұрын

That's a nice variety. I'm growing it for the first time this year. I have 2 plants and they're producing pretty well. The flavor is fine but I'm more impressed with the beauty of the plants and fruits 😁 I prefer the peppers on the Golden Marconi and Cubanelles. Good luck with your Lemondrops!

@melissakingery4393 Жыл бұрын

Awww thanks Noelle I appreciate you saying something to me!! Keep in touch

@nickangelovski4358 Жыл бұрын

👍

@Kathleen253 Жыл бұрын

Yes its been quite a while was thinking my notifications were broke.

@edlemire5052 Жыл бұрын

As always, thank you for sharing your wisdom. On a non-gardening note, I was wondering what the sword was in the background of your video. It looks a lot like the sword we found in my wife's cousin's home when we cleared it out following his passing in 2009.

@ScottHead Жыл бұрын

The sword is my grandmother's. She was a Scottish sword dancer, its a traditional jig they do over there, some sort of cultural significance to the dance.

@bordersinbloom Жыл бұрын

Really struggling to find lights with the right kelvin / lumen in the UK so not sure what to look for now as grow lights get expensive when you need so many. Been thinking of doing this setup for a few months then find your video so think great I'll go for it and get stuck, typical lol.

@karenshields1878 Жыл бұрын

You can use those extra shelves on poles out in the yard I want to use one to make a mini greenhouse shelves to do my harding off

@onemoredoll5791 Жыл бұрын

Hi! Nice to see you. I just received a grow light today I ordered last week. Perfect timing! Slowly buying those things for planting seeds for winter. Its super hot in my zone too....different same zone as you! Is there a reason everyone gets these shelves? I have many many garage shelves this shape but are solid steel and shelves adjustable but are solid.

@karenshields1878 Жыл бұрын

I like your station real life person no pompous I know it all stuff

@pamelag.4417 4 ай бұрын

❤🎉

@gryphonrampant24 Жыл бұрын

Love the sword in the back corner! With your station being in a carpeted room, are you taking any extra precautions against water and dirt spillage? Maybe I'm just sloppy, but I'd worry about drips soaking into the carpet and going to mold--or even algae with all the good light from the grow lights above.

@shellg_ Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I bought a small unit that works like this a couple of years ago so that I could start some seeds and grow things in large tubs outside, since I don't have an area to grow in the ground. Health problems happened, and I have never been able to do that. My question is...would a grow system like this work to do more than just get the seedlings started? Meaning, could I just continue to grow the plants to maturity under the grow lights?

@ScottHead Жыл бұрын

You need a lot of light to grow plants to maturity. I think it would work with this set up for some plants. The people you need to talk to are dope growers (really), they are experts at indoor growing. Maybe look up some YT channels that focus on that.

@archiecollins6450 Жыл бұрын

I’m looking to do some seed starting this year for the very first time. Ordered the lights you have on this video. When they arrived, I thought I got the wrong product as they were listed as shop lights. Kind of threw me, I was expecting “grow lights” in the name. I just realized that the kelvin and lumens is what is important. I would like to know how these lights are working for you? Is there any difference in these lights and ones that would be listed as “grow lights”?

@ScottHead Жыл бұрын

No difference, I like these lights and they have performed well.

@archiecollins6450 Жыл бұрын

Meant to put this in previous comment. I really like your videos, I have found them helpful. Thanks for the quick response.

@Camh1968 Жыл бұрын

Hi Scott. Can I please ask how many cells your tray is under each dome? What is the brand name for these trays/domes? I see others choose not to use domes over their plant trays whilst seed starting indoors. What do you prefer to use domes ? Cameron

@ScottHead Жыл бұрын

24 cells per seed tray, two trays per unit. I like the dome because it means I don't have to water as much.

@ScottHead Жыл бұрын

The trays are from Hoss Tools.

@Camh1968 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mr.ricknohle3795 Жыл бұрын

Do you plan on growing anything (lettuce, salad greens) indoors?

@ScottHead Жыл бұрын

No, everything I grow is outdoors except maybe microgreens, if I choose to grow some this fall.

@LibertyNotLicense Жыл бұрын

Can we pre-order your Good Book yet?

@ScottHead Жыл бұрын

LOL, its a low priority in this season of life... one day.

@craigslistsales4424 Жыл бұрын

Ever used heat mats?

@ScottHead Жыл бұрын

Yes, useful.

@aresg9670 Жыл бұрын

Sweet! Is this the same for growing weed? 🤣

@aresg9670 Жыл бұрын

Comment was for the algorithm 😉

@ScottHead Жыл бұрын

LOL, but there's a little more to it for long term stealth growing. So I'm told.

@tammytackitt8713 Жыл бұрын

Watch your silver shelves I've had mine for 3 years and I noticed they're resting

@mehranashkanian2747 Жыл бұрын

Are these lights florescent lights?

@ScottHead Жыл бұрын

LED lights. Check out the link in the description for some product pictures.

@mehranashkanian2747 Жыл бұрын

@@ScottHead ok. Thanks🙏

@Thagardengnome Жыл бұрын

Protect the floor too its carpet.

@ScottHead Жыл бұрын

Good advice. Didn't think of that.

@K-Zone Жыл бұрын

Yup, "grow light" for the average gardener is a scam. I like those led lights, they are soooo much cheaper than "grow lights" Unless you're a serious gardener who buys $200+ grow lights lol