Return to the Botany Forum
| Post a Follow-Up
Replacing sunlight with artifical light
| | |
Posted by mrpotato none (My Page) on Thu, Oct 13, 11 at 12:59
| Hi,
I have various plants at home that have the requirement of ample sunlight as their growing condition. However, because of the location of my home, direct sunlight is hard to come by. I was wondering, what type of indoor lighting will be suitable as a replacement for sunlight. Fluorescent tubes, incandescent light bulbs, halogen light bulbs and the likes.
Thank you very much |
Follow-Up Postings:
RE: Replacing sunlight with artifical light
| | |
| There is a whole forum dedicated to this topic (the Growing Under Lights Forum) and there are many complex issues, but, for plants I grow under artificial light, I have shelves/benches with T12 fluorescent shop fixtures (Home Depot sells them cheap) placed side by side as close as they will go without modification. I use a combination of 4100K and 5000K bulbs (there's more that goes into calculating the optimal wavelength than one might think, but I've found something around 4500K works best for most of my indoor growing applications). If you need a large amount of growing space or have special requirements, you may need something a little more fancy, but the T12 fixtures are pretty cheap, the bulbs are pretty cheap, and everything is very easy to source. |
Post a Follow-Up
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Botany Forum
|
|
|
