Bio / Lighting
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- Subject: Bio / Lighting
- From: "* M* <P*@integrityonline1.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 17:12:20 -0700 (MST)
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Dear Iris list,
I should stop lurking and introduce myself. My name is Pete McGrath and =
I live in Albuquerque New Mexico. I have been reading the postings =
since Thanksgiving.
My real passion within the iris world is arils and arilbreds. I grow =
quite a few. I am past president of the Aril Society International and =
am presently vice president of same.
I have been gardening for 30 years and serious about irises for almost =
10 of those.
I wanted to jump in a few times but felt it wrong without at least =
introducing myself.
As for lighting, the new rage seems to be the metal halide lighting =
setups. I run two of them side by side and I could just about grow a =
patch of corn under them. They have a seperate ballast and are a single =
bulb (150w - 1000w) in a hood reflector.
I found that seedlings got too leggy and spindly under flourescent =
lights, even with the gro-lux type of bulbs. I kept my lights within an =
inch or two of the plants and still had this problem. Ever since going =
to this new system (one 400w metal halide and one 400w full spectrum =
daylight bulb) I have had very happy seedlings. I now keep the lights =
about 2 feet from the plants. I am about to pull them out from their =
summer dormancy in the garage as seeds are beginning to germinate in =
their baggies.
The lights are about $150.00 each but are so superior to flourescent =
that I had to blurt out my nickel's worth.
Blessed Holidays to all,
Pete McGrath
In Albuquerque
Snow all day
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Dear Iris list,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I should stop lurking and introduce=20
myself. My name is Pete McGrath and I live in Albuquerque New=20
Mexico. I have been reading the postings since =
Thanksgiving.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>My real passion within the iris =
world is arils=20
and arilbreds. I grow quite a few. I am past president of =
the Aril=20
Society International and am presently vice president of =
same.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I have been gardening for 30 years =
and serious=20
about irises for almost 10 of those.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I wanted to jump in a few times but =
felt it=20
wrong without at least introducing myself.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>As for lighting, the new rage =
seems to be=20
the metal halide lighting setups. I run two of them side by side =
and I=20
could just about grow a patch of corn under them. They have a =
seperate=20
ballast and are a single bulb (150w - 1000w) in a hood =
reflector.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I found that seedlings got too leggy =
and spindly=20
under flourescent lights, even with the gro-lux type of bulbs. I =
kept my=20
lights within an inch or two of the plants and still had this =
problem. =20
Ever since going to this new system (one 400w metal halide and one 400w =
full=20
spectrum daylight bulb) I have had very happy seedlings. I =
now keep=20
the lights about 2 feet from the plants. I am about to pull them =
out from=20
their summer dormancy in the garage as seeds are beginning to germinate =
in their=20
baggies.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>The lights are about $150.00 each but are so =
superior to=20
flourescent that I had to blurt out my nickel's worth.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Blessed Holidays to =
all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Pete McGrath</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>In Albuquerque</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Snow all day</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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