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  • From: Etienne Goyer <etienne.goyer AT outlands.ca>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting
  • Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:36:05 -0500

Beth,

Thanks for the tip, but I am 600 miles from Plattsburgh. :) I am
actually located on the Gaspé peninsula, 500 miles east of Montréal,
close to New-Brunswick. Nearest US border is 250 miles. It's a long
way to go shopping!

Thanks for sharing, though!

Etienne


On 11-03-02 06:09 PM, Beth Spaugh wrote:
> Etienne - where are you. Come across to Plattsburgh and Lowes at exit 37.
> Some of their fixtures are cheap, as in cheap, but they also have sturdier 4
> foot units. Cheap ones are $10. A box of 12 4-foot bulbs I can't find
> online, but a single 4 foot tube is $3.68.
>
> Alix's True Value on Route 3 closer to town has good quality and prices
> also.
>
> Hmmm, muddy the waters: I see they have CFL flood ligthts too
> http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=298264-371-73792&langId=-1&st
> oreId=10151&productId=1243421&catalogId=10051&cmRelshp=sim&rel=nofollow&cId=
> PDIO1
>
> Beth Spaugh
> Rehoboth Homestead, Peru, NY
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Etienne Goyer
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 10:14 AM
> To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] compact flourescents for plant starting
>
> A tad off-topic, but I did a bit of research on the topic of lightning for
> growing seedlings. In the end, I am going to go with metal-halyde
> (MH) instead of fluorescent. Even at a small scale, it end up being cheaper
> than fluorescent. I contacted a local store specialized in indoor
> gardening, and I can get a 1000W MH system for around 250$. 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/B00
> 0HHLQ04/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
>> <http://rhomestead.com/> Become a Fan on Facebook
>> <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rehoboth-Homestead/261550161286>
>>
>> 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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