hoyas under grow lights
Not a question, not a story - just a picture of what difference grow lights make when growing these hoyas indoors.
There were barely any new leaves on these in forever, perhaps a leaf for every Presidential Inauguration. The lights prompted some new growth, and the new leaves are pink. I've been moving the plants around from shelf to shelf but recently one was under a 4-tube T5HO fixture and the other under a 2-bulb fixture. Not RIGHT under - there is maybe a foot or so of room above the plants.
There are also new leaves (also purple-pinkish) on another hoya and a first peduncle ever in my apartment on yet another (I have four hoya kinds in total).
All this after getting the grow lights, so...
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teisa
10 years agogreedygh0st
10 years agoRelated Discussions
hoyas under lights question
Comments (19)If you have some natural light then one fixture will be enough but keep it close to the plants, say 6" from the top of the plants. Also don't use the little 2' fixtures because they are just not worth it when compared to the 4' fixtures. The light always falls off towards the ends of the tubes so a 2' fixture may as well be a spotlight, useful to supplement light for small areas only. imadigger try searching for the length of your bulbs plus the class such as T5 or T8. Check out the chart below. Some fixture/bulb combos are just throw away so you have to be careful what you buy. Those grow sticks you see for plants at Home Depot etc are just throw away types. Mike Here is a link that might be useful: Flourescent bulbs chart...See MoreGrowing Hoyas under lights
Comments (12)No. I have been sooooo busy the past few weeks, barely have time for anything. But I really need to go, as I have a linearis growing like mad in a glass ice cream sundae dish filled with clay aggregate! I need a pot for it, you would not believe the roots and growth I have gotten in such a short time. A few days ago I recieved as a surprise with some hoya cutting trades the cutest little hydro heart shaped pot! The woman who sent it owns the company in Canada. But I need something bigger for the linearis, I have some ariadna cuttings rooting for the heart pot. As for lights, I had to go out and buy a new "cool" bulb and, being pressed for time, just stopped at the local Lowes, something I have been putting off for weeks, felt so good that I finally got the bulb, then came home and dropped it on my kitchen floor!!! Grrrr.... Anyway, I do plan on heading to the hydro store, I talked to them on the phone and they have everything I could be looking for as far as lights/hydro supplies go. I had wanted to go this week, but..if not, next weekend for sure....IF I don't go camping....sigh... Then of course there is the question of money...and I know nobody wants to hear this but I need to vent!! Yesterday my parrot bit my 5 year old niece. Now I don't know if any of you have ever been bit by a parrot, but it hurts, and she IS only 5 so there was much hysterical crying and screaming. The only way I could get her to stop was by making much fuss over the new fairy statue my mom had just gotten her at a local gift shop. So, while I was bandaging her hand and marvelling over the $42 statue - I knocked the statue off the table and onto the floor - crash! Both wings snapped off. Fresh screaming and hysterics. The ONLY way to console her was to bundle her into the car and drive to the store where Aunt Jennifer will buy her another fairy statue....well, guess what....the one I broke was the only one of that kind that they had. Another bout of hysterics, this time in public...but hey look, they have this OTHER beautiful fairy statue that is ONLY $20 more!! So, Aunt Jennifer gets to fork out $65 for a fairy statue. And, mind you, Aunt Jennifer is on a very tight budget, there is barely money left over for neceessities like food and toilet paper and hoyas, let alone $65 fairy statues. Sooo....the hydro store may have to wait a few weeks. Thanks for listening....See MoreDistance of Hoya Under Shop Lights & Safe For Cats?
