Growing Healthy Vegetables in Aquaponics - Aquaponics Gold - page 33

Certifications and Listings 4-UL Certified, ETL Listed

PLEASE NOTE : Typical fluorescent light bulbs are not as effective for growing blooming
plants (tomatoes, peppers, etc.).

ThefourT8-bulbsREQUIREatotalof128wattsofpowerandforbestresultsusethe6500
Kelvin tubes which are labeled as SuperNatural Sunlight for effective growing .

Choose your seeds carefully to grow healthy plants. For example, many varieties of lettuce
prefer cooler temperatures and other varieties are far more tolerant to warmer temperatures
and the seed packets say, “heat resistant seeds.” Study seed catalogs and study the descrip-
tions carefully when choosing your seeds. This may take some online study and research
as you determine seeds you'd like to grow in your climate, per season.

Consider ordering a seed catalog or visiting websites from seed companies to study the
growth time from seed to maturity/harvest, how large a plant grows, etc. We recommend
ordering a catalog from Johnny's Seed and visiting the websites of Ferry-Morse
Seeds and Burpee seeds . Of course, there are many fine seed companies and we buy
from many of them, but these three companies offer many organic (around 400 or more
choices for organic seeds) and non-organic seed choices and they're all very helpful on the
phone if you need advice when ordering and making your selections.

If you are not in the US, find local seeds in your country to purchase since these com-
panies will not ship seeds out of the US due to customs 'issues.'