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From: rmrin@inuxa.UUCP (D Rickert)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: need info on grow lights
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Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 12:57:54 EST
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> Does anyone know a good source for grow lights?  What I am looking for
> is a 3-4 foot flourescent light mounted in an adjustable-height stand.
> The plants would be placed directly below the light and the light would be
> adjusted as the plants grew.  Burpee used to carry something like this--
> does anyone know of another source?

Many years ago (how's that for honesty) I bought my wife one made by
Sylvania.  It uses the 24" bulbs rather than the 48" ones so its good
for flowers on a counter top.  I got mine at the local Sylvania distributor
who also sells fixtures retail.  It wasn't cheap but she likes it and 
it still works fine.  First place to try then is a place specializing
in ceiling fixtures.  Next approach is to buy the growlamp packages
GE sells for about $14 in a style similiar to their "Brightstick".
This will require mounting on the underside of something so its good
for use in a cabinet or bookshelf arrangement. Last choice is what
someone else suggested, by cheap ($12) flourescent fixtures that take
the 48" bulb and buy bulbs in hardware or nursery store.  Definitely
the most light for the money but only suitable for basements (which
is where I keep my two all winter for fresh herbs and stuff).
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You are Beautiful,			Dick Rickert
my manufactured love;-			AT&T CPL
but it is only Svengali,		Indy, IN
talking to himself again.		Reward is its own virtue!