Comments (6)Hi Debbie, Good to know she made it through :D "she" haha I only sometimes have problems with the girls, the boys are honestly very unaware of anything around them..... Turns out that my daughter doesn't like the smell of the plant (!!) well then, I'll enjoy it myself. So no, in the end it can't go under the shop light. Oh well, now to move something out of the way to give the hoya a good window spot! Thanks :)...See MoreGrowing under lights & lots of pics
Comments (41)@kellyknits Thanks, I've noticed that chlorantha isn't too picky, but does like to abort its flowers if you let it get a little too dry while the buds are forming. Other than that, keeping it in bright light seems to guarantee lots of flowers. I'm glad to hear that yours is doing well too. @mitzicos Wow those look pretty rough, I'm not sure if they're still alive from those pictures, but if they are, keep them humid and warm and they should eventually start forming roots. Older stems are often yellowish grey and it can be difficult to tell if they're alive. DId you cut the lower end off? If you did, was the inside green, and did it bleed latex? If it did then they're in good condition. You can shove those leaves that have fallen off into the pots as well, they'll form roots, but might take a while to form a vine, if they do at all. The cuttings you received today look okay, not great but they look like they'll make it for the most part. Mine looked much worse and were mostly bare stems but they all pulled through. @Josh Thanks, I bought some adenium seed off ebay after I'd read all the stories about growing these over on the cacti forums. They're a lot easier to grow than I thought they'd be, even though I did have to invest in a light to provide enough light. As for the Jade, I've always liked Jades quite a bit, but it's hard to grow them here without supplemental light. They always turn out leggy and gross and not at all tree-like. There's small Hummel's sunset jade hiding to the right of the Gollum too, I started it from a couple cuttings I took from my other plant when I moved out. The lights seem bright enough to make the leaves flush red, so I'm hoping for a treat once it gets bigger. @Mike You can get mylar at dollar stores, but you won't find it under "mylar". Thye actually sell it as "Emergency heat blanket" for camping and for keeping in your car glove box. It's a lot thinner and reflects less light than the 1-2mm thick mylar sheeting you can buy from hydroponic stores, but at $1 a sheet, it's a bargain. The H. chlorantha was imported from Thailand, as were all of my hoyas. There's a web store called "Aleya garden" with an ever expanding selection of Hoyas. Now probably isn't the best season to order anything, but if you wait for a few more months you should be able to get lots of new Hoyas. I don't bring my plants outdoors anymore since I now grow under lights only, although I used to bring my Jades and succulents outdoors. For those plants, acclimatization was mostly just setting them out in the shade and then moving them to brighter and more direct sunlight every week or two. The shelving is just a standard wire shelf unit, you can find them at storage shops. I got mine at a store called "Storage solutions" but I think that's only in Canada. The dimensions of the shelf are 48x18", which is just enough to fit my grow light in....See More
Jimmy
10 years agoI've been experimenting with led lights...iI have two....expensive,but worth it!!The leaf colors are awesome!They put out no heat and are not bad on electric consumption either!(photo is winter growth of H.subcalva under Blackstar ufo led light)
teisa
10 years agoJimmy
10 years agoHi Tesia....the good led's do both,although I havent had one bud up under them.The wave length is there,but the amount of time the light is on has a lot to do with it.i use them in winter for extra light and move the hoyas outside in the spring.They like the natural light and airflow.check out Amazon and read the reviews.90 watts and above are the way to go!Hoyas don't need high intensity light to grow.A reg. size ufo style light can be placed 3 feet above the plants with great results giving you a 5' by 5' growing area.here is another photo for ref.Hoya callistophylla IML 1762 with new winter leaves!
greedygh0st
10 years agoJimmy
10 years agoOne thing I found growing with led,s it that the leaves are really green with nice raised veins in some varieties.Ellipttica clone b is showing new growth under the light.I've had my hoyas inside for 2 weeks now.It takes about a month for them to adjust to there inside environment before some start to grow again...others dont,But Im excited to see how both clone a and b are growing under the lights...I rooted the cuttings back in the summer. Here is a pic of new growth for clone b
Jimmy
10 years agoHoya alagensis EPC-701 from Epiphytica.New growth under led...kept this one inside all summer.Transplanted it into a larger pot..Stopped growing for now,but should pick back up again soon!
teisa
10 years agogreentoe357
10 years ago
Denise
10 years agoJimmy
10 years agoHi!...Here is the link to the exact light I bought here on Amazon 2 years ago and still going strong!http://www.amazon.com/Lighthouse-Hydro-BlackStar-Flowering-100-watt/dp/B0051HOCJC/ref=cm_cr_pr_sims_t The photos I posted were produced from this light.tao tronics had a nice one too thats on sale as well...Here is my setup...pretty simple.
greedyghost
2 years ago
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