Compact Fluorescent Grow Lights
Compact fluorescent grow lights produce considerably less heat than the MH or LPS grow lights (virtually no heat is emitted from the bulb itself) but more heat than full sized fluorescent grow lights. They are often a popular choice among home gardeners as they are comparatively inexpensive, readily available, and can be used in regular [...]
The advantages of LED Grow lights
As LED grow lights begin to take the market by storm, we must pause and consider the advantages of LED lights versus the conventional glass tube.
Targeted Light Output: Whereas a broad-spectrum plant grow light produce light that isn’t absorbed by the plants, most LED grow lights will only produce colors in the ranges that the [...]
MH Grow Light Fundamentals
Metal Halide Lamps (MH) are also gas-discharge lamps and are quite similar to HPS lamps in most aspects. Where as the HPS lamps make use of mercury and sodium, MH lamps make use of a mixture of argon, mercury, and a variety of metal halides. The blend of the halides controls the color temperature and [...]
HPS Grow Light Fundamentals.
High-pressure sodium (HPS) grow lights are known as gas-discharge lights. At the core of and HPS bulb is a small glass arc containing mercury and sodium. Electrical voltage passes through the arc causing the gasses inside it to glow. The entire reaction is fairly sensitive to fluctuations in voltage, and so to keep the glass [...]
A guide to grow lights.
Thanks to major innovations in lighting technology, farmers and home gardeners have been able to move the planting efforts indoors for some time. This was accomplished by the development of various types of full spectrum plant lighting. These lights include incandescent, fluorescent, high intensity discharge (HID), and more recently, the light emitting diode (LED) grow [...]
