Hi Diana, I tried out a few different full-spectrum bulbs on my dwarf citrus trees this winter, with little success. I found a grow-bulb called the "Ott Light". Not sure how they differ, in terms of light waves, but my trees responded with new growth within a week!
Cheers, *Diana* On 3/30/07, George Campbell <mudbugsoup at comcast.net> wrote: > > Search out "full-spectrum"...jeff c > > -----Original Message----- > From: community_garden-bounces at list.communitygarden.org > [mailto:community_garden-bounces at list.communitygarden.org] On Behalf Of > Mike > McGrath > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 9:29 AM > To: Diana Jancek; community_garden at list.communitygarden.org > Subject: Re: [Community_garden] flluorescent bulbs > > I just use the cool whites as I'm mostly doing it to grow nice big starts > for transplant. Theoretically, you should mix for flowering plants--but I > have to say that mine flower great under just the cools... > ---Brightly lit Mike McG > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diana Jancek" <dijaan at charter.net> > To: <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org> > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 10:00 AM > Subject: [Community_garden] flluorescent bulbs > > > >I know this info was posted some time ago, but could anyone tell me what > >kind of fluorescent bulbs are used in grow lights? A friend told me that > >they use one "cool white" and one "warm white" bulb in pairs. > > Thanks, > > Diana Jancek > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > > ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and > > to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > > > To post an e-mail to the list: > community_garden at list.communitygarden.org > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > > > > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.commu > nitygarden.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's > services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find > out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.commu > nitygarden.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to > find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20070330/c6ad8577/attachment.html
