Re: Bio / Lighting
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- Subject: Re: Bio / Lighting
- From: z*@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 10:29:48 -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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Der Pete: Thank you for the advice on overhaed lights for the iris
seedlings. I am not yet expecting wonderful things from the arilbreds, but
am trying some again. My hope is to get seedlings that will grow here in
the East, where hurricanes happen. EArlier I mentioned to Sharon McAllister
that my median from MARITA X Step Aside has given three fall stalks, and is
a quite nice chartreuse amoena. However, it shows almost no obvious aril
characteristics. But it is green all summer, and seems quite hardy. Lloyd
Zurbrigg in Durham NC
