Looking for a lighting system to overwinter palms and cactus plants - various heights. Use this on the ceiling, or needs to be closer?
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David I fear the intensity and light spectrum alone won't do for these plants. This light is ideal for tomato seedlings but not so much for mature plants. In personal experience however i found that it becomes unpractical to support any production produce taller than 30 cm. Considering that your cactus is a c3 plant you'd need take a look at what light spectrum is most favorable for it's metabolism. Not sure about the palm tree. But in either case I found the light works best about 15cm from canopy of the plant. Hope it helps and best of luck.
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You can put it literally 2inches away from them. Remember the farther away it is the less light intensity you have
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The T-5s and T-5HOs use cool watts fluorescent bulbs therefore your plants can be almost 6 inches away from the light and still not get burned, but puts out more than enough light to keep plants happy. For best results keep the light at 12 -18 inches above the tops of your plants. Note: there are bulbs that are 3500k spectrum for the T-5. Unlike the standard 6500k spectrum it comes with, the 3500k bulbs have an orange glow and put out about 30% more lumens. I mixed and matched both and had great success. Hope this info helps
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I would work along with a reflective holder. Placement should be pretty close. I used it in a dark basement and started seedlings. I had trouble, but found out that the topsoil I used was extremely inferior. The light was fine. I, also, lined the box that the seedlings were in with aluminum boil. The foil was a brilliant idea that I had ran across.
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69 in from base of the planter to top of the lamp. The solar lamp work well but dos not illuminate the area too much. If you need to illuminate the area I recommend you to buy another type of lamp.
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i use it on plants that i keep in the garage over the winter. i do use several at the same time. i also use 48" florescent grow lights.
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I would say that the design would be ideal for what you ask. However, there is one with a clear cover and would advise that one so as to let in as much light as possible. It is the same set up other than the cover and produced by the same people. I have both. The green covered one is good for what I need which is to shade seedlings. I then move them to the clear one for more light. During a winter light is weaker so the clear cover I would say is the one to get without a doubt for the purpose you have explained.
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It does get warm so I suggest you place your plants at least 12" away from the lamp. This light has produced beautiful results for me. It is well worth the price, and will not only display your plant beautifully, but will produce new growth. I own several of these lamps and my plants are thriving. I hope this helps.
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By the sound of it you need a indoor horticulture book. Atleast a 600 watt hps light unless your doing leds .at least two fans one for the lighy another for the tent.
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When the temp. dips below freezing, I use a 250 watt red heat lamp that I have hanging in the greenhouse. My plants are doing great. I still have a tomato plant, still producing from last spring. I don't know if the lamp is necessary, but it sure does not hurt. I love my greenhouse. I hope this info helps.
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I don't think that four of them will be adequate lighting. You will need at least 8. Four for each side on a pole. 12-16 would be optimal.
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The lighting is pretty direct. I suppose they could be used for a Christmas village... don't do what I did and stick it to the ceiling... it doesn't come off without making a mess of your ceiling!! I used all three around a small tree with small ornaments and it worked pretty good, plus one above.
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I guess it depends on how far away from the bulb your target is. I use them in outdoor lights which shine upward from the ground onto tall cactus. At the highest point where the light shines on the cactus the effective light spread is probably 6 feet wide.
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Plenty of light for that depth. I would say enough for medium plants. You could probably also do the ray2 if looking for more alternatives.
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Depending on what hugh is the ferns might be too tall. 14 inch clearance with bulbs at highest setting. Also consider the heat from the bulbs, they get hot. I love the unit and it is eay to clean. One caveat, the chain adjustments for the lighting needed a little help to prevent slipage. Wire paper clips bent tightly and inserted at the chain clip work fine
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Nope but I did notice however LED lights are more effective as additional lighting. Mixing HID lighting or flourscent with is the way to go in my opinion. I've noticed better results and more natural growth. Pretty light tho- it's pink. You can use them by themselves tho too. I would recommend one plant per 135 watt ufo. Once you have 3 or 4 going it can get a bit noisey tho. Low heat is nice
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The more light, the better. I have had to keep mine inside all winter and none of the windows get a ton of light so the succulents have stretched out looking for light. The cactuses seem to do ok with less light but grow bigger and look healthier with more. We kept them on the porch all summer where they got tons of light but were sheltered from rain and just watered biweekly. They seemed happy with that.
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I agree. The light doesn't generate any heat so it can be placed close to your plants. A few inches away will allow your plants to receive the full spectrum of light generated by the different colored LEDs .
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light is NOT integral and can be left off. use any nano light you wish. light is really not bright enough for corasls or plants anyway.