[CH] yellowing under artificial light
Karen Stober (kstober@us.ibm.com)
Wed, 17 Oct 2001 08:51:21 -0400
I bought the florescent bulbs that mimic the Sun and put muskmelons, basil
and peppers under them. They are in the basement where very little natural
light hits them. They started turning yellow after two weeks. I
fertilized them. I leave the lights on even longer, twelve hours now, and
the yellowing happened even faster. The basils and muskmelons appear to be
lost. What am I doing wrong? The lights are about six feet up on the
ceiling, the pots are on the floor. The melons also got a case of powdery
mildew which didn't bother them to much.
I lost a number of chiles. They just dropped leaves and never recovered
when I brought them in. Also, two of the three Kaka Beaks withered and
died within two weeks of coming in.
Karen
kstober@us.ibm.com