RE: Grow lights
- To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: RE: Grow lights
- From: "* D* G* <D*@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 05:50:51 -0800
You can read more about this in posting from my other mailing list.
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http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/seed.html
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I use only shop lights for all my plants which I grow from seed. I have
several if you want to see.
http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/mygarden.html
If you are planning on propagating a few plants this winter, dont forget
I have a germination database for your seeds.
http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/tm.html
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> From: w8lvtcm@juno.com[SMTP:w8lvtcm@juno.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 1997 5:05 AM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Grow lights
>
> Hello,
>
> Just a thought but when I was researching Grow Lights a few years ago
> and
> investigated the radiated spectrums of various lights I spoke with
> Michigan State University and one fellow told me you could do just as
> well with regular fluorescent lights in combination with incandescent.
>
> The match should be 1/3 incandescent to get the same spectral
> response.
> I have grown thousands of seedlings with just regular fluorescent
> fixtures (shop lights) . They must be almost touching the top of the
> Humidity dome as they have very poor candle power output compared to
> any
> good quality lighting fixture. An excellent resource on all of this is
> the GE Lighting hand book.
> So save some money and don't buy Grow Lights.
>
> All the best
>
> Chuck in Swartz Creek, MI
>
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