Yea. Even if they exempt reptile bulbs, I have found that the best halogens are ones not made for that purpose. It comes down to reflector design. The problem is that the rules are over simplified. They only talk about lumens, which is specific to the visible light spectrum and does not inclued...
I'm having trouble finding info. Any bulbs that put out less than 45 lumen per watt, so basically any and all heat bulbs and incandescent, including halogens. Hopefully there will be some exemptions. If not some lawsuits will need to be filed. Bulbs must be pulled off the shelves by July 2023...
So its finally happening, a blanket ban of incandescent bulbs in the U.S. by the end of this year. Over the years I have experimented with different bulbs and found that halogen bulbs are by far the most efficient way to direct IR heat where you need it. I prefer mercury bulbs for the UV and...
If collecting food plants from the wild is not an option and you have limited space to grow plants, These are ornamental landscape plants that are all hardy in the PNW and available in the UK and US.
Rubus tricolor
-Substitute for bramble/blackberry eating phasmids.
-Diapherodes gigantea...