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what plants grow best under fluorescent lighting?
Nov 25, 2008 by mascorrofactor | Posted in Garden & Landscape
this is for an ap bio planning lab. we wanna see how the spectrum of light affects plant growth, so we have a normal light bulb and a black (purple-ish) one. we could only afford fluorescent ones.
which plants are easy to keep alive with fluorescent lighting? we have to start with seeds, by the way.
I grow just about anything under flourescents..I will show you pictures of my set up after I answer this..When starting from seeds you want to use A SOILESS seed starting mix...do not use common dirt for it caries a bit of fungi and some diseases..start your seeds off to a good "sterile" start..You can buy a premixed seed starting mix already prepared..When growing plants from seed you want to keep the lights no further than 4 inches away from the seeds/seedlings/plants...(this is for flourescent lights only)..If you don't the sprouting plants will grow straight up and become "leggy" and fall over..I also put small fans by my seedlings to give strength to thier stems and make them strong..The breeze makes them develop a stronger plant kind of simulating a wind from outside..this also prevents them from getting "leggy"....When germinating seeds and also taking "hard or soft cuttings" from other plants the main thing is "bottom heat"..The soil should stay in between 75 to 80 degrees farenheit for proper germination and growth of roots ..To heat a whole room/greenhouse with a heater source and keep at that temperature will be very costly..if you can maintain the air in the place of growing to about 50 degrees, then use a bottom heat source for the plants soil, it will be alot cheaper..I personally bought a new electric blanket, stretched it over 2 growing tables next to each other, and then covered with 4 mil plastic, and set my plants on it for germination and growth..some might think this is dangerous, but i have done it all my life ..and many other people I know have as well..here are some pictures of my set up..Each one is relatively cheap to do...Home Depot sells the 4 foot fixtures for 8.99...no bulbs included..Then you buy a package of t 12 COOL TOUCH...not warm touch..they are 3.95 for a 2 pack at Home depot...Then I buy a T 12 plant and aquarium bulb from Home Depot for 9.95...In each fixture I put 1 cool white bulb..and one of the full spectrum plant and aquarium bulb..each set up takes around 25.00 total to set up..heres some pictures..You can grow about anything you want under these..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28022122@N03/3055456355/
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Now on most the plants i showed you..they are ESTABLISHED plants alread and rooted..so I keep the lights up higher than with seed..I keep the lights about 4 inches away on seedlings for at least 6 to 8 weeks ..then switch over to the lights that are up higher..
pcbeachrat | Nov 25, 2008
From my belief, if I recall correctly, in science class (5 years ago now or so), red light is the best (for any plants), blue and purple are the next best lights, followed by other various colors.
But all plantlife that uses sunlight should react the same. So results shouldn't vary too much between different plants. Just make sure to use a control group of each plant in natural sunlight and/or regular indoor lighting, as a comparison. Don't compare one type of plant to another, as they grow at different rates anyway.
suezzle | Nov 25, 2008
Our kitchen has Fluorescent lighting, how do we upgrade & How do we make it recessed lighting instead?
May 05, 2008 by cherry7evelyn | Posted in Decorating & Remodeling
We just moved into a house built in 1993, and I would prefer to have lamp fixtures or recessed lighting instead of the ugly fluorescent light above. Can we do it ourselves or do we need to hire an electrician? Thank you for your input!!
What a good question. We just dealt with that in our kitchen.
We had fluorescents that were in a 4 x 6 recess with clear panels that made the ceiling one flat surface.
But we read that you should light your kitchen like an operating room. So, we realized that that was what we had been missing in the kitchen was good lighting.
Since we were doing a complete remodel anyway, we took out the diffuser panels, took down the existing light fixture and used the wiring coming down into the recessed ceiling to wire into the new fixture which is a light bar with 8 bulbs, bistro style.
We took down all of the rails, painted the narrow wall up to the recessed ceiling and then put up the same border paper that I had used on the top of the walls below the lower part of the ceiling. I covered the recessed ceiling with the same white tin I used on the lower ceiling, and then we put up the light fixture---what a difference.
And, a crisp new look. We put a dimmer switch on the light so we can change the brightness and it has been so useful.
I don't know what your size of recess is but it is very easy to accomplish. My husband helped me because it took two people to hold the new fixture up and to get the old one down, but we just used wire nuts to marry the fixture wires to the existing wires.
Our other choice was to put up track lighting with movable directional lights, which is also very easy.
Good luck
Bromeliad | May 05, 2008
How to look a little more attractive under fluorescent lighting?
Sep 17, 2007 by Morgaine | Posted in Other - Beauty & Style
How do you manage to look okay under fluorescent lighting? I don't expect to look like a goddess under it, but I want to look alive?
1) Use a tinted moisturizer & concealer where needed to even out your complexion.
2) Avoid any makeup w/ a metallic sheen. Metallics change more noticeably under different lighting conditions. Also avoid colors w/ a yellow undertone, gray which can drain color or purple/lavender which can look splotchy.
3) Stick w/ basic colors: deep brown or black eyeliner, black or brown/black mascara, neutral matte shadows (e.g. taupe or soft brown, your lips but better lip color and basic blush.
Treadstone | Sep 18, 2007
What causes plants to grow better under fluorescent lighting instead of incandescent or UV(blacklight)?
Feb 03, 2008 by marykat500 | Posted in Botany
I've been working with three plants under three different light settings. When I finished my experiment, the fluorescent lighting caused the plants to flourish while the other two types of bulbs caused the plants to look unhealthy. Yet, I've been searching to find out what is in the fluorescent lighting that caused it to grow the plant best and can't come up with any solid answers..help?
Plants use red light and blue light. Plants do well when you use cool white and warm white in equal proportions.
Ralph | Feb 03, 2008
Will a cactus live under fluorescent lighting?
Sep 09, 2007 by Patrick | Posted in Other - Home & Garden
I have a small cactus in a small pot on my desk at work. I am not near a window with sunlight. But, there are fluorescent lights everywhere that are always on. Will this lighting be sufficient for the cactus to live? If so, how often do I water it?
I want to emphasize there is no natural sunlight around my desk, only artificial light.
Depending on the cactus some live quite happily under flourescent lighting.
Water less frequently than you normally would. Let soil completely dry out before you water.
Kryptonian | Sep 09, 2007
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