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Beautiful VFTs!

Wowee, fab fab fabulous!

Jesse,

Where did you get the florescent fixture for your plants? How much did it cost you, roughly, and are you satisfied with it?
I am looking to get more artificial lighting in the future, and don't know where to start. So far, I only have one CFL in a brooding lamp fixture, and there's a limit to how many plants can benefit under such a small area.

Thanks,
Chuck

I have to agree with everyone, they are looking awsome, i hope mine will grow half as fast (planted the seeds a month ago and now i saw 1/2 germinating)

Thanks for the new comments everyone! A lot of the pictured traps have still not died off. They are very hardy plants.

Chuckv08 wrote: Where did you get the florescent fixture for your plants? How much did it cost you, roughly, and are you satisfied with it?

As of the last picture I was growing them under the lights described here which I got at Walmart. I think the fixture + lights came about to around $35. During dormancy they've been under a single Hydrofarm T5 bulb in the garage with about the same output as the other 2 combined. So far so good with the Walmart fixture. The VFTs loved it and my capensis, capillaris, and orchids that are now under it are liking it too. The Hydrofarm light I think was from Amazon for about $45 and came with a stand. Since it's one small bulb it doesn't cover as large of an area, but it's twice the output of one of the single GE bulbs so I think it evens out.