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Originally Posted by estación seca
A lot of people in northern climates have insufficient daylight hours in winter to bloom some orchids. This is one reason people use artificial lighting: not only to increase intensity, but also day length. Most orchids are from the tropics, so something approximating a 12-hour day is often used. It doesn't matter whether you add the extra light to the beginning or end of the natural day. When I lived in St Louis and brought all my succulents in for the winter, I had the lights on at night and off during the day, so I would be able to spend time with my plants after arriving home.
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That is interesting. I would have thought something like circadian rhythm would be important? unless of course the plants were in a darkened room. In anycase I intend to only use the lights in daylight hours
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Seems like theirs a lot of love for the sunblasters. Any other brands? or should I just get the sunblasters? I measured my setup and I think a 2ft strip light or a couple of bulbs in fixtures would be perfect
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