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- From: "MAsteveINE" <MAsteveINE AT 207me.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Basement seed room
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:35:08 -0500
If you are planning 3 lights end to end over your
shelf make the room 14 feet long, a few inches between lights will make them
lights easier to adjust and room for the cord to
bend when coming out of the light end. Over a 2 foot wide shelf you will need 2
rows of lights.
If using common "shop lights" from the hardware
store, some have a ballast and some dont, you can tell by the weight while still
in the box, those without are only a few ounces, those with are a few pounds.
IMO the ballasted ones work longer.
Tubes are what comes with the light, or what is on
sale; a cool white and a warm white in each fixture is recomended by some
sources but I never saw much difference. Special "grow lights" are a deed to the
Brooklin Bridge.
If you have one of those oil filled electric
heaters that looks like an old steam radiator, use it, if not, keep in mind that
one KWH of electricity is 3413 BTUs no matter if you use a $15.00 heater from
the hardware or an "Eden Pure" which is all the rage lately selling over
$300.00. More important to put the money into decent thermostats to
control heating and cooling. When you get a couple dozen lights running they
will do the heating, maybe more so put in an exhaust fan AND a fresh air
inlet.
MAsteveINE, once spanked for a 2 word post and hoping this long is
acceptable!
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[Market-farming] Basement seed room,
Richard Robinson, 12/13/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Basement seed room, Owsley lucy, 12/13/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Basement seed room,
Road's End Farm, 12/13/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Basement seed room,
Richard Robinson, 12/13/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Basement seed room,
MAsteveINE, 12/14/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Basement seed room,
Erik Lane, 12/14/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Basement seed room, Marty Kraft, 12/14/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Basement seed room,
MAsteveINE, 12/14/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Basement seed room, Erik Lane, 12/15/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Basement seed room,
Erik Lane, 12/14/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Basement seed room,
MAsteveINE, 12/14/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Basement seed room,
Richard Robinson, 12/13/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Basement seed room, Marcy, 12/14/2009
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [Market-farming] Basement seed room,
Mac, 12/15/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Basement seed room, Etienne Goyer, 12/16/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Basement seed room, Mac, 12/16/2009
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