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Heating & Lighting Your Greenhouse

Ample light and ventilation are essential in any greenhouse, while heating, humidification, and cooling must be considered in most operations. What you need will depend on where you are located and the crops you grow.
HEATING There are many types of heating units. Choose one which will keep the temperature of your greenhouse at desired […]

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Lights in the Greenhouse

Whether you extend your growing space by lighting with incandescent or fluorescents, there are a few points to remember.
1. All lights must have some type of reflector, either home-made or purchased, to concentrate the light down on the plants. 2. Light bulbs and tubes must be spaced at definite distances to give the plants […]

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Greenhouse - Profit Makers Under Lights

Whether you are using the greenhouse or are growing plants in a special room or area in the home, regular attention is essential to success with artificially lighted plants just as with sun-lighted plants.
Try to keep daytime temperatures between 70 and 75 degrees with the usual 10 degree drop during the night. Increase humidity […]

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Light and Plant Growth

Green-leaved plants need light to live. Light acting upon leaf and stem cells helps change carbon dioxide taken from the air and moisture from the soil into sugars and starches, necessary elements for plant growth. This manufacturing process is called photosynthesis. To carry on photosynthesis plants must have, in addition to light, proper temperatures and […]

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