[TomatoDon]

I visited some tomato-seedling-growing Amish friends today and toured their home-made greenhouses. I told them about my dismal greenhouse experiment and they talked at length about the difficulty even they have at keeping temps and moisture stable. Of course, they have a lot of children to help, but they have to monitor their houses repeatedly every day to open and close windows and re-kindle or choke off the wood burning heater. I think they even have to go out in the middle of the coldest nights and add more wood to the big stove. I can't stay close by enough to monitor the greenhouse all day, and to add climate control would be cost prohibitive. I also decided -- actually re-affirmed my long-standing belief -- that I can but good seedlings from the Amish cheaper than I can grow them myself.

Another reason in favor of me growing inside under lights from now on.