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Old 01-26-2012, 11:36 PM
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With Phals you'll probably need about 1-1.5' of head room. It's hard to say for sure. Do you have a light meter or an iPhone. The app store has an app called light meter that will give you an idea of the output. You'll new about 600-1000 fc. Give or take some
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Old 01-26-2012, 11:47 PM
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With Phals you'll probably need about 1-1.5' of head room. It's hard to say for sure. Do you have a light meter or an iPhone. The app store has an app called light meter that will give you an idea of the output. You'll new about 600-1000 fc. Give or take some
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Old 01-26-2012, 11:50 PM
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Great idea. Phone shows 10240 lux at the top of the leaves. If Google is right that is around 1000 fc.
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Old 01-26-2012, 11:54 PM
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That's about right. Stupid conversion, but I just divide lux by 10 to get rough fcs. 1000 should be plenty for most phals. Just keep an eye out for "purpling" or spotting of purple on the leaves. This is a sign of good light, but it can possibly burn. I'd slowly acclimate them to this height over a couple weeks to make sure they dont burn, but it should be fine.
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Old 01-27-2012, 12:08 AM
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Yea, I need to get a timer and then I will be good.

Only issue is my phals with a keiki is super close. It's about 6" away so I'm going to have to really watch it.
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Old 01-27-2012, 12:18 AM
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Anyway the Keiki plant can go on the end with the new plant up and away?
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Old 01-27-2012, 12:22 AM
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I've kind of placed it so it's out of the direct light yet it still gets about half the light. I think I got a happy with the sun the last couple weeks as its new leaf is a shade of purple.
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