Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Can i just use any house hold flourescent bulb to grow house plants?

i know they have those cheap plant lights ,but would a flourescent bulb work?wisconsin winter and plants lack sun

Can i just use any house hold flourescent bulb to grow house plants?
Be sure to match every cool white fluorescent bulb with a warm white bulb. The cool white bulbs are too blue, and the warm white are too yellow, so they cancel each other out. You should probably hang the lights about 12 to 18 inches above the plant.
Reply:Be Sure to use a white and a yellow one... One for photosynthesis and one for inducing of plant hormones which helps them flower... But of course nothing can beat sunlight... I've had my poor african violet under flourescent lights and it did nothing for about two months... I placed it near my room's window and now it thrives...
Reply:For plants to grow properly they need a certain wave length of light. The normal flourescent is lacking on that wave length but not completely absent. That is why they have grow light that are sold seperately. There is a different coating on the interior to enhance the correct color output. You can get them in flourescent which will be less expensive to operate than an incadescent.

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