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Old 01-31-2017, 05:55 AM
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I have 2 shelves with 29cm depth and 75 length,high of 60cm and 88cm. I grow palnopsis and oncidiums. I bought today 2 t5 bulbs 58cm more or less for plant spectrum . They say no more then 8 bulb per shelf. How many bulbs should I put, and how far up from the plant.

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I've had good luck growing under lights with 2 T5s set just above the plants. There's a good discussion on lighting in the forums section.
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You need to pay attention to how many lamps you put on one circuit. If you have too many, the circuit breaker will trip.
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They are 24W bulbs, so you can probably estimate using the info I graphed here.
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