I'm in the market for a few good grow lights for orchids, houseplants, and
my succulents. I know little or nothing about these lights, does anyone
have any recommendations on an inexpensive easy to use light? I need
something simple to set up and portable since I tend to move my plants
around a good bit.

Can I just use regular light fixtures or lamps and buy special bulbs or do I
need to get a special light of some kind?

Any and all help is appreciated

Shell

"Shell91" wrote in message
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I'm in the market for a few good grow lights for orchids, houseplants, and
my succulents. I know little or nothing about these lights, does anyone
have any recommendations on an inexpensive easy to use light? I need
something simple to set up and portable since I tend to move my plants
around a good bit.

Can I just use regular light fixtures or lamps and buy special bulbs or do
I
need to get a special light of some kind?

Any and all help is appreciated

I use plain ol' 25 watt flouresant shop lights for my indoor seedlings and
plants. The fixtures are about ten bucks apiece, and the lamps are around a
buck apiece. Of course, one can spend a whole lot more, but why?

Regards,
Bill

Shell

anything fluorescent will work. Ingrid

"Shell91" wrote:

I'm in the market for a few good grow lights for orchids, houseplants, and
my succulents. I know little or nothing about these lights, does anyone
have any recommendations on an inexpensive easy to use light? I need
something simple to set up and portable since I tend to move my plants
around a good bit.

Can I just use regular light fixtures or lamps and buy special bulbs or do I
need to get a special light of some kind?

Any and all help is appreciated

Shell




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Thanks

Shell


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anything fluorescent will work. Ingrid

"Shell91" wrote:

I'm in the market for a few good grow lights for orchids, houseplants,
and
my succulents. I know little or nothing about these lights, does anyone
have any recommendations on an inexpensive easy to use light? I need
something simple to set up and portable since I tend to move my plants
around a good bit.

Can I just use regular light fixtures or lamps and buy special bulbs or
do I
need to get a special light of some kind?

Any and all help is appreciated

Shell




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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

Great I have a couple of old floor lamps and a desk lamp or two I can use

Thanks
Shell


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"Shell91" wrote in message
y.com...
I'm in the market for a few good grow lights for orchids, houseplants,
and
my succulents. I know little or nothing about these lights, does anyone
have any recommendations on an inexpensive easy to use light? I need
something simple to set up and portable since I tend to move my plants
around a good bit.

Can I just use regular light fixtures or lamps and buy special bulbs or
do
I
need to get a special light of some kind?

Any and all help is appreciated

I use plain ol' 25 watt flouresant shop lights for my indoor seedlings and
plants. The fixtures are about ten bucks apiece, and the lamps are around
a
buck apiece. Of course, one can spend a whole lot more, but why?

Regards,
Bill

Shell

Hi,
Be aware that there are 'shop light' flourecents available in most
garden and home center stores with a 'warmer' spectrum. I have two
fixtures that each hold two lamps. In each fixture, I use one of each
type of the regular flourecents mixed with one of the warmer spectrum.
My feeling is that the seedlings will benefit more from the wider
spectrums of both types.
If anyone has thoughts to the contrary, I would like to hear about it.

Sherwin Dubren

Shell91 wrote:

I'm in the market for a few good grow lights for orchids, houseplants, and
my succulents. I know little or nothing about these lights, does anyone
have any recommendations on an inexpensive easy to use light? I need
something simple to set up and portable since I tend to move my plants
around a good bit.

Can I just use regular light fixtures or lamps and buy special bulbs or do I
need to get a special light of some kind?

Any and all help is appreciated

Shell

chlorophyll needs two parts of the spectra, mostly in the blue and a bit in the red.
the rest doesnt contribute to photosynthesis. Ingrid

My feeling is that the seedlings will benefit more from the wider
spectrums of both types.
If anyone has thoughts to the contrary, I would like to hear about it.

Sherwin Dubren



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You will want to consider the use of lights in the indoor growing area of ​​growth with great caution because it is a major aspect, it will affect your gardening business a success. There are several new growth lights, including the very popular HID lamps, high pressure sodium grow lights, LED lights growth, expansion, and MH lamps. These are the growth of hydroponic gardening lights, and all can be used in soil and plant growth.

yes , i know that ! You can use HPS grow light and you can also use LED grow light ,if you don't mind , i can offer you some infomation about both of them .

Hi,
Unfortunetly I don't know wether orchids need red or blue light, as they tend to like a bit of shade I would have thought it is more likely they would be in the blue camp. But that is only a guess.
What I do know is Tomatoes need blue light [florescent tubes] and chrysanthemums need red [tungsten filament bulbs] and one doesn't work well on the other. I noticed a thread on orchids, try asking on there.
All the best Paul Rix [oldgeezer]

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I live in Ottawa capital of Canada, an I find the best lights for ur money value are from two places. First is from Lee Valley tools. T5 Full-Spectrum Lights - Lee Valley Tools Second is from a local pharmacy, the main things between them is their colour temperature is about 6500 kelvin. which is as close to the sun as i can get for cheap. i did pick up a light meter from lee valley as well to see how far i needed the lights. All my plants seem to be doing wonderfully.