Need help ordering indoor dimmable flood light
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maddielee
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Need advice on material for wall of indoor light garden
Comments (7)I wouldn't use perlite. It floats and would get nasty quickly. Plus being white, you would see it getting nasty quicker. I would use clay pots with the open end up and put a wire grid over them. The egg crate would work but i think it is too brittle/fragile. Drop one pot on it and you'll be replacing it. Clay pots will wick up moisture, they're cheap and easier to clean, and readily available. With the open ends pointed up, any air flow over the large surface area will boost humidity better, I suspect. I would use something cheap but durable for the walls, paint them with white marine epoxy paint, and affix some plastic coated hardware cloth or other type of wire grid over the panels. That will provide endless spots to hang mounts which you will undoubtedly, eventually, acquire in large numbers. You can also use the wire to hang additional lights or fans, or to hang pots higher up so they're closer to the lights, if needed. It will allow you to use your vertical space. Ventilation will be very important, especially if you have very cool and humid conditions, as most basements would. Sounds like a fun project. Post pics when applicable, please. -MB...See MoreHelp! newbie with indoor plant need lighting advice
Comments (2)Cheap lighting would be shop lights from Home Depot or Lowe's. 48". They're easy to hang. As for keeping a dwarf tree alive, that's debatable. Do you mean Oroblanco? If so, it will need full sun and a lot of heat in order to thrive. And you'll never get fruit unless you can give it several months of direct sun and heat every year. They are delicious, and I wished you lived in an area where they grow. I live in a climate where citrus thrives, and have never seen them grown indoors under lights, and wish you good luck. Did you buy it locally, or mail order?...See Morevery specific light bulb question for indoors
Comments (1)I'll respectfully suggest that you don't have it right ;) Warm white alone is not generally considered a great shade of white for growing plants. They do better with a little more blue, a colour temperature more like 4,000K-5,000K. Most people find this a little "cold" for domestic indoor lighting although it is still more orange than direct sunlight. You should really reconsider the fluorescent option. It seems that cost is an issue for you, but the major cost of lighting is actually the electricity consumed (unless you don't pay for electricity, which is still the case for some people). A simple 4x40W (or more accurately probably a 4x32W) fluorescent lamp will produce as much light as your spots and use slightly over half the electricity. The whole setup including tubes will cost less than 3 of those flood bulbs and will cost about $4/month less to run. Metal halides become more efficient at higher powers but at 70W they are really not operating to their strengths. Better than the halogens if you really have to have a bulb in your existing fitting (I think you'll be shocked how much brighter) but nowhere near as bright as fluorescents....See MoreWhere to buy 65w indoor floods for recessed cans?
Comments (11)Interesting...just two weeks ago I was in Home Depot and bought a box of 12 (box of 10 with two free)65W GE bulbs that were on sale for $4.99 for the entire box!! At the price I HAD to buy them! I felt like the woman in the IKEA commercial who thinks they're coming after her for stealing because she paid so little! The last bulb I bought (Sylvania, because it was the only choice at the time) was at least $4.99 for one!! I don't use my recessed lights enough to weigh in on the longevity factor but I can't help but wonder if Home Depot was clearing out the GE 65W bulbs for that reason... By the way, there are also 65W equivalent CFL bulbs(I bought some at Costco) that should definitely last longer although I personally find them unusable because they have to warm up to get bright and I need immediate light....See MoreOakley
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