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Post by lloyd on Jul 10, 2015 15:09:19 GMT -5
Just playing with my Apogee PAR sensor at local noon today. The PAR was 1935. The highest it goes at the equator is just above 2000 so it was pretty bright out. I could feel my skin burning as I was killing caterpillars on my Bee Balm (for the Hummingbirds).
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Post by paulkoop on Jul 10, 2015 15:30:15 GMT -5
Lots of humming birds around my place with honey suckle trumpet vine and some random annuals in hanging baskets my mom planted . Has anyone tryed the light meter app? I have iphone 5 and i was wondering how accurate the thing is
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Post by lloyd on Jul 10, 2015 21:03:42 GMT -5
The PAR meter is supposed to measure light available for photosynthesis. So the iPhone app is probably accurate for some purposes but not likely for PAR measurements.
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PAR Sensor
Jul 12, 2015 19:45:20 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by lloyd on Jul 12, 2015 19:45:20 GMT -5
Does anybody else have $@%&-$- caterpillars in their beebalm flowers? It's very labour intensive and eye straining to pick the eggs and caterpillars off.
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Post by WillyCKH on Jul 12, 2015 20:58:28 GMT -5
Where did you get your PAR sensor? is it expensive?
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Post by lloyd on Jul 12, 2015 21:56:28 GMT -5
I bought it at Apogee for USD$158 with shipping (when the Canadian $ was at par). You could do it cheaper if you bought the components and had some specialized tools and spent a lot of time. I figured that I could only save a few bucks and didn't feel like doing all the work. Might be more worthwhile now with shipping being more expensive and the Canadian dollar so low.
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Post by WillyCKH on Jul 12, 2015 22:02:03 GMT -5
That's awesome deal you got! Added to wishlist
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