Beginner Gardening: Pilea "Moon Valley", 1 by Machikoneko

Machikoneko wrote:
What wattage is your bulb, and is it in the red or blue spectrum?
Plain florescent lights that have a pinkish tint to their light are warm/red. Florescent lights that have a blue tint (think the glare of shop lights) are cool/blue.
Cool/blue lights tell plants it's summer- time to grow leaves. Warm/red lights tell the plant that winter is coming, and they'd better start to set seed or fruit, etc.
The optimal florescent light system would be 2 cool bulbs to every warm one, until it's time to get fruit, seed, etc.

Hope this wasn't too far off topic!

Marsha.

(PS, Here's a picture from 2010. It was of the jeeps in the carrier parking lot. Would you believe that we all had to fill in paperwork to explain why we couldn't make it to work?!? It took me one whole hour just to make it around the block, so I could get home. My DH and I took turns digging, pushing, and putting kitty litter down. I even had to use all of the potting soil I had in the car! I worked at the PO as a clerk for 36 years, and just retired, I AM LOVING IT!!) I thought I'd include the picture to help give you thought to keep in mind..."It's not snowing, and below zero! Yay!) ;D