- Sun Feb 02, 2014 2:10 am
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(1) Snapperhead, do you have a photo thread? Your setup looks incredible.
(2) I grow highlanders and lowlanders in NH. The lowlanders I grow in a (pretty much sealed) 55 gallon terrarium with 4 bulb T5s on top, the highlanders I grow without the terrarium. In winter, I keep the temp in the house at 70 during the day, 60 at night. The T5s heat up the terrarium a bit more, probably around 10 degrees. So, I get a temp drop with lowlanders. (Probably more significantly than highlanders, though I do keep some highlanders, mostly younger, smaller plants in the terrarium and then harden them off for the house as they get bigger). I've found that I don't have any problems with them getting too cold. Honestly, except for extremely sensitive plants like N. clipeata, which requires temps above 55 in order to survive, most species will do fine with your conditions. And, if you keep them in a terrarium/use grow lights, you'll get a natural temp fluctuation without any special equipment.
snapperhead51 wrote:personally I would not bother to much , your plants will adapt well enough , the temp drop of the lights going out will usually be enough , mine grow in47c to 38c and night its 25 to 28 summer, and up and down , winter huge differenceTwo things:
2c night up to 12 to 18c day , and they cope fine , dont get to hung up about massive temp drops in micro climate , its give you to many head aches a more stable temp will work just fine on high land plant as well . works just fine in my lab
(1) Snapperhead, do you have a photo thread? Your setup looks incredible.
(2) I grow highlanders and lowlanders in NH. The lowlanders I grow in a (pretty much sealed) 55 gallon terrarium with 4 bulb T5s on top, the highlanders I grow without the terrarium. In winter, I keep the temp in the house at 70 during the day, 60 at night. The T5s heat up the terrarium a bit more, probably around 10 degrees. So, I get a temp drop with lowlanders. (Probably more significantly than highlanders, though I do keep some highlanders, mostly younger, smaller plants in the terrarium and then harden them off for the house as they get bigger). I've found that I don't have any problems with them getting too cold. Honestly, except for extremely sensitive plants like N. clipeata, which requires temps above 55 in order to survive, most species will do fine with your conditions. And, if you keep them in a terrarium/use grow lights, you'll get a natural temp fluctuation without any special equipment.
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