Hi peeps - part uni project, part step towards self sufficiency, I've built an indoor vertical salad garden, using an aquarium pump to feed the plants, which are bedded in recycled wine bottles. The system itself sorta works (stole the design from windowfarms.org) but there just isn't enough light in our flat, so Im thinking about sorting out some cheep lighting for it.
The system is in a box, with the hydro tubes running up the left hand side, I want to run fluorescent tubes up the left hand side. To be on the safe side Im thinking the lights need to be in waterproof casing, my question is, would these lights be powerful enough to grow herbs and lettuces, or is there a better option, which won't break the bank?
http://www.meteorelectrical.com/lighting_weather-resistant-batten-ip65_high-frequency-ip65-battens_1-x-18w-batten-c-w-high-frequency-gear-2ft.html?tax_val=1&country_id=222
cheers folks x
The system is in a box, with the hydro tubes running up the left hand side, I want to run fluorescent tubes up the left hand side. To be on the safe side Im thinking the lights need to be in waterproof casing, my question is, would these lights be powerful enough to grow herbs and lettuces, or is there a better option, which won't break the bank?
http://www.meteorelectrical.com/lighting_weather-resistant-batten-ip65_high-frequency-ip65-battens_1-x-18w-batten-c-w-high-frequency-gear-2ft.html?tax_val=1&country_id=222
cheers folks x