indoor hydroponic Lettuce

[gixxerific]

Opps sorry

Good catch Apple.[ed - it was me RBG] It was almost midnight I was tired, i must have been thinking backwards, I fixed my post (I think ). The statistic is for regular. He has 403 sq ft. Not that 3 sq is that big of a deal

Now I have no idea if the double output correlates to wattage needed. It just say's double the output, that could be taken a few different ways. You would have to check in to that. If they actually put out twice the light of regular bulbs at the same wattage you would be okay at the minimum light level. It's also said they put out "almost" double the output. My brain hurts now. You would have to figure in the lumen's as well I believe it only gets worse.

But I was right about those sites. I spent a couple of hours on Jason's as well. Loads of info there. Not just on lighting. Did you see the Plant Life Cycle section it explained the proper thing to do at each stage of the game.

and Your very welcome. I hope I"m not steering you wrong, you should call wherever you plan to get your light from and tell tell them what you have, I'm sure they will be more than happy to help.
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[hermit825]

Yes, I was trying to find an alternative to venting, as in zone 1 my climate often has temperatures that the warmest it gets for the whole month is
-60 F below zero!!

Bill
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[hermit825]

am man's got to have a challenge!
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[Hydrogardener]

I have been growing lettuce and other greens indoors all winter for a number of years.

The new LEDs work great and are inexpensive to operate. The lettuce in the photo has been growing in this system for ONLY TWO weeks. It is tender, tasty and costs pennies per head to produce.



My blog has several posts on different methods of hydroponic gardening. I garden 365 days a year, hydroponically.
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[hermit825]

the photo, (and your blog) are certainly great incentive to go with LED's and I have to admit there is something about having a room full of such beautiful greens that is truly rewarding, as I am sure you agree!

thanks for the post, I have recently ordered an NFT system, and look forward to posting some photo's soon, but for now I gotta run and cancel my order of t5 flourescents b4 its too late!

Bill
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[Hydrogardener]

I also have a large T5 unit and just paid $19 for a single tube. Even the compact fluorescent tubes run $65 each. And, they last a year. The LED will cover 9 square feet at almost 4,000 foot candles and lasts ten years, and uses much less electricity. It is a no brainer. I have not tried tomatoes or cucumbers yet, but I expect no problem when I do.
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[gixxerific]

Two weeks Hydro! What am I doing wrong. I put some seedlings in maybe 3 weeks ago in potting soil with fluorescents and they are still puny. I even got 2 red and 2 blue spectrum lights in there.

By the way nice blog Hydrogardener.
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[Hydrogardener]

I have been gardening for forty plus years, and in all honesty if my only choice was to garden in soil rather then hydroponically, I would not be bothered. I hope that statement does not elicit an outpouring of outrage from soil gardeners.
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