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Old 09-05-2011, 11:00 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Wink Re: Overwintering under T5 lights

I have overwintered my basjoo pups (starting out about 2 1/2 ft. tall) in pots, under the jumpstart grow lights that are on a metal frame. I put the lights up on stools, to give them height over the plants, and by spring, the bananas are much taller, and very happy! I have very little natural light in my studio, so I use several of these fixtures, raised up higher, for all my tropicals from late Sept to May. I managed to suceed with elephant ears, 5 musa basjoos, a huge ensete maurelii and several flowering vines. I never had to get any fancier than that.
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