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Fri, Jan 26, 07 at 16:26
| i just bought a 125 watt full spectrum compact fluorescent and i don't know how close to set the bulb to my plants without burning them up. |
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- Posted by sea_of_green 9 (My Page) on Fri, Jan 26, 07 at 18:41
| pics of light http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w223/tleej/IMG_0001.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w223/tleej/IMG_0002.jpg |
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| 125 w CFL do not run too hot. still, from your pictures, may be just a little too close. give it 12' from the top of the seedlings. Those are expensive bulbs. have you considered regular 48" fluorescent? dcarch |
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- Posted by sea_of_green (My Page) on Sat, Jan 27, 07 at 17:51
| thanks for the info. i have a 48" fluorescent too but i wanted to try one of these out. |
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| dcarch, I don't use CFLs for plant growth, but did you mean 12 feet or 12 inches? confused... |
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| Ha,ha,ha, 12" is correct. (12 inches). But too late now. sea_of_green has already torn down his/her house to install the fixture 12' above the seedlings. dcarch :-), :-D |
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- Posted by sea_of_green (My Page) on Sun, Jan 28, 07 at 15:11
| lol no i havnt torn anything down installing my light 12' high. i knew you meant 12". i have it about 12" over them and there doin fine. i have a few bush basil sprouts and lettuce up (in the picture) and i have 15 more germinating in my humidity dome along with 13 sweet basil and 12 spearmint.  |
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| "lol no i havnt torn anything down installing my light 12' high. i knew you meant 12". ------" Just a result of a bad habit. Always lying about measurements to my girl friend. dcarch LOL |
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