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florescent lights for growing
Hi all, Went to a yard sale the other day. This guy had three floresent housings which were three feet
long ,he then told me that they came from an old show case. well he sold them to me for five dollors a peice. I thought what a good deal, so i got them. My problem is who makes a three foot long grow light? Freebird |
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You can use regular soft white instead of the more expensive grow light florescent tubes if you can
find them in 36 inches. Because you already have the fluