Re: How do I begin....?

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• Subject: Re: How do I begin....?
• From: L* B* <l*@bellsouth.net>
• Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 10:34:38 -0500
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Ruth,

I'm about to try and work out some lighting for my plants which must
come inside soon.  Since I have a small home it would work better
if I put the fluorescent lights vertically and next to the plants rather
than horizontally and above them.  Will this work?  Does anyone
have experience trying this?

Larry Bowden
lbb@bellsouth.net

Ruth Zavitz wrote:

> I have been growing under cool white fluorescent lights for about 25 years
> but reading about the better results from HID lights I bought a 400 watt one
> last year for some of my plants that grow a bit rangy under fluorescents.  I
> hung it 30" over a table.  Plants directly under it grew stocky but  didn't
> flower any better than under fluorescents.  The dealer tells me he now has a
> bulb that is better for flowering plants but considering it cost several
> hundred dollars and its effective light area was about 3 square feet at the
> most, I don't plan to add more of that kind of light.  Also it tended to
> scorch any plants that grew up near it while stems and leaves can even touch
> fluorescents with little damage
>
> I think I would have better results and much cheaper by doubling the number
> of fluorescent tubes to four.
>
> Just my experience.
>
> Ruth  Z
> email: rzavitz@execulink.com
> Freelance writer and gardening consultant zone 5/6 southernOntario

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