Light Tubes. Theoretical indoor growing with the sun.

Yes you can grow indoors using sun tunnels. I've thought about it myself and have plans to add some myself in the next couple of years.

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Are skylights good for indoor plants?

Houseplants have quickly grown in popularity over the last couple of years, and the demand for natural light and bringing the outdoors in as well. Gone are the 70’s home-atriums, it’s time to make room for a cleaner, more efficient idea of the skylight.
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bam0813 said:
I have 3 in my house but figures not one is in a spot i could grow in. One above a staircase one above the toilet and one above my bed. If i told the wife im gonna grow in bed shed say its been the same size for decades lol
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I want a couple for my living room that has windows that don't get a ton of light during the day. Also I want one in the kitchen and one for each bathroom. I don't plan on any for the bedrooms. There are some that come solar powered for light at night. You can get a significant federal tax credit if you install those. But they cost more. I'll install them myself as well. It's not a hard job but they want like $500 a light to install for cutting a hole in the roof and ceiling. It's a little more than that but nothing I can't do in a few hours.
 
Milky Weed said:
Yeah that’s like stuff I was thinking about. Mirrors reflecting light and stuff with a big magnifying ball on your roof to catch all the light and funnel it into a grow room… then I see these things! Pretty neat.View attachment 5121130

like that on your roof haha.
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What is this? Looks extremely dangerous. I contact juggle acrylic balls and leaving them in sun is a big no-no.
 
I cant remember the company name but they do fiber optic sun lights that tracks the sun. No big holes in the roof and you can run the cables anywhere you want, within reason.
 
I've installed a couple of the sun tubes, they're pretty sweet. Growing is the first thing I thought of. I bet they would be awesome as supplemental lighting.
 
Horselover fat said:
What is this? Looks extremely dangerous. I contact juggle acrylic balls and leaving them in sun is a big no-no.
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Yeah refracting balls like this are extremely dangerous due to their ability to capture light and refract it into a fine point, like down a tunnels tube. That’s how these things would be engineered.

Why crystal balls are always covered with cloth etc. They could easily start a house fire with a small amount of window light.

Thinking a giant version of a light tube, to power a basement 8x8 grow. Total pipe dream but fun to think about.
 
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