I've always loved MH for aquariums. They're the only way to get the scintillation on the gravel. But they're pigs. They put out a shit-ton of heat. they're fragile. They're short-lived. And they're definitely not sitting on Gemini track. The pink/blue thing is a problem too because none of the grow lights have any kind of throw. They expect you to be growing tomatoes with a light hanging horizontally six inches from above. And nobody who does grow lights expects you to do any flagging - it's gonna be hella bright, it's gonna have a 360 degree pattern, and there will be zero facility to control the spread. Believe it or not, I threw a PAR meter on the thing. With 14 hours of on-time the wall gets more than 2 and less than 50 PAR. I actually did just fine with some exemplar plants over a year ago: The nice thing about having it on the wall 4' up is I can hit it obliquely and never hit anyone in the eyes.
Id love to see how you experiment turns out. Ive wanted to do something similar with built in plants but always thought it would be too impractical given the lighting thats currently available. There isnt a lot of documentation online about low light plants like the ones you have so it will be interesting to see if that you give them is enough
The moss is already spreading. The prayer plants are popping out leaves. The pothos are shooting out leaves, too, with some white to them. Even the Ludisias seem to be doing okay... the Spiders, though, are unmoved. We'll see. The water is on a tap under the sink, which goes to a drip irrigation line along the top. The intent is to slap a solenoid on there, and then put a timer on the solenoid. Bonus points if I can get a doser in there too for some liquid fertilizer because otherwise, fertilizing the thing is gonna be tricky. I wish I could call it an experiment. 80% of the installed green walls in the world use that system or the outdoor version.
