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Fluorescent lighting for cacti
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I am using some fluorescent tubes producing almost 5600 lumens for some cacti i am growing indoors, the pups that some of the cacti are producing are almost as big as the pups that came from the cacti being outdoors, I am rather impressed.

I was wondering if anyone else is using fluorescent lighting for their cacti and if so what type of setup are you using and how are the results?

I want to add some more lights, that is why I ask.

Here are the pics.















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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: MycOhunter]
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A few more pics.







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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: MycOhunter]
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very nice :awesome:

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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: lolbience]
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I also use florescent lighting but only for my seedlings, pereskiopsis and grafts. The big guys go outside.


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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: crazyboy25]
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I'm impressed you could get them that nice under fluros. Are those t5 ho or regular?

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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: drift]
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im thinking about getting a 150 watt HPS light for my cacti. 16,000 lumens will treat it right. :thumbup:


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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: PilzeEssen]
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I have a 400W HPS here and they LOVE it (150-250W might be plenty considering how 400W ends up burning them when they are too close). I have a san pedro almost 2ft tall under it and other various trichs (a few other mature ones and a bunch of seedlings) and a peyote. They all love it and grow fat.


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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: PilzeEssen]
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Yes, I have definitely seen a TON of GREAT results using HPS for cacti, especially on this forum....


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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: theMallacht]
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I think cacti grow easier than weed or other plants under HPS/MH because they have no leaves, just a big main "leaf", so they get plenty of light even with lower wattages.


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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: jds]
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There more blue.Get a Xmis cacti and they will flower all the time with T5's


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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: Brainiac]
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i used them when my lophs were babies. it really helped them develop better.


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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: ferrel_human]
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I use a 250 watt metal halide for about 20 trichocereus cacti- I used fluorescents before but fluorescents usually just make cacti etiolate a little bit...

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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: drift]
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drift said:
I'm impressed you could get them that nice under fluros. Are those t5 ho or regular?

These are regular i guess, T8's.  I dont know that much about the bulbs other than each tube produces 2800 lumens and there two tubes in the fixture.

Here's a pic showing a pup from an outside grown bridgesii (full sun), and one grown under the tubes (on the left).



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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: MycOhunter]
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Those really do look awesome for regular fluoros. How close do you bring the tubes?

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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: drift]
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about 8-10 inches id say.


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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: MycOhunter]
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MycOhunter said:
about 8-10 inches id say.


I have some t8 fluoro tubes I'm definitely going to hook up and see if I can get my indoor cacti to work like yours.

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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: drift]
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I have some dragon fruit that were under a floro for a long time. They got sprouts (pups?) all the time. They are dormant right now


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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: legallyhomeless]
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Ever get fruits from them?


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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: Cactusdan]
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Some more pics of my indoor cacti, first pic shows some of my torches grown from seed from Peru, one of them is just starting to show its blue :grin:



Easter lily cactus, I forget what species of Echinopsis it is.



Blue myrtle with a droplet of water on it, me thinks it looks rather cool.:awedance:



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Re: Fluorescent lighting for cacti [Re: MycOhunter]
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Nice torches! Personally I'm impatient so I'm grafting mine, hopefully I will upload some pics soon...


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