- Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:17 pm
#320067
Hi
I have my Cp's growing on a southeastren window that gets quite a bit of sunlight for all almost all day long (nep, vft and sarrs doing great) but as the winter solstice inevitably makes its way the days get shorter and cloudier here in the land of the magyars. So I'm looking for a supplementary light to keep the vfts and sarrs out of dormancy and keep the others going.
I want a bulb that fits in an ikea desk lamp so that's a max of 40 watts, my budget is tight and the selection here is even more limited.
I stumbled upon these exo terra lights, which are used for reptile terrariums and such, are more towards the red part of the spectrum, like this: http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/da ... g_spot.php
So what do you guys think? will it work as a supplementary light? is it even worth it as most of the light is infrared?
Btw superficial google searches have turned out that of the same plants grown under only red, only blue and only green exclusively, the one under the red had the largest leaves.
Thanks!
I have my Cp's growing on a southeastren window that gets quite a bit of sunlight for all almost all day long (nep, vft and sarrs doing great) but as the winter solstice inevitably makes its way the days get shorter and cloudier here in the land of the magyars. So I'm looking for a supplementary light to keep the vfts and sarrs out of dormancy and keep the others going.
I want a bulb that fits in an ikea desk lamp so that's a max of 40 watts, my budget is tight and the selection here is even more limited.
I stumbled upon these exo terra lights, which are used for reptile terrariums and such, are more towards the red part of the spectrum, like this: http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/da ... g_spot.php
So what do you guys think? will it work as a supplementary light? is it even worth it as most of the light is infrared?
Btw superficial google searches have turned out that of the same plants grown under only red, only blue and only green exclusively, the one under the red had the largest leaves.
Thanks!