Starting seeds off inside

[Bex]

I live in a flat with a bright sunny kitchen window which is full already of various plants/seeds. I Also have a shelf unit in a sunny bedroom that I could use to put trays of seeds on but in my kitchen I have a gap of about 18 inches on top of my kitchen cupboards, do you think the seedlings would be ok up there as long as I kept them watered?

A lot of the seeds I have bought or planning to buy needs starting off indoors, just trying to work out where I'm going to put them all.

[nick the grief]

You can Bex but the problem comes with light. they will get drawn towards the window so Ideally you need some suplimentary lighting above them, this may seem a bit OTT to you though so you could try this trick from Geoff Hamilton.

Get a sturdy cardboard box, cut it on the angle & line the inside with kitchen foil or better still is the mypar film( I think it's called that) then you stand your trays in that & the light is reflected around.

Like this

[Bex]

You're too good a teacher Nick, I've already made one of these and will be making other when I get boxes the right size. Thanks for the help.

[nick the grief]

If you can get some of the posh film you could make one out of wood & pack it away in the summer. ( maybe even put a light above it)

[dexterdoglancashire]

Would this work inside a greenhouse Nick, or is it OTT? DDL

[nick the grief]

Ott Ddl

[Snadger]

If you have a lean-to greenhouse painting the back wall white or silver should give the same effect?

[Spuds up]

I have been using the window in my garage for growing indoors.

This year I had so many seed trays on the go I had to create a second shelf part way up the window. This allowed a double decker affect and allowed me to get space for the pots and trays.

Would think this is a bit less practical inside the house though.