Angus 1895
5 year old buck +
Hello I am constructing a quasi green house deal in my man cave. I want to supplement the lighting what suggestions do you people have?
Lights for tree seedlings
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yoderjac
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For starting trees indoors, I'd recommend rootmaker express trays and cheap shop lights. You can use florescent bulbs or, even better LED. Light energy diminishes with the distance squared. Expensive grow lights are hot and must be kept quite a distance from the trees. The florescent and LED lights are cool and can be hung close. Tress can be reorganized by height with the express trays. You can then hang the shop lights at an angle to keep them a few inches above all trees. You can use chains or prussic knots to adjust the lights. Lumens are important for trees, not color (wavelength). Trees spend such a short portion of their life indoors that they don't go through the growth stages where specific wavelengths are needed. 3-4 four foot shop lights with 2 bulbs each hung a couple inches apart will provide enough light to cover 6 express trays which is a little over 100 seedlings.
Much more space is required after they have been in the 18s for 16 weeks and need to be transplanted to 1 gal RB2s. I try to time this so the transplant occurs about the time our last threat of frost has passed so I can begin the transition to full sun as soon as I transplant.
Best of luck,
Jack
Much more space is required after they have been in the 18s for 16 weeks and need to be transplanted to 1 gal RB2s. I try to time this so the transplant occurs about the time our last threat of frost has passed so I can begin the transition to full sun as soon as I transplant.
Best of luck,
Jack
Angus 1895
5 year old buck +
I found some at Walmart
Angus 1895
5 year old buck +
yoderjac
5 year old buck +
Dr. Whitcomb warns against starting trees early in a greenhouse. While they may look fine above the soil, the low angle and intensity of the sun causes very poor root development. They need a lot of light intensity if you are starting them indoors. You pictures don't come close to providing sufficient light. It will be interesting to see how this works out for you over time. As I mentioned on the other thread, you may be better off direct seeding.
There are lots of good threads on here with guys very successfully starting trees indoors. You would benefit from reading those threads. Learn about air pruning for root development.
Best of luck,
Jack
There are lots of good threads on here with guys very successfully starting trees indoors. You would benefit from reading those threads. Learn about air pruning for root development.
Best of luck,
Jack
Angus 1895
5 year old buck +
Where how could I find these threads please thanks in advance
yoderjac
5 year old buck +
Just use the search function on the forum. "Air pruning", "Rootmaker", "greenhouse", "chestnut", "grow room" are reasonable search terms. Here is one that I started regarding chestnuts a while back: https://habitat-talk.com/index.php?...h-rootmakers-transfered-from-qdma-forum.5556/, but there are many other threads from others.
