My cactus I start when it starts to warm up here the end of May or in June. Depending on the succulents I start Gasteria and Haworthia, in the Fall about the end of Sept.they are Winter growers, I don't do much seed growing and pass on to a friend to do it for me. Gasteria seed I just them in the pot with the mother plant. What can I do with them when I have thousands of Aloe seed? I just give them to my club memebers. Norma

I ordered undercabinet fluorescent lights from CSN Lighting last July, and had a couple of problems with the order. First their website listed one price for the units, but when I select the items and proceded to the checkout, a different (and of course higher) price was used for calculating the total. Then, when I called to get the price problem straightened out, I specifically asked whether fluorescent tubes were included with the lights since the website said (and still to this day says) "This undercabinet fluorescent light bar is the latest in undercabinet lighting, complete with energy efficient T5 fluorescent lamps." which really suggests that the lamps would be included. Whereas the PDF specifications file from the lamp manufacturer noted that the lamps were not included. So, the person I talked to checked and said that the fluorescent tubes would be included with the lamps. When the shipment arrived, no fluorescent tubes. After several subsequent calls to them I was unable to get the matter straightened out, so I ordered the tubes from elsewhere and have decided to not give any more business to CSN Lighting (or any of the dozens of other CSN stores) My main lighting for the room, I ordered monorail track lighting from Arcadian lighting, and had a much better online shopping experience. They honored their 110% price match guarantee without batting an eyelash, and the person I dealt with there (Tony Lin) was extremely helpful. The order was shipped with two incorrect items, and Tony noticed it before the package arrived, and immediately shipped a separate package with the right items, and a prepaid shipping label to return the wrong items.

I like bright, too. I like halogen, but they do put out a bit of heat. I have track lighting in my kitchen with six 50 watt Halogen bulbs in each fixture. Nice and bright, but they burned out so quickly, I'm now using LED spots and couldn't be happier. Maybe this will help you: Comparison of 4 watt LED (not your 8 watt) vs 50 watt Halogen

Hi Irene, I just bought these for my modern kitchen and love them (still to be installed)! Not sure if the black will work with your kitchen but they also come in white. I bought 3 of the same (individual ones, not the cluster). Here is an example of them from other houzz designs: 1) [https://www.houzz.com/photos/frankenprey-house-contemporary-kitchen-sydney-phvw-vp~2544768[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/frankenprey-house-contemporary-kitchen-sydney-phvw-vp~2544768) 2) [https://www.houzz.com/photos/palm-beach-midcentury-kitchen-sydney-phvw-vp~5581664[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/palm-beach-midcentury-kitchen-sydney-phvw-vp~5581664) FYI - I just pulled the first ebay list I could find for the ones I bought but I've seen them cheaper on ebay and I've seen them in brick and mortar stores. The ones I bought online were the same quality as what I saw in store.