Re: Cult:OT? Lights
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Cult:OT? Lights
- From: J* G*
- Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 20:07:15 -0400
Nick,
Set your frame up like this... shelves for the plants with maybe 18" between
shelves. Attach very light chain to the fixtures, to small hooks in the
bottom of the shelf above, and raise or lower the fixtures as the plants
need. It looks like a bookcase with extra room between the shelves.
________________________
| /______lamp______\ |
| ________plants___________|
| /________________\ |
|________plants___________|
| /________________\ |
| _______plants___________ |
Excuse the drawing....
Jim
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----- Original Message -----
From: Nick Zentena <zentena@hophead.org>
To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Cult:OT? Lights
>
> I picked up a pair of fixtures. For the fixture that is going
> over the work bench I picked up a pair of Phillips "agro-lights" [I
> think that's right] The local supermarket has a couple of different
> GE lights intended for plants. Are all plant bulbs the same? For the
> other one I just got a pair of cool white lights. The price for the
> plant lights was around $6 for each versus less then $3 for both of the
> other two tubes but both sets claim a life of 20,000 hours or just a
> little under forever for my uses.
>
> It was mentioned that the light should be kept low and then
> raised with the growth of the plants. I guess I'll cobble together
> some sort of stand so I can lift the plants up to the lights instead.
>
> Thanks for all the tips. If nothing else at least I'll be able
> to see what I'm doing in the basement. The saving in bandages will be
> well worth it-)
>
> Nick
>
>
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> Anybody got plans for an ark?
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