We got solar lamps from Handy man but have seen them in City hardware. Charging through the day and doing the job at night. Seems the right thing to save on the Electric. JP
Have a look at aquarium lights but buy the correct bulb for plant growth, keep bulb close to the plants though. Hps light can be bought but expensive to run and hot, never seen led banks of bulbs here in the ph as also good and cheap to run.
LED lights are not hot enough for that exercise. spot lights seems hot though. Just depends if it's for heat or light. thought Philippines would be hot enough lol
I tryed one firefly energy saver lamp 20watt in the middle of the 48inch by 24 in box the seedlings all lent over towards the light so i put 3 8 watt spread evenly across the length of the box that fixed that now everything is growing to fast reaching for thr light and falling over due to no strength in the stems does anyone know how many hours a day the lights need to be on .
They are getting "leggy" reaching for the light. I would put a small fan to blow on them to strengthen them up. When I was starting seeds in a cold climate for spring transplanting I would leave the lights on 24/7. I would use normal fluorescent fixtures just an inch or so above the seedlings and raise as they grew. I used to be shocked when I would go to Alaska in the summer and see the vegetables they could produce in what is basically a 2 month growing season due to the extended time the sun is out. Shawn
