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Is there a thing of too much light when using 2 32watts of tube lights or & is there a thing of too close to the lights ?

The only thing you have to worry about is heat. There will not be such a thing as too much light, just too much heat. Same answer for too close. You can be too close heat wise for sure.

K good cause I got my B52 over a month ago out of TIssue culture & it dose not look healthy at all, it came with a flower stalk which I cut the day I got it, I just don't know what the problem would be, and I don't have any bug issues so I'm stumped

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ontariotraps wrote:K good cause I got my B52 over a month ago out of TIssue culture & it dose not look healthy at all

Did you acclimate it to lower humidity when you took it out of tissue culture.

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Your new growth looks pretty good to me but it looks like the older leaves have dehydrated and burned.

Under my 4 bulb t5 setup, I got the same problem where my smaller dcxl plants look burned. They were originally straight up green until they went under the stronger light, and have turned reddish ever since. They aren't dying off so I guess with a couple weeks, they should recover, and keep growing eh.

I read Matts instructions on soaking it for a half hour but because my purpurea took so readily, I skipped the climatisation this time, I did assume it was the humidity but I also figured it would have bounced back by now.

Well how close do you have the light? It can definitely be too close and overheat the plants. Especially depending on your ambient temperature. T8s don't get super hot but they do get fairly warm depending on the environment.

I have them about 2 inches,I also have a fan blowing that way. The temp is about 16 'Celsius, so here's hoping it's just the transition ! For the past week iv been misting a couple times a day ! Thanks for the input to all & to all thank you !!!!

How do you guys cool the setup area if the temperature gets too high. I know fan. But they come in many different design and types.

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ontariotraps wrote:I have them about 2 inches,I also have a fan blowing that way. The temp is about 16 'Celsius, so here's hoping it's just the transition ! For the past week iv been misting a couple times a day ! Thanks for the input to all & to all thank you !!!!

You don't need to mist them, it will do more harm than good. Just water them when the media is just barely moist on the top.

tish wrote:How do you guys cool the setup area if the temperature gets too high. I know fan. But they come in many different design and types.

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I just use a small fan blowing the area but not directly at the plants themselves. It blows kinda under them then hits the wall so they just get some air flow. It's a 10" fan or so, about 10 feet away.

Thanks.

Under as in blowing towards the base of the pots? Any difference blowing at the light fixture? The heat mainly comes from the fixtures and the rebound wind could also be at the plants.

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Yeah, basically blowing at the pots and then kinda bounces around off the window and whatnot. I just didn't think it would be a good idea to have the plants blasted with wind so that's how I tamed it down. You could blow above the plants too. I just had a hard time not blasting the sarracenia so I went under.

cjpflaumer wrote:Yeah, basically blowing at the pots and then kinda bounces around off the window and whatnot. I just didn't think it would be a good idea to have the plants blasted with wind so that's how I tamed it down. You could blow above the plants too. I just had a hard time not blasting the sarracenia so I went under.

Great. Thanks for the idea and advise!

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