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BlazingAugust
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Well, since I'm cheap, I could just tape aluminum foil to the wall, but no painting or stapeling, I would be dead for sure! I DO have aluminum that I draped over Tue top of the lights, so that helps.
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As your collection gets bigger and larger, you'll think of crazyer schemes to accomodate your plants. I went through a lot of crazy schemes through my 30 years growing orchids, including a whole appartement with a blue swimming pool tarp covering the floor and going up the walls fixed by duct tape. I had flat stones on the floor to walk on and keep my feet dry. And that was on the second floor of a co-op building.:rollhappy:
if you could convince your parents to put closet organizer shelving into your closet, then you could move your shelves up and down and hang the lights from the shelf hangers. my landlord this spring redid the bedrooms and put these in, they're nice. I don't think they cost too much; you just put up two or three of those slotted rails that go on the wall, and then get the shelves and supports that fit those 'rails' (I can take a pic of mine if you need but you probably get the idea)
OMG! I never thought of that! .... now I can water with a hose!
(I think my landlord would have canaries...) :rollhappy:
OMG! I never thought of that! .... now I can water with a hose!
(I think my landlord would have canaries...) :rollhappy:
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BlazingAugust
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Well, as for innovation, there is the twine that I hung to hang some 'chids from, so that made some extra room.
Another thing too is if you want to grow multifloral paphs and want to use a HID light. You can buy those clothes rack and suspend the HID there. then you don't have to construct anything. you can suspend T5's too if you got the reflector. 4 T5's
Thanks to Paphman910 for that idea lol
Thanks to Paphman910 for that idea lol
John M
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LOL! That sounds like something I'd do! When I was a teenager, I built a sturdy frame out of 4 x 4's that stood on the 4 corner posts of my bed. Then, I attached a 4' x 7' sheet of plywood and put on 6" high sides. I lined that with heavy guage plastic and filled it with water! I had a 24 sq ft pond in my bedroom above my bed! I put inverted clay pots in the water and stood an orchid pot on top of each one. Above the plants was an 8', 4 tube fluorescent fixture supplementing the ample natural light that came in from a very large, south facing window. The orchids thrived and the tropical fish I put in the pond did very well and had babies many times.
I also built a Budgie flight cage (24" horizontal, 18" vertical and 16 feet long), and hung it from the ceiling! My bedroom was an oddly shaped addition to the house: 8' wide and about 20' long.
Years later, I had a flock of Button Quail living lose in my 20' x 20' furnace room in the basement. I even had a hen go broody and incubate her own eggs and raise her chicks to adulthood. That was cool!
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BlazingAugust
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Thanks for all the ideas for future reference. Since the T5's are pretty bright, here is what I am thinking for the Paph stand. I will have one 4' 10,000 K fixture with reflector smack dab in the middle, and then two 4' 6,400 K fixtures on each side. This will give me enough light to be aboe to have the roof nearly 3' above them, which will give plenty room for spikes, which is what I want. I will also be able to hang plenty of mounts along the side. I will probably follow this plan for the other stand I will be putting in my bedroom.
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BlazingAugust
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Wow!!! A frame above your bed!!!! I SOO would love to do that!!!!
The funniest thing about it is how perfectly natural it seemed to be for my friends to walk into the bottom a swimming pool on the second floor of an appartment building,
This just in:
''MAN DROWN IN HIS BED WITH FISH ALL OVER HIM; POLICE NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED!''
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biothanasis
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Very nice growing area!!!!
This just in:
''MAN DROWN IN HIS BED WITH FISH ALL OVER HIM; POLICE NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED!''
Lol thats funny.
John M
Orchid Addict
LOL! :rollhappy: I was an odd kid.
John M
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This just in:
''MAN DROWN IN HIS BED WITH FISH ALL OVER HIM; POLICE NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED!''
....And unfortunately, the Budgies aren't talkin'!
quietaustralian
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Nice collection!
I'm an art conservator, I specialise in books and art on paper. Occasionally I give lectures on the care of rare books, maps etc.
Any chance I could use the above pic?
Regards and thanks, Mick
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BlazingAugust
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will the caption be, "how not to store your first-edition collector's books" ?
i'll bet those books are text books from school (algebra, differential equations, sociology, home ec)
i'll bet those books are text books from school (algebra, differential equations, sociology, home ec)
John M
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will the caption be, "how not to store your first-edition collector's books" ?
i'll bet those books are text books from school (algebra, differential equations, sociology, home ec)
I noticed the use of the books as well and thought "Hmmmm...maybe not so good?" However, I didn't say anything because the pot shouldn't call the kettle black! After all, when I grew thousands of plants in my basement, I watered with a hose. The floor is cement and the walls are stone and mortar. However, I rusted out the steel jackposts that were holding up the first floor and had to replace them! :sob:
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Lycaste53
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I propose to have a look at these beautiful plants and that beautiful and clean closet- setting two years later. Maybe there will be only one, who survives
Best regards, Gina
Best regards, Gina
