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Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting
- From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
- To: <thamnophis AT gmail.com>, "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting
- Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 16:31:20 -0500
I got a 400 watt unit (Hydrogarden) 2 years ago. My reading of the catalog
(Peaceful Valley) was that it would light a much larger area than it does.
It only does a good job on a 4x4 foot area, and that is with mylar
reflectors. My plants were leggier under it than they are under
flourescents, so I am disappointed.
Beth Spaugh
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Subject: Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting
I understand the metal halide are the most efficient, and in a color temp
that seedlings will most readily utilize. They are very hot though.
I'm curious - how large an area do you anticipate the $250 system will
cover?
I'm not happy with the traditional 4 foot shop lights, but they are
$16 complete with 6500k bulbs.
Joe
Boone, IA
5a
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Etienne Goyer <etienne.goyer AT outlands.ca>
wrote:
> A tad off-topic, but I did a bit of research on the topic of lightning
> for growing seedlings. In the end, I am going to go with metal-halyde
> (MH) instead of fluorescent. Even at a small scale, it end up being
> cheaper than fluorescent. I contacted a local store specialized in
> indoor gardening, and I can get a 1000W MH system for around 250$. To
> get the equivalent in fluorescent would cost me upward of 300$ in
> fixture and tube, and end up being quite unwieldly to setup. The
> light temperature for growing vegetable seedlings will also be much
> better using a 6400K MH bulb then using cool white fluorescent at 4000K.
>
> Another option I considered was high-intensity CFL. Amazon has them
> pretty cheap:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-FLC125D-125-Watt-Daylight-Fluorescent/
> dp/B000HHLQ04/ref=pd_sim_ol_31
>
>
> Note that I am growing at a market scale for the first time this year,
> so I have no experience yet. The above info is just based on my
> research so far.
>
>
> On 11-02-27 06:50 PM, Beth Spaugh wrote:
>> Apologies. I looked through the market-farming achives back to
>> November, and couldn't figure out how to do same for high-tunnels.
>>
>> There was discussion of using a strip of compact flourescents instead
>> of the 4-foot tubes. It included a photo? instructions/parts for
>> wiring them in series, and recommendations of types of CFL
>> (wavelength). Would ya'll please repeat the basics. I am out of
>> lights and really hate the ballasts and 4-foot bulbs.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Beth Spaugh
>> Rehoboth Homestead, Peru, NY
>> Farm Fresh Food Club CSA - http://rhomestead.com
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>>
>> Garden fresh vegetables, organically grown, and pastured chicken,
>> duck, and geese
>>
>> "How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is
>> used." - Wendell Berry
>>
>> "Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." -
>> Frances Moore Lappe
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting,
Etienne Goyer, 03/02/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting,
MAsteveINE, 03/02/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting,
Etienne Goyer, 03/02/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting, Sean Albiston, 03/02/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting,
Etienne Goyer, 03/02/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting,
Thamnophis, 03/02/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting,
Etienne Goyer, 03/02/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] compact fluorescents for plant starting, Rob Wallbridge, 03/02/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting, Beth Spaugh, 03/02/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting,
Etienne Goyer, 03/02/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting,
Beth Spaugh, 03/02/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting, Etienne Goyer, 03/02/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting,
MAsteveINE, 03/02/2011
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