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Forum: Growing Under Lights 11-15-2014, 11:02 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 4,338
Posted By Gio555
Hi there! The fixture is now running for 2...

Hi there!

The fixture is now running for 2 weeks, 14 hours a day.

http://i58.tinypic.com/i6ia01.jpg

http://i58.tinypic.com/qyba7o.jpg

I have measured 1230 fc over the bothanic phals and...
Forum: Growing Under Lights 10-28-2014, 12:36 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 4,338
Posted By Gio555
Great job Jmmehler, truly inspiring!

Great job Jmmehler, truly inspiring!
Forum: Growing Under Lights 10-27-2014, 04:32 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 4,338
Posted By Gio555
Thank you all for your precious hints :) I...

Thank you all for your precious hints :)

I will keep you informed!

---------- Post added at 09:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:28 PM ----------



Yeah, interesting set up...
Forum: Growing Under Lights 10-26-2014, 03:39 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 4,338
Posted By Gio555
Thanks jmmehler! For a brief period I have...

Thanks jmmehler!
For a brief period I have grown phals under three, 10 wat leds.
I used this light scheduler:
spring -> 14 hours
summer -> 16 hours
autumn -> 13 hours
winter -> 12 hours
I...
Forum: Growing Under Lights 10-26-2014, 03:11 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 4,338
Posted By Gio555
Thank you for your advices! So I will go...

Thank you for your advices!
So I will go straight to buy this fixture.
Honestly I was wondering if would be better to change half of the 6400k bulbus with other at 2700k.
It would be not a big...
Forum: Growing Under Lights 10-25-2014, 12:47 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 4,338
Posted By Gio555
Hydrofarm EnviroGrow T5 4FT 8 Tube Fixture

Hi everyone! :)

For many reasons, I am considering to grow my orchids (mostly phals, catts and laelias...30 plants more or less) all year round under artificial light...so I am looking for a good...
Forum: Dendrobium Alliance 10-12-2014, 04:41 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,661
Posted By Gio555
Grazie Sbrofio, proprio quello che stavo...

Grazie Sbrofio, proprio quello che stavo cercando!
Thank you Sbrofio, this is just what I was looking for!
Forum: Dendrobium Alliance 10-11-2014, 09:12 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,661
Posted By Gio555
Dendrobium Hibiki (bracteosum x laevifolium) - how do you grow it?

Hello everyone :)
First of all, sorry for my poor english.

Two week ago I bought a Den Hibiki.
It was in a small plastic pot with sphagnum moss.
As I am not so confidend with moss, I removed...
Forum: Terrarium Gardening 07-19-2013, 05:11 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 16,385
Posted By Gio555
I thought the "fresh" ro water was taken from a...

I thought the "fresh" ro water was taken from a tank outside the cabinet and the compartment under the false bottom was only to collect wastewater.
Instead, the water is in constant loop.
Very...
Forum: Terrarium Gardening 07-18-2013, 02:52 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 16,385
Posted By Gio555
Oh thanks Magnus, understood! So the "false...

Oh thanks Magnus, understood!
So the "false bottom" is kept moist by the water that flows down.
You have to clean it only once every two or three months?
Wow, I thought it was harder to maintain...
Forum: Growing on Mounts 07-18-2013, 02:38 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,219
Posted By Gio555
Thanks Magnus, the testimony of an "hygrolon...

Thanks Magnus, the testimony of an "hygrolon expert" is comforting me! :)
Now it's time to place an order, start to build some slabs and try.
I will keep you informed! :)
Forum: Introductions - Break the Ice ! 07-18-2013, 02:27 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,254
Posted By Gio555
Right! :) Well, there is a few...

Right! :)


Well, there is a few specialized growers here in Italy.
If they don't have what I'm looking for, I search in Germany...there are many webshop and the shipping costs are still...
Forum: Terrarium Gardening 07-18-2013, 08:23 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 16,385
Posted By Gio555
Awesome job Magnus, brilliant! :bowing I am...

Awesome job Magnus, brilliant! :bowing
I am trying to set up a intermediate/warm orchidarium with hygrolon slabs all over, and your project is exactly what I have in mind for mine.

Can you kindly...
Forum: Growing on Mounts 07-18-2013, 06:15 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,219
Posted By Gio555
Oh sorry Rosie, I didn't see your flag! :blushing:

Oh sorry Rosie, I didn't see your flag! :blushing:
Forum: Growing on Mounts 07-18-2013, 05:51 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,219
Posted By Gio555
Yes Rosie, I think so too. But if you want to...

Yes Rosie, I think so too.
But if you want to try, i have seen an american webshop that sells similar "hygrolon on epiweb" slabs. I can give you the site address via pm if you need.
However I have...
Forum: Growing on Mounts 07-18-2013, 03:46 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,219
Posted By Gio555
Thank you Tucker85 :) Yeah I know, it's a north...

Thank you Tucker85 :)
Yeah I know, it's a north european product and in the US it's not so common yet.
Maybe for you the ecoweb / aquamat tissues are easier to find.
Hygrolon (and Aquamat) are...
Forum: Introductions - Break the Ice ! 07-18-2013, 03:21 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,254
Posted By Gio555
Thank you all for your warm welcome! :) ...

Thank you all for your warm welcome! :)



Don't be sorry at all!! :)
In a sense you're right: in informal italian "ciao" is used both to say "hello" (when you meet someone) and "goodbye" (when...
Forum: Growing on Mounts 07-17-2013, 04:21 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,219
Posted By Gio555
Mounting phal on hygrolon slab: a good idea?

Hi all! :)
I was thinking about phase out the classic bark mix and pots and switch to mounting slabs.
I find a very interesting media sold in England: hygrolon slabs with an epiweb core.
I have...
Forum: Introductions - Break the Ice ! 07-17-2013, 09:43 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,254
Posted By Gio555
Ciao from Italy!

Hi All! :)
I live in Northern Italy, Piedmont.

I've start to grow some fragrant phalaenopsis some years ago, but I'm still an a newbie...I'm still trying to understand how not to kill them ;)
...
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