[Community_garden] flluorescent bulbs

[Ken Hargesheimer]

"Cool white" works perfectly and I keep them 1 inch above the plants.  Just
move the links in the chain as needed to raise the light as the plants
grow.  I saw some tomato transplants one time that were 18 inches tall and
only a few leaves right at the top due to the light placed too high and the
plants were trying to get to it.

Ken Hargesheimer


On 3/31/07, Susan Shear <s_shear at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I just took a seed starting class at the University of Connecticut.  The
> instructor told us that he uses shop lights that hangs from chains and
> reguluar flluorescent bulbs.  He said the key was to keep the light 3" from
> the top of the seedlings (thus the need for the chains) because light that
> is too far away from the seedlings causes spindly growth.
>
> - Susan
>
> Mike McGrath <MikeMcG at PTD.net> wrote:
> I just use the cool whites as I'm mostly doing it to grow nice big starts
> for transplant. Theoretically, you should mix for flowering plants--but I
> have to say that mine flower great under just the cools...
> ---Brightly lit Mike McG
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Diana Jancek"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 10:00 AM
> Subject: [Community_garden] flluorescent bulbs
>
>
> >I know this info was posted some time ago, but could anyone tell me what
> >kind of fluorescent bulbs are used in grow lights? A friend told me that
> >they use one "cool white" and one "warm white" bulb in pairs.
> > Thanks,
> > Diana Jancek
> >
> >
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