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Video: Artificial Lighting For Growing Seedlings In An Apartment
2024 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:47
Installations of artificial and natural plant lighting in urban interiors
When my wife and I were not yet experienced flower growers with great experience, but just beginning gardeners, we also had a question about growing seedlings in a city apartment. Moreover, at the same time, indispensable conditions were set:
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- not to worsen the interior of the room even at the time of growing seedlings;
- so that traces of the use of plants for growing seedlings in the rest of the year would not be visible;
- so that wallpaper, carpets, furniture polishing would not fade from artificial lighting during continuous use. And this is what we got (perhaps you have different conditions, but you can use my ideas, solutions). Photo No. 1 shows the interior of the room in a normal setting. Artificial illumination installation (UIP) is laid out on a sheet of paper.
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Photo No. 2 shows the assembled UIP with open access. Black film is wrapped on three sides and slipped under the TV (you can use the buttons on the bottom of the cover). Below it is placed seedlings in a container. The back of the black film (near the battery) is raised 5 cm above the floor so that the cold air from the window does not allow the temperature to rise above the set value (it is regulated by the opening width of the window and a thermometer). The lower part of the coffee table lid is covered with aluminum foil (with buttons) for better light reflection. The backlight lamps are connected to the socket system on the shelf under the VCR (via an extension cord). The height of the lamps is adjustable. We have them above the plants - with a lamp power of 30 W - at a height of 7 cm (feel free to experiment, gain your experience).
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Photo No. 3 shows a UIP with a closed front part, which is made of the same material as the curtains (but it is also possible from the same black film - the main thing is that furniture and curtains do not fade from the light). Photographs # 2 and # 3 show the installation for natural illumination (UEP) on the window, which is assembled from boards and a corner. And although it is attached in three places (under the window sill and in two places on the frames), the stability is sufficient, and there are no traces of such an installation after its dismantling, since pots with flowers are attached to these places the rest of the time. We have been using these devices for many years. They allow in a small room to have a place for growing a large number of seedlings without compromising the quality of life and interior.
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