African Violets and Gesneriads: Oh what I won't do, 1 by critterologist

critterologist wrote:
Lin, I don't know what P uses, but I got this stand at Sam's Club last December... I bought the light fixtures at Lowe's, I think. There are two 48" T-8 bulbs in each fixture, one per shelf except the bottom shelf which has 2 fixtures because it doesn't get any light from the window. My recollection is that the whole thing came to about $200.

The window faces south, so I keep the lightweight blind drawn to filter the light so my AVs don't fry. Earlier this summer I had problems with too much light once the sun was stronger, so I took out half the tubes and only turned them on for a few hours each day.