[CH] growing under flourescent lights
Alex Silbajoris (72163.1353@compuserve.com)
Fri, 22 Jan 1999 08:08:07 -0500
Peeps,
A friend of mine used three inexpensive 48-inch hanging fixtures, two bulbs
each, which were sold as workbench lights. We built a lightweight frame to
hold them, and suspended this at variable height by chains and hooks.
We would lean down to eye level with the leaves, and look up at the lights
from the leaves's perspective. If the lights were far above, they looked
like a bright patch in a completely dark sky. If the lights were just
inches from the foliage, it was like looking up at a brightly cloudy sky.
We also lined the enclosure with white paper, not foil. The plants grew
full, not spindly.
I was in the depths of winter depression the last time I wrote, at the
bottom of the season. Now, though the days are not noticeably longer yet,
I can at least read my fellow northern-hemisphere chileheads describing
their seedling projects. Ah, it almost seems like Spring is on the way
somewhere.
My web site is nearing completion, but I still need to put up the cooking
links page. I'll have a chile-heads section there, and then apply to
Mark's list of member web pages.
http://www.angelfire.com/oh/alexsleaves
Alex Silbajoris 72163.1353@compuserve.com
addicted to travel