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10-20-2013, 03:31 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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My indoor lighting/winter setup
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Re: My indoor lighting/winter setup
Maybe you should put it near a south-facing window too?
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No Sir
But who's dat sleeping on the couch?:}
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I need to keep everything in my front room because of the tall ceilings and because it all takes up so much space, unfortunately the windows in that room face east, and there are a lot of trees and bushes in front of them, so the artificial light is a must, and the bananas are growing faster with the light than they were outside in the sunlight. So far I am LOVING this light I bought, awesome buy. everything is looking healthier and greener too. Lovin it!
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Re: My indoor lighting/winter setup
What are You using for light ? I need to add some to mine. I have 6500k 300 watt CF over mine, groth is slow ...nut they may still be in shock from being ripped from the ground. My problem is I keep dragging pots in to save
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Not so sure about LOVING it after first power receipt. Its a 1kW itself!!
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Eh, it's worth it. =D The plants are freakishly green.
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10-21-2013, 08:16 AM | #9 (permalink) |
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Re: My indoor lighting/winter setup
Just be ever vigilant of spider mites. They can get out of hands indoors very quickly and are difficult to get rid of.
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Re: My indoor lighting/winter setup
Whats a good way to kill them? I am noticing A LOT of little bugs crawling around on the soil in the pot???
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I use liquid seven and spray them down almost every day, I gotsome too seem to be helping
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When I bring my plants in I Bomb before they come in and Bomb it after they are in.. :^)
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Bomb it?
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Those lil canisters in the Kill the Roaches dead section.. Down here I had a Black Widow on one of my pots.. They don't get far since the bomb before & after does all the creepy crawlies in.. :^)
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but thats bad to breathe in no?
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Yeah you don't want to breathe it.. Time to go see a Movie & have Dinner.. :^)
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Re: My indoor lighting/winter setup
well well well. . . I figure you would post a picture of the unwrapping. . . like a kid on Christmas. Cool stuff. . . Lucky your walls are already light color for reflection. I hope you got a fan in there? Roasted nanas anyone?
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the light adds barely any heat! total win!
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and ya the walls reflect the light very very nicely
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Re: My indoor lighting/winter setup
I burnt my head so many times. . . I still got hair tho. I guess I just make it mandatory for my setups just so the plants can breathe. Low speed fan on a timer ideal I'm tellin ya. . . do what you do bro lookin' ight so far. That heat from that light can dry a plant more than you realize. . . Take a week vaca a see if one of those plant don't get fried hehe
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