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Lance! I did mention it was a test. If I'm satisfied, I will use it in a grow tent where I can grow high light requirement orchids, like vandas and some large and small cattleyas. And the heat output and more humidity are important factors in such an enclosed area. I know, I know: I won't even...

Lance, Mars is only the name of the company. Remember we, up north, where we have to grow plants inside for months, the cost of energy is something we need to think of. That said, I respect your opinion. :)

Yes this is the right color. Those kind of lights are designed for what the plants need, red, yellow and blue. Human eyesight is keyed for white light. Lamps of this type are 95 per cent efficient (more or less depending on the hype) for producing plant food and growth. If you want, you can...

Diodes are only a few millimeters across and they would burn up if used at full power. Considering the efficiency of the lights the reduction of power makes them last for at least 50,000 hours.

The panel itself is rated at 900W but actually uses around 460W or perhaps a bit more. It covers 4x4 feet in bright light with about 95 per cent efficiency. It can cover a 5x5 area for less demanding plants like phals and paphs. The company also sells 1200 and 1600W panels which offer larger...

I'm testing a new LED panel, this one a 900W Mars II with 5W diodes. Very bright, very quiet and very heavy (28 Pounds). Uses less than 500W. Put some of my orchids and a few other large plants, including a coffee tree under with excellent results. I read many pot growers are using these and...

I think the big victorian greenhouse at the end should be just the right size for Slipperfan and her magnificent collection. :rollhappy:

Thanks everyone for your kind words. :)

Yes! We get some almost every day. We had a brief period of freezing rain a couple of weeks ago and since then, my car is stucked in ice and snow in its parking space in front of my building. It's pointing downhill toward a garage with ice under. They're forecasting an above freezing temperature...

Eric, Mercier Bridge is in the west end of the city. Jacques Cartier Bridge gives access to Île Ste-Hélène, the one you're thinking about.

Montreal sights taken last year during long walks Honore Mercier Bridge over the St-Lawrence River in the early morning fog. Fall colors in Angrignon Park, near where I live.

On the north west balcony in full sun from spring to late autumn. Then inside in a cool basement once flower stalks appear under led light. Surviving and getting better every day. :D

My very first post in nearly two years. Two spikes on the plant, there were three at first and broke one. http://s1081.photobucket.com/user/michel1946vega/media/CymMightySunsetBarbara_zpsbe7c64d1.jpg.html][/URL]

Clark, the Algonquin Park is some 438 km north-west of Montreal or about 272 miles. Yes I'm still with the Montreal society but not as active as before. I don't do the monthly newsletter anymore. I did it for nearly seven years straight and needed to resource myself and leave me some time to...

Never said I wasn't happy. Bad things happens but life goes on. I would have come back anyway.

Lovely!

Thank you!:)

I'm back in the forum John. I missed you all. The marriage didn't work and I just needed time to get over it. ;)

They kill for any other reason than religion. :)

If God needs to be avenged, he is not God. If men and women feels they need to avenge him, they have no faith. If there was a God, he would be well above this nonsense. No atheist would kill in the name of God. We should all be atheists.:p