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School lighting system

Hi, I am working with a school system that owns a greenhouse and wants to turn it to Aquaponics. The greenhouse has two sections each 22X54 ft. We are in Northern Ohio and want 12 month growing. What kind of supplementary light would you all suggest and how may we deploy them so they don't block the sunlight we do get? How many will we need. Please assume price is not an issue.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Warwick on May 15, 2012 at 6:24pm

Hi, I'm actually a student at a school where we do aquaponics. We use CFL's or compact florescent light-bulbs. These are the light bulbs you get at a hardware store or supermarket for $5. They are cheap and reliable for at least 6 months. If you have any questions about how my school does the curriculum,or anything like that,you can go to the threadjackers group with your question.