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Re: Emerse-grown plants



> From: jphealy at SYSCONN_COM
> 
> The water, which is about a half-inch deeper than the gravel, drains
> from the gravel into the pump area and is sprayed over all the plants.
> Every part of the plants is kept wet 24 hours a day by the spray bar.
> 
> The tank is lighted by 80 Watts of fluorescent grow lights. I do not
> know is this is enough, but since there is no water between the plants
> and the lights, I assume it is at least adequate. The tank is kept
> covered so the humidity is very high.
> 
Actually, I'm not sure if you really need to spray the plants 
continually. If the tank is covered so that you keep humidity high, I 
think you don't need to spray them.

FWIW,

Jan

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