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| Author: | brent [ Aug 21st, '07, 22:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Winter is coming |
the growing season will be over in about a month or so and I will be preparing to move the fish indoors. What plants can I grow under florecent lights? |
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| Author: | janethesselberth [ Aug 21st, '07, 22:45 ] |
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Dave Donley is growing a lot in his basement under lights. lettuce and basil come to mind. Dave can fill you in on what else, and what type lights he is using. |
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| Author: | brent [ Aug 22nd, '07, 07:43 ] |
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that would be a good start. For the winter it is more a matter of cleaning the water than growing food. I hope to have my fish as well as any that I can take care of for others for the winter. |
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| Author: | timmy [ Sep 3rd, '07, 18:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Winter is coming |
various herbs still do well in winter. rosemary and lavander come to mind |
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| Author: | brent [ Sep 13th, '07, 08:31 ] |
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Anyone have any experience with sodium or halide lights? From what I have heard, they can be more efficient than florecents(more lumens per watt). |
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| Author: | rassd71 [ Sep 13th, '07, 10:28 ] |
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They have much higher lumens, and MAYBE more lumens per watt, but they are HIGH wattage and you are talking a HUGE number of lumens before it would be more economical to go halide or sodium. I have some 'Fourex' lights I'll be using to extend my daylight hours on the short winter days. Mostly I'll use them for breeding purposes, not so much growing. |
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| Author: | steve [ Sep 13th, '07, 12:37 ] |
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There has been huge discussion on CF, FL, MH and HPS here, if some one could link to it i would appreciate it 
I'm a MH person myself. i know you can get them down to about 175W so at that wattage it would only be the eq. of about 4 twin FL fixtures and will produce much more light of a better spectrum IMHO. |
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