Light Temperature for Indoor Grow Lights
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Amy (montreal, canada)
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Comments (3)In my experience with grow lights, I started with flourescent and worked my way up to metal halide. The trick I found with flourescent is to keep the lights close to the plants as they grow, this helps keep them from becoming spindly. I bought lights that were more for plant use than for normal household use, but in a pinch, cool whites could work as long as they are close to the plants. As for temperature, some seeds liked bottom heat to germinate. As long as the room temp was over 70F then I think one can get away with not using a heat mat. I have one and never use it. Sometimes when my seeds sprout and the seed head is still attached to the plant I try and gently squeeze the seed and hope it will pop off the leaf. 7 out of 10 times it does, the rest no. Try keeping the seed moist with a spray bottle of water and see if it will break down a little. I find starting seeds alot of fun and you learn as you go along. I started with a few pots in front of a window to 500 pots under grow lights in the basement. Good luck!!...See MoreCan Coconuts Grow Successfully Indoors (Bright Light)
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Comments (8)Ottawapepper, i am certainly not an expert but I can give some input. The temp can be controlled on your heat mats by a seperate thermostat i have two waterbed heaters on a White Rodgers remote bulb thermostat model # 1687-9 that is hardwired from the breaker box then from the thermostat it is wired to a recepticle which I have the heaters plugged into then I put the remote bulb in the cell trays thru the top of the dome. It is set to turn on when the temp falls to 80 deg. and turn off if the temp gets around 87 to 89 deg.The thermostat justs cuts the power to the recepticle when it hits the preset temps. This method is working without any problems and the temps are right on the money. You definetly need to control the temp from what i've read here I think 125deg will kill off the seeds. i keep my temps closer to 90 deg. with great results. as far as the lighting is concerned i am just using the 8.00 fluorescent fixtures from home depot and the cheapest bulbs they have and again am having great results so far. My seedlings are kept as close as possible to the lights as I can get them As far as the seed husk problem I to am having this happen alot If you check out my thread on Naga Cotyledons you can see how i handled that. I also put the fan on the seedlings for about 4 hrs a day. This is my first time starting plants from seeds and I have gotten all my info from the experts on this forum and other forums on GW. Hope this helps. Dale...See MoreGrow Lights vs Outdoor Greenhouse for indoor seeds
Comments (9)Now for my fourth year I am growing hosta seedlings in my basement. I started the first seeds the middle of November and have now 3x3 inch plants. I grow them under 24 hrs fluorescent lights on two shelves in the basement. I use 4ft common fluorescent lights like you can buy at big box stores, suspend them on chains 1 inch above domes of seed trays or plant leaves. I have the seedtrays and lights enclosed with 2 walls and old towels. The heat from fluorescent lights is enough to raise the temperature under plastic domes to close to 80 dgrs, in the area without domes to 71 dgrs in a 60 dgrs basement. This is enough for hostas, so I no longer use heat mats. I also use cardboard with aluminum foil taped on it standing around the hanging lights and plant trays to reflect any light back to the plants. So I have created grow chambers which I only open once a day to check, if I need to replenish water in the trays. Water contains half-strength Miraclegrow tomato fertilizer. A former neighbor was an engineering liason to a lighting manufacturer. He said that the benefits of special growing lights are minimal, so he himself used only basic fluorescent lights in growing seedlings. Here in upstate NY temperatures will be warm enough at the beginning of May to bring my seedlings outside. I will place them in shade and bring them into the garage should temperatures dip below 50 dgrs....See More
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6 years agoAmy (montreal, canada)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoHi Susanne,
The one I use is called bestva. It's a 1000w grow light full spectrum avalaible via amazon. In the light specification, it's say that the average power consumption is supposed to be 185w. I hope that is true if not my husband will really put a stop to all my future ambition. At first I thought that led grow light will not generate any heat. It s not the case with my light because I register a temperature of 80F during the day and 68F during the night. My set up is in my basement, so the majority of the heat is not coming from any other source.
My plants are indoors for a few weeks now and they are growing well . Here are some pictures.
Some growth on my SugarBelle:
New growth on my Okitsu:
My variegated pink lemon with lots and lots of new growth
My limequat with flower buds
a picture of my light still on. It s really red (feel light we are in red lite district or something)
Oh, and my light stays
open from 6am till 9pm
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