growers need your help
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Growers need my help?
Cool just pay my air fair and give me a job. It's a good thing I haven't started any seeds (this fall) myself. Seriously I will go wherever God sends me. I want to help start a large pepper/(any plant) growing operation somewhere.
Show us pics of your Basil when you get it going.
Cool just pay my air fair and give me a job. It's a good thing I haven't started any seeds (this fall) myself. Seriously I will go wherever God sends me. I want to help start a large pepper/(any plant) growing operation somewhere.
Show us pics of your Basil when you get it going.
I've grown Basil using shop lights. 2- 4' tubes. 1 Grow tube and day light tube. That was a long time ago . I think one of those CFL jobs would do super.
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Basil will grow fine with just one 26w CFL, it can even be a warm white bulb. The flavor is a less intense that that grown outdoors, but it's still good.
CFL = 70% MH = 63% HPS = 68% read all of this https://growguide.opengrow.com/CFL_Lighting_101 or this sitehttp://www.littlegreenhouse.com/guide3.shtml its is good infowordwiz said:
IGROW said:
Thanks for the littlegreenhouse link. I might get one of those portable cold frames for next spring.
IGrow,
Thanks for the link - read it a few years ago! It needs to be updated because there are LED bulbs that deliver over 100 lumens per watt and they are 100 percent PAR photons.
I do agree - for seedlings, I do not think that dollar for dollar, including cost of fixtures, coverage, etc., one can beat CFL lights. But for Greenhouse Lighting, CFL and even the T5HO lights are not as effective. One has to take into account the intensity of the light and that's where the latter bulbs are lacking. The goal is to have as many photons of PAR light hitting the plant (and not just the canopy) as possible (measured in PPFD). To be effective, fluoros need to be placed within inches of the plant, which is not a problem with seedlings. But, at least IME, when the plants start to measured in feet rather than inches, the fluoros are going to be next to worthless, unless one wants to run them vertically as well as horizontally.
If you want to do some interesting reading, try www.greenpinelane.com
The guy really does a great job of evaluating lights, though most of his recent experiments have been around LEDs.
Mike
Thanks for the link - read it a few years ago! It needs to be updated because there are LED bulbs that deliver over 100 lumens per watt and they are 100 percent PAR photons.
I do agree - for seedlings, I do not think that dollar for dollar, including cost of fixtures, coverage, etc., one can beat CFL lights. But for Greenhouse Lighting, CFL and even the T5HO lights are not as effective. One has to take into account the intensity of the light and that's where the latter bulbs are lacking. The goal is to have as many photons of PAR light hitting the plant (and not just the canopy) as possible (measured in PPFD). To be effective, fluoros need to be placed within inches of the plant, which is not a problem with seedlings. But, at least IME, when the plants start to measured in feet rather than inches, the fluoros are going to be next to worthless, unless one wants to run them vertically as well as horizontally.
If you want to do some interesting reading, try www.greenpinelane.com
The guy really does a great job of evaluating lights, though most of his recent experiments have been around LEDs.
Mike
Its very important to keep your herbs fairly warm especially when they are germinating, like over 60 degrees. They can be very tender, especially Basil.