Thank you. I saved this video to show my husband in case he feels like doing a woodwork project for me. I thinks it’s a wonderful idea and will save me a bunch of space and money. 🌺💚🙃
Might save a step for viewers. Instead of attaching the white plastic to the walls, I place foil turkey roast pans from the dollar store along the edges of my trays against the wall. Get the ones with the flat bottoms, not the ridges. I have a shop light set up that can be raised and lowered. Been doing this for years with my spring seed starts. Works just fine. Hiya from Niagara. So glad I found you a few weeks ago!
Very useful, thanks, your Streptocarpus look very happy. I use a "5 Tier Chrome Wire Shelving Unit with Wheels" shop stand, cost less than I expected. I bought one with shelves to match the largest tray I could find ("Garland Giant Garden Tray"), and then I have capillary matting in the tray which helps if I over / under water some plants, particularly in Spring when I have loads of seedlings in cell trays. I then use long thin 6' lights (SpiderFarm 74W LED) - I found one wasn't enough, so I have a pair per 18" wide shelf - easy to attach to the wire-shelf above. Shelves adjustable and the units are on wheels; mine are 6 feet x 18 inches, and I push then together so light spill is to adjacent rack, but I can wheel them apart to "service" the plants.
Hi Robert, I’ve been reading a lot of your blog posts about orchids (specifically Phalaenopsis) for over a year now. I had a question for you if it’s okay. I grow a lot of Phalaenopsis species and novelty phals (primary hybrids and summer bloomers). I grow in a very high light southern facing windowsill. I have about 200-300 phals on shelves. Although I have very high light and bloom almost every orchid, I’m looking to add supplemental LED lights. Since the LED technology is improving so fast I’d like to ask your opinion on which LED’s you think would suit species/summer blooming higher light phals without burning the leaves? Also - the plants will be around 4-12” away from the light since that’s the fixed height between each shelf. I was thinking about getting the Barrina grow lights but definitely would like to hear your opinion. Budget doesn't matter but I'm looking more for supplemental light for winter, cloudy days, or summer days when the sun is high. Hope to hear from you!
Here is my suggestion for LED grow lights, but at 4: most of these will be too strong. Any shop light including Barrina would help. ua-cam.com/video/NHJJ-HhinKA/v-deo.html
Thank you. I saved this video to show my husband in case he feels like doing a woodwork project for me. I thinks it’s a wonderful idea and will save me a bunch of space and money. 🌺💚🙃
Might save a step for viewers. Instead of attaching the white plastic to the walls, I place foil turkey roast pans from the dollar store along the edges of my trays against the wall. Get the ones with the flat bottoms, not the ridges. I have a shop light set up that can be raised and lowered. Been doing this for years with my spring seed starts. Works just fine. Hiya from Niagara. So glad I found you a few weeks ago!
Very useful, thanks, your Streptocarpus look very happy. I use a "5 Tier Chrome Wire Shelving Unit with Wheels" shop stand, cost less than I expected. I bought one with shelves to match the largest tray I could find ("Garland Giant Garden Tray"), and then I have capillary matting in the tray which helps if I over / under water some plants, particularly in Spring when I have loads of seedlings in cell trays. I then use long thin 6' lights (SpiderFarm 74W LED) - I found one wasn't enough, so I have a pair per 18" wide shelf - easy to attach to the wire-shelf above. Shelves adjustable and the units are on wheels; mine are 6 feet x 18 inches, and I push then together so light spill is to adjacent rack, but I can wheel them apart to "service" the plants.
Great setup! I have something similar and instead of plywood I used 1x2s as a slatted bottom.
Your tips are the best.
Very nice, thanx for sharing, I'm off to get paper and a pencil to get started planning mine 😀
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Great video!
Brilliant
Great video
Hi Robert,
I’ve been reading a lot of your blog posts about orchids (specifically Phalaenopsis) for over a year now. I had a question for you if it’s okay.
I grow a lot of Phalaenopsis species and novelty phals (primary hybrids and summer bloomers).
I grow in a very high light southern facing windowsill. I have about 200-300 phals on shelves.
Although I have very high light and bloom almost every orchid, I’m looking to add supplemental LED lights.
Since the LED technology is improving so fast I’d like to ask your opinion on which LED’s you think would suit species/summer blooming higher light phals without burning the leaves?
Also - the plants will be around 4-12” away from the light since that’s the fixed height between each shelf. I was thinking about getting the Barrina grow lights but definitely would like to hear your opinion. Budget doesn't matter but I'm looking more for supplemental light for winter, cloudy days, or summer days when the sun is high.
Hope to hear from you!
Here is my suggestion for LED grow lights, but at 4: most of these will be too strong. Any shop light including Barrina would help.
ua-cam.com/video/NHJJ-HhinKA/v-deo.html
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Having two $400+ square lights in a narrow footprint seems like a terrible waste.