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Originally Posted by saxybill1
I just found a site that I consider to have the least expensive cfl bulbs, for instance, a 68 watt 6500k cfl sells for about 15.00, anywhere else, it's 22.00 and up. It's called 1000Bulbs.com..Hope this helps.
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I too bought from 1000Bulbs.com. I hung my 4 foot T5's vertically every 3 feet from each other. They came with brackets that you can set so the fixture can be raised and lowered easily. I have 5 banana plants and 6 citrus trees in an indoor arboretum 14'l X 6'w X 21'h. Room has 4 skylights (facing east), one 10" suntube and one 14" suntube (facing south). The lights come on at 06:30 and go off at 10am. Then back on at 6pm and off at 10pm. The banana plants send up a new leaf every 12 days. We keep the house at 60*F during the evening and 66*F during the day. So the arboretum stays about 65*F all day long. I did add a humidifier to the room to keep the humidity at 65%.
I can not wait until the canopy gets higher and I can walk under the leaves instead of walking into them.
Hope this helps some.
Keep the lights on for a good amount of time.
Keep the temperature up (the higher the better).
Keep the leaves misted or add a humidifier.
Talk to your plants, they like the CO2.
Happy growing.
Craig