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Originally Posted by Worth1
Plants collect energy in tbe daylight and grow at night.
Florescent lame degrade the minute you start using them.
You won't notice it but your plants will.
Two years is all I will run them.
Then they go to a house lighting fixture to live out the reast of their lives.
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You made an important point above Worth and with your permission ,and thanks in advance for giving that permission to me.
Yes there are two cycles,light and dark. Photosynthesis ocurs in the light cycle,whether sufficient natural light or tube lights, and the major energy compounds made via Photosynthesis are ATP and GTP.
During the dark cycle those energy compounds allow for building the structures of the seedlings,whether they be be leaves or roots or stems or petioles or branches ,or whatever.
So you never, ever want to leave lights on 24/7 since that prevents the normal development of a seedling.
I started out in Denver when I was there and had limited space in the backyard for tomato plants ,using those very expensive 4 ft long tubes, but gave that up when I read that a simple warm tube(pink) and a regular florescent light ( white) was all you needed.
Carolyn