Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site proper.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!zehntel!dual!proper!gam From: gam@proper.UUCP (Gordon Moffett) Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: Gardening indoors under lights Message-ID: <1000@proper.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 02:10:19 EST Article-I.D.: proper.1000 Posted: Thu Feb 16 02:10:19 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 10:14:59 EST References: <271@pyuxss.UUCP> Organization: Proper UNIX, San Leandro, CA Lines: 23 A recommended book: "The Edible Indoor Garden", by Peggy Hardigree (St Martin's Press). This will tell you a lot about various plants grown indoors. There are other books on this subject; I would suggest getting more than one (as on any topic) to get a good understanding of the problems involved. Look in any good-sized bookstore in the gardening section. Some generally comments about lighting for plants: fluorescents are best, and there are some specialized fluorescent tubes such as Gro-Lux (Sylvania); they look pinkish. Vita-lite is more natural spectrum tube but is much more expensive ($10/4-foot tube), though they claim to last four times as long as regular tubes (this appears to be true for my Vita-lites so far). The brighter the light you can get, the better (remember, you're trying to replace the sun!). Metal halide lamps are the brightest you can get, but they are more expensive, burn hotter and look ugly. I have no experience with these horticulturally, but rumor has it they produce excellent results. -- Gordon A. Moffett { allegra, decvax!decwrl } !amd70!proper hplabs!intelca!proper!gam