Justin and all, Bill has the right idea. Start the seeds indoors in an air-conditioned house. A fridge is over-kill. Start the seeds at around 20-22 C / 68-70 F. I have shelves in my basement and fluorescent lights on timers above the shelves. Jim Shields At 04:36 PM 7/1/2009 -0400, you wrote: >Justin The frige is a good idea but why replace the door? why not use >a low heat fluor grow lamp? The amount of cool you'd loose from >braking the seal would be minimal compared to the loss from plexiglas >Put the lamp on a timer place it on the top shelf, seedlings on the >shelf below. turn the fridge to a warm temp that's cool but not in the >30's. Should get you through summer and you'll still have a fridge to >store forcing bulbs for spring or even a cold one for super bowl. > >Bill ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA