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tastyratz · 11-18-2010, 08:53 PM

This is a good thread to come up, I am glad I found it.

I know how people put lights with hundreds and hundreds of watts and run up big fat electric bills. On the same subject, how much lighting should really be needed to keep a plant healthy over the course of a winter indoors? I am overwintering 4 types of bananas and some borneo giants. I have 2x27 watt tube grow lights from wal mart as it is mounted to the ceiling in the area. If I mounted it close I would need 8 of them.
Basement temp averages 55-60.
I am thinking I want to keep them juuuuust barely growing. If I had 1 or 2 leaves over the whole winter more than I started with I would be thrilled.

11-18-2010, 08:53 PM	#15 (permalink)
tastyratz Location: NH, USA Zone: 5b denial Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 65 BananaBucks : 29,196 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 18 Times Was Thanked 81 Times in 38 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 3 Times	Re: Compact fluorescent lights This is a good thread to come up, I am glad I found it. I know how people put lights with hundreds and hundreds of watts and run up big fat electric bills. On the same subject, how much lighting should really be needed to keep a plant healthy over the course of a winter indoors? I am overwintering 4 types of bananas and some borneo giants. I have 2x27 watt tube grow lights from wal mart as it is mounted to the ceiling in the area. If I mounted it close I would need 8 of them. Basement temp averages 55-60. I am thinking I want to keep them juuuuust barely growing. If I had 1 or 2 leaves over the whole winter more than I started with I would be thrilled.