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OT: Light setup (12" CFL x 4)

I have 4 high lumen CFL bulbs with (about) a 12" length.  They fit a standard socket and are like these (not sure if these are standard sockets): https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/62837/FC105-FEIIIB10565.html

In theory, each of these bulbs is 6000+ lumens.

I'd like to use these mounted in some way to overwinter a few of my figs and two pineapple cuttings my kids rooted.

Is there a DIY reflector and base setup I can plagiarie?  I don't mind buying bases, but I don't want to rewire something that will end up biting me (my technical skills suck).

If there is a cheap hood that will take 4 of these, I'd happily take a look (but I'm not spending $100.  This will hand on either my seedling shelves or above the plants on a PVC frame.


Andrew

I'm not sure why you need the light for figs in the winter. When they are dormant they can be kept in complete dark.

Some of the little ones I want to keep non-dormant (more as an experiment than anything else).  The ghost pepper and the pineapples I want to keep green and growing.

Andrew

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