Getting spare heat in the winter would be useful, just one 40 watt incandescent light bulb keeps my well-house from freezing up in the winter (It is insulated), which is why I was very worried when they started switching away from selling the nice warm incandescents to Leds and mercury vapor. I...
Well mostly needing the info for tomato plants that I grow every year with Growlux flourescents and every year they start out nice and then grow a few inches till they hit the light bulb which I keep moving upwards, but after they get about 4" high they get spindly in the stems, while the ones I...
I have heard that LED light is not as good for growing plants as incandescent or fluorescent, can someone explain this? And what is the best color or wavelength to keep seedlings from getting all tall and falling over...? or is it the intensity?
Thank you all again for taking the time to further and more completely answering my question. I don't think I could have found the answer anywhere else but this forum! :)
Thank you so much -all of you who have replied to my question with much information about plant absorption of light and also the chart comparing sun light to a candle and tungsten lamp and their wave lengths ! That is very helpful :)
But no one said anything about ultraviolet?? I do not...
While lying in front of a 500 degree woodfire, I wonder if besides light and heat that we take as ordinary does it also have ultraviolet rays of light like the sun?? What are the types from light from an ordinary on Earth fire?? Would they be beneficial to plants as main light source?, would...
I have some 3 or 4 years old saurkraut in a gallon jar in the fridge. It has accumulated a lot of white stuff at the top and about 1/3 downwards. It still smells OK and I have heated and cooked it and it tastes good. Is the white just lots of the lactobacillus probably now dead.?? How long does...