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orchids under light
hey everybody,
does anyone know about the correlation between fluorescent light and these "plant light"s that you can get at home depot? i have to grow some of my orchids under light, and i do not know if i should adhere to the rules of fluorescents, namely the distance and time exposed, or are these lights sufficiently stronger so that there are different rules? and one other thing, i saw that someone posted about the pronunciation of an orchid, and i was wondering about the pronunciation of coelogyne. ive heard it said some weird ways. how is it really pronounced? |
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orchids under light
I can't answer for the lighting question, but 'coelogyne' is pronounced
see-lodge-in-knee K Barrett "agnatha3141" wrote in message s.com... hey everybody, does anyone know about the correlation between fluorescent light and these "plant light"s that you can get at home depot? i have to grow some of my orchids under light, and i do not know if i should adhere to the rules of fluorescents, namely the distance and time exposed, or are these lights sufficiently stronger so that there are different rules? and one other thing, i saw that someone posted about the pronunciation of an orchid, and i was wondering about the pronunciation of coelogyne. ive heard it said some weird ways. how is it really pronounced? -- agnatha3141 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk |
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orchids under light
hey everybody,
does anyone know about the correlation between fluorescent light and these "plant light"s that you can get at home depot? i have to grow some of my orchids under light, and i do not know if i should adhere to the rules of fluorescents, namel I know that there are a whole lot of hi-tech light bulbs available these days and some of them do a great job but are very expensive. I've seen hi intensisty light systems running around on over head tracks. I can't imagine how much these things cost. I do know that if your electric bill suddenly goes sky high the authorities sometimes think you are growing a controlled substance. Having said all this, I grew about a hundred plants of all different types using standard, cool white, four foot fluorescent bulbs. I had two four bulb fixtures for the top shelf and two tube fixtures on each shelf of a three tier FloraCart. My growing area was in a finished basement and it was arranged like this: ______ I I I I I I The line at the top was a two shelf work bench, 4x3 basically a sheet of plywood for the table top and a lower shelf about 12 inches off the floor. The two lines on either side were the FloraCarts. The four tube fixture above the table top was suspended from the ceiling using a chain that could be raised and lowered depending on what I was growing and were usually about 24 inches above the level of the plywood. The two tube fixtures on the FloraCarts were equally spaced and were about 18 inches above each tray. I used a timer purchased from Graingers which was set for 14 hours a day for eight months and 18 hours a day for four to simulate the seasons. The bulbs were replaced every six months. I also had several small computer box fans to circulate the air in the growing area. I was able to bloom everything but standard cattleys or cymbidiums and always took first place in my class at the local societies monthly meetings. |
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