Re:CULT:OT:LIGHTS
- Subject: Re:CULT:OT:LIGHTS
- From: C* M* M*
- Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 06:16:36 -0600
If you are going to use florescent lights for plant growth--the regular ones
are 'cool' lights--you really should have a 'warm-plant' one--for many years
we have started hundreds of little plants--Iris included-- in the plant shed
each spring--and used only the 'cool' lights--with not as much success as a
friend who uses a 'warm' light also--we use the 4 foot long fixture with two
lights--and place the lights about 12" from the soil-to start --and raise
the lights as the plants grow--
For iris--I collect the seeds in the fall--leave the seeds in the plant
shed-unheated- over the winter (so they get their dose of cold) then start
them in the spring--and really do not give them a lot of extra
TLC--transplant when they are about 2-3" tall--and out in the yard they
go---since the plants will be growing in the big out-doors--I try to treat
the seeds and little plants as if they were in the great out-doors--and have
pretty good luck this way--usually will get blooms in their second
fall--then they settle down to the same schedule as the other Iris--
I have had pretty good luck with SIGNA seeds--but these I usually soak in
warm tea overnight-prior to planting-- the worst problem with the Signa
seeds is remembering where the seed list is--I have several plants about 3
years old--labeled I v 345--and have no idea what they are--so hope they
will bloom next spring so I can ID them--
Carryl in western Montana--where we got a drenching rain--now clear for a
few days so we can finish garden clean up--then--NO GARDENING FOR ABOUT 5
MONTHS--WHOOPEE!!!!!
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