|
|
| Author |
Message |
popcorn
|
|
Fluorescent Lights?
| 
Oct 15 18:15 UTC 1995 |
This item has been erased.
|
| 30 responses total. |
robh
|
|
response 1 of 30:
|
Oct 15 23:39 UTC 1995 |
I have some fluorescent bulbs I'm not using any more, having
moved from a basement to, well, a basement with a window. >8)
You may certainly have them, if you like.
|
mcpoz
|
|
response 2 of 30:
|
Oct 16 01:23 UTC 1995 |
Last year, I built a built a bench with 3 double-tube fluorescent tube
fixtures. I bought "garage" white fixtures from Meijers (lighting section)
and I bought 4-ft Gro-lite tubes from Meijers plant section. I got a 24 hr
timer and hooked it up such that the lights were on from 3:00 pm to midnight.
We have a lot of plants outdoors for the entire summer, and this was our
temporary greenhouse until there was no more frost. Worked fine.
|
popcorn
|
|
response 3 of 30:
|
Oct 18 14:06 UTC 1995 |
This response has been erased.
|
mcpoz
|
|
response 4 of 30:
|
Oct 18 23:17 UTC 1995 |
I made a mistake - it was 3 am til midnight - only off for 3 hrs. Why? I
don't really know. I thought it was best to have them on most of the time,
but not all the time. I also thought it was best to have them off for most
of the time while we were sleeping (11 pm to 5 am). Just in case of an
electrical problem.
|
srw
|
|
response 5 of 30:
|
Oct 21 06:34 UTC 1995 |
The lights should be on a timer. There are all different kinds of
spectrums given off by fluorescents. Some are way better than others.
You should get a book (perhaps from the library) and read about this.
That is what Steffi did. I have a black thumb, and I don't remember
any of the details that pertain to this.
|
popcorn
|
|
response 6 of 30:
|
Oct 22 03:33 UTC 1995 |
This response has been erased.
|
popcorn
|
|
response 7 of 30:
|
Nov 30 17:56 UTC 1995 |
This response has been erased.
|
srw
|
|
response 8 of 30:
|
Dec 10 02:29 UTC 1995 |
Steffi has been using them for years. She swears by them.
|
freida
|
|
response 9 of 30:
|
Jan 24 20:47 UTC 1996 |
I have always found that my plants respond well to fluorescent lighted rooms,
such as offices. In my old house, in the basement, I had a pair of
fluorescent light fixtures set up to paint by and I kept quite a few plants
in my lightless basement. They all did really well and I did not have to
place the lights directly over the plants...just had them up normally and the
plants set where convenient. So, how are they doing val?
|
popcorn
|
|
response 10 of 30:
|
Jan 25 04:08 UTC 1996 |
This response has been erased.
|
freida
|
|
response 11 of 30:
|
Jan 25 14:37 UTC 1996 |
If you come to grexstock, remind me to show you this cool plant...it winters
over quite nicely outdoors...looks like a thin heart hanging on a
necklace...like a pendant. It is usually blooming in mid to late june. I
think it is called a bleeding heart.
|
popcorn
|
|
response 12 of 30:
|
Jan 26 13:45 UTC 1996 |
This response has been erased.
|
mcpoz
|
|
response 13 of 30:
|
Jan 27 01:46 UTC 1996 |
Bleeding hearts are poisonous? We have several - some are white and some are
pink.
|
popcorn
|
|
response 14 of 30:
|
Jan 27 19:12 UTC 1996 |
This response has been erased.
|
mcpoz
|
|
response 15 of 30:
|
Jan 27 20:09 UTC 1996 |
Ok, I knew lillies of the valley were highly poisonous. And also Poinsettia's
are poisonous.
|
freida
|
|
response 16 of 30:
|
Jan 27 22:02 UTC 1996 |
hmmm, now that is news...I suppose I will run into many poisonous plants here
on the farm...wonder how to find out what kind of poisonous? Thanks for any
help.
|
popcorn
|
|
response 17 of 30:
|
Jan 28 03:57 UTC 1996 |
This response has been erased.
|
val
|
|
response 18 of 30:
|
Jan 28 20:16 UTC 1996 |
I just dont eat the ornamental plants in my house. That seems to remove any
risk of them being poisonous to me. I think the main problem with
poisonous plants is having small children or pets eat them and get sick.
|
freida
|
|
response 19 of 30:
|
Jan 30 06:36 UTC 1996 |
True, not to mention that it ruins the plant to have bites taken from it!
Hmmm, I'll have to find out where my extension office is...I am sure they will
know where I buy the laying mash...
|
popcorn
|
|
response 20 of 30:
|
Jan 31 06:33 UTC 1996 |
This response has been erased.
|
freida
|
|
response 21 of 30:
|
Feb 6 18:42 UTC 1996 |
Since my husband is extremely allergic to most contact poison plants (where
as I am not), I generally don't keep them around. But what a lovely idea for
a mystery...someone serves a salad with poisonous plant parts in it...hmmm!
|
srw
|
|
response 22 of 30:
|
Mar 24 06:48 UTC 1996 |
Today we bought tomato seeds. Our two favorite varieties for Michigan's
growing season are Burpee's "Early Girl" and "Better Boy". Steffi planted them
in those little seed incubator thingies. (Now you know why she doesn't let
me touch anything that is growing or might grow).
They will germninate in those and then be placed under fluorescents (in the
basement) until they are ready to be put out and hardened for planting in
the garden.
You could skip all this bother and buy tomato plants from the store at
planting time, but (1) it will cost more (2) our plants will be more advanced,
effectively lengthening the growing season for us, and (3) you can't get those
varieties that way.
Early girl takes 56 days to begin producing edible full-size tomatos.
The're yummy, but just a holding action until the 72 day better boys come
along. Once that happens we stop eating the early girls altogether.
I bring them in to work, where they are grabbed up like hotcakes by people
who don't know I'm giving them second best.
I will try to remember to post here updates on their progress under the lights
(when they get there).
|
popcorn
|
|
response 23 of 30:
|
Mar 24 13:10 UTC 1996 |
This response has been erased.
|
srw
|
|
response 24 of 30:
|
Apr 6 22:25 UTC 1996 |
About a week ago (I forgot to mention it) the tomatoes came up, and were taken
out of the warmth of the upstairs window, where they had already begun craning
for the light of the window. They are now in the (cooler) basement under
fluorescent lights. They will stay there until they are ready to be taken
outside for hardening and then planting. If the timing is right, they will
get to be too large at just about the same time that the weather starts to
permit this transfer. I'll try to remember to keep you posted.
The peppers we planted at the same time as the tomatoes didn't come up :-(
I suppose we can try planting some more. They might have gotten too dry.
(Note: whenever I said "we" did stuff, you know that it was Steffi. My job
is merely to report on these doings. She doesn't let me near them until it's
time to pick tomatoes.)
|