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Originally Posted by David
jason,
Would you mind sharing your growing conditions of your falconeri with me? Sad to say mine is not doing very well.
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Previously all my CPs were beside windowstill facing South West. Due to inconsistency and lack of sunlight, most are showing a delcined in health. I then decided to make a 3-shelf grow rack. They were placed there since 3 weeks ago. All have been doing extremely well. Just an example how well they love their new home as shown by 'Great Swamp', one week before & after:
Here are the conditions:
- Light source: Each shelf is mounted with three 10W FL.
- Photoperiod: Timer was previously set to activate the FLs from 8:00am to 12:00am. Since then I tried to monitor the duration and now is set to; from 9:00am to 10:00pm. Both 16 and 13 hours do not give much differences though. Due to electricity cost, I chose the latter.
- Light distance: Distance between light source and plants varies on pot size. Most are 4 to 5 inches away.
- Water: Water tray method. Water level is around 3cm from base. When it gets to 1cm, I'll change it. And you'll be surprised on the type of water I use; boiled-filtered tap water for few months. No bad signs yet, I cross my fingers on this one.
- Humudity: Indoor. Yes, the rack is open air.
- Temperature: Ultra hot. You know typical 3-5pm Malaysia room temperature without air-cond nor exhaust ventilation system added with the onslaught of bright intense sun light from second floor large window... In addition, FLs has been doing a good job on maintaining the heat.
Instead of humidity, I believe heat is rather a big deal on woolies. Before I got my Falconeri, previous owner grew it outdoor with full sun and transparent sheet to protect the dew. Just my 3 cent. I'll take some pictures and post it next time.