Best lights for growing baby palm trees indoors, before eventually planting outside. Also thinking about one that'll also give me a tan!

[Accy cyclist]

As some of you longer term members might know, I've posted before about my palm tree, or trees until one sadly died. I'm thinking about growing some palms from seeds inside my flat. Obviously with our none tropical climate I'll need some false sunlight to aid growth. I have a question. If I go ahead with my idea, should I buy such as this...
https://www.temu.com/ul/kuiper/un9....ub_channel=shopping&_p_rfs=1&_x_ns_prz_type=-
or a UV sun lamp like this? https://uk.ktslighttherapy.com/en-g...-for-home?variant=51548258238748&country=GB&c My thoughts are that if I buy the latter I can do a bit of home tanning as well as helping my palm trees to develop, whereas with the former It would only be useful for the palm trees, not me. My main concern is the cost of running either of such lamps for probably 12 hours a day! How much would either lamp cost to run per hour, I wonder? 🤔

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Are you sure they are really for 'Palm Trees?'

Seriously though, good luck with it!

 

[Accy cyclist]

Are you sure they are really for 'Palm Trees?'

 

[PeteXXX]

FYI Palm trees won't give you a tan.. Just sayin'

 

[Drago]

I knew it was a bad idea to lend Accy my "The Gentlemen" DVD.

 

[Stevo 666]

Given how slowly our palm tree seems to grow, it might be easier (and cheaper, once you've taken the 'leccy bills for a few years into account) to bite the bullet and buy one or two plants part grown. That's what we did - waited until the end of season sale at the garden centre and got ourselves a big discount.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Plant some Medjool date stones. They'll happily germinate and start growing indoors in a light window. Mine is now c 25-30 years old. Here it is now, tucked away whilst we have work done on the deck - it's so big it stayed outside last winter (wrapped up and sheltered) and overwintered fine.

 

[winjim]

Are you sure they are really for 'Palm Trees?'

Seriously though, I don't know, I just came by to say the above, like the massive eejit I am!


Good luck with it!

I'm looking for some bits for my mini hydroponics kit, and all the websites are promising "discreet" delivery. I only want to grow some salad.

Anyway, don't buy from Temu. Go to a grow shop or garden centre and ask them.

 

[T4tomo]

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Cordyline australis / cabbage palms are pretty hardy
for example:
https://www.gardeningexpress.co.uk/...QibTCJujikAcgX-K6J0r_938CtB8CUqRoCiUMQAvD_BwE

 

[fossyant]

My mate used to run the web site of a 'growers shop'.

One of the main customers used to turn up in a Fiesta rather than his Aston to stop Police attention.

Some good money in tomato plants.

 

[Stevo 666]

Forgot to mention ours is a Trachycarpus Fortunae which is pretty hardy - survived last winter no problem without being covered/wrapped up at any point (mind you, we are in Kent so hardly the Arctic).

 

[ColinJ]

You have already had one narrow escape with cancer, Accy; why risk giving yourself skin cancer by turning your home into a sunbed?!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Are you sure they are really for 'Palm Trees?'

Seriously though, I don't know, I just came by to say the above, like the massive eejit I am!


Good luck with it!

I have had clients who set up systems for this very purpose.

One was most miffed that the police were not remotely interested in how it worked and just confiscated the plants.

 

[postman]

🟨Yellow card for Accy one more long header and it's red and off.

 

[T4tomo]

Forgot to mention ours is a Trachycarpus Fortunae which is pretty hardy - survived last winter no problem without being covered/wrapped up at any point (mind you, we are in Kent so hardly the Arctic).

looks like Accy's was too, a fine specimen. Chusan palm for those not of a latin bent.