Re: info needed for IGS member
- Subject: Re: info needed for IGS member
- From: maria guzman m*@3RIVERS.NET
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:36:55 -0700
>I am interested in purchasing another plant stand with lights. The one
>that I like I found in a recent Gardeners Supply catalog. It is made in =
>Vermont. Does anyone know the name of the company? I am trying to find
>a more affordable price. I would appreciate any sources for plant stands
>or solutions to this problem from other members. [SNIP]
>
>Pennypincher in Illinois
>Judy Cassidy
>
If you know someone who is handy with tools, he (I should add 'she' to be
PC) can knock up a long narrow table with supports at each end for a
fluorescent light fixture to hang from that costs very little. I use a 4
foot shop light fixture from Home Depot with 4 tubes of Plant/Aquarium Full
Spectrum lights (Home Depot again) and it's proved more than satisfactory
for starting seedlings and cuttings for the past year. I drape long strips
of aluminum foil over the fixture to bounce back the light, plug it in when
I arise and unplug when I go to bed. It isn't elegant but it sure is
cheap, and the warm foil serves as a clothes dryer for damp laundry as well!
Maria
