Alas my new grow area

[troy]

Help from none other than ray barkalow. Thank you ray for the indoor growing info!!!

I still need 1 more grow light for the bottom shelf, I have another 10 plants, compromise is a virtue about growing orchids indoor

 

[Justin]

great start. glad you got to keep some of your plants.

 

[SlipperFan]

Good for you, Troy! I hope this place is better than the last one was.

 

[mrhappyrotter]

That looks nice. Are those T5s or T8s? I use T8s on my shelves, and they work well for growing and blooming a wide variety of orchids. It might not be enough to bloom high light plants without some supplemental window light, but if your collection is mostly paphs/phrags, I bet you'll be very successful. Glad you got to keep some of your collection!

 

[NYEric]

Good luck.

 

[Wendy]

Way to go...nice that you kept some. Nice setup for a small collection too. :clap:

 

[troy]

T-8s, 7550 kelvins and 5800 lumens, I have a gary romagna putting up 2 spikes so I hope it continues to bloom under these conditions, fingers crossed, this grow area wasn't in my origional living area agreement, although with some pursuasion I was able to

 

[MaryPientka]

Lookin' good!

 

[Marco]

Glad you kept some!

 

[abax]

Sometimes I think I'd trade my greenhouse for a nice,
small set-up like that. Sure would make upkeep a lot
easier. The plants look quite nice too.

 

[Ray]

...and make the cost of heating much more bearable.

 

[Happypaphy7]

How many light bulbs are there?

 

[troy]

2 -4'ft, 54 watts 6500 kelvins and a 2-2ft 14 watt 6500 kelvins

 

[troy]

 

[Wendy]

Looks good! Do you run those humidifiers continuously? What is your humidity in there? Is it an enclosed room?

 

[troy]

Humidifiers run 24/7 humidity is 70 - 80 °/.

 

[orchidman77]

Very nice! I just set up the same metal shelves...I'll take pictures when I finish my setup!

David

 

[NYEric]

I still would have put trays under to make watering easier.

 

[Hien]

You can also mail order the side & back parts (about 4 inch high) to keep the orchids from escaping to the ground

 

[troy]

I have a sink 1 foot away