Lava-Lamp Grow Light? XD Would it work?

[mugen]

Would it be possible to use a 120volt 40watt lightbulb from a lava lamp as a grow light? My plant is about a week old and 5" tall. I feel really bad for my plant since it can only get 2-3 hours of sunlight a day since i am not normally home and cant keep it out in the open. I know I should use a real grow light but this is mainly just a experimentive fun grow. Thanks for all your help!

mugen Reviewed by mugen on 01-15-2007. Lava-Lamp Grow Light? XD Would it work? Would it be possible to use a 120volt 40watt lightbulb from a lava lamp as a grow light? My plant is about a week old and 5" tall. I feel really bad for my plant since it can only get 2-3 hours of sunlight a day since i am not normally home and cant keep it out in the open. I know I should use a real grow light but this is mainly just a experimentive fun grow. Thanks for all your help! :D Rating: 5

[keeko]

no sorrry

[Zandor]

You can put a CFL in that socket and hang it over your plant that may help but other then that is's .....Nope.

Good luck with your plant I hope it makes it.

[masterjointsmith]

by my bad math you could illuminate a 6" circle with that bulb and possible grow the smallest plant ever in the longest amount of time

[Nochowderforyou]

No, not with the actual lava lamp bulb. It's not the correct light spectrum.

[INSpectaDeck]

I have actually tryed that once. . . i used a speaker box ass a "grow room" i guess u can say.i hung the lava lamp upside down from the top of the box. . .it did the trick for a little bit but after about a week or two my plants would jus slump over and die, i thought it would work myself, i still did just intill i read this, i figured having my plant closed into a speaker box wasent allowing Co2 inside and thats what killed it, but what do i know :wtf: