[Homestead] solar tube question

Roy Morgan k1lky at earthlink.net
Wed Jul 9 21:33:28 EDT 2008


On Jul 9, 2008, at 9:20 PM, deb wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> I've been a lurker here for awhile and I finally have a question for  
> all of you.  Has anyone tried to use solar tubes to bring in light  
> to grow vegetables?

Deb in Indiana,

There *may* be a big difference between "light" and "light good for  
plants". The plants need UV to a more or less degree depending on the  
plant.  I would expect that solar tubes of normal (affordable) sort  
would not let much UV get to your plants in the basement.

No doubt others will have more authoritative information.

Roy

Roy Morgan
k1lky at earthlink.net
Lovettsville, VA 20180






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