Its never too late to start seedlings. Covering them too tightly, keeping them too warm and using grow lamps too far away from the seedlings will produce tall skinny plants. Not good.Sprout your seeds before planting in the starter pods. Keep them moist but never wet. Allow for good drainage. Keep the lights as close as possible and on a timer . I used 12 hrs on/off. When they grow the first true leaves, think about starting the Hardening off process. If at all possible move them outside in a protected spot for a couple hours a day. This can be tedious if you have a lot of starts.It grows a more robust plant.Before I built my Trough Planter, I used a 4 lamp 2x4' trouffer fixture with 5000k lamps. It worked very well and produced good seedlings. I would still lose some to hardening off and transplant shock. But, I always had enough. Now I start my seeds in peat pots in the planter. There's no hardening off as the are raised outside . I plant fewer and lose fewer..Don't overlook direct sowing when the soil is above 50 degrees. Might end up being more productive and less Shock to the seedlings. I'm by no means any kind of expert, but Dom is and hopefully he'll chime in.Rg
Bob,You should build those trough planters and sell them. I bet you could move quite a few just from this site alone.I’d be interested.
Theres nothing worse than a hobby becoming a job. Believe me I know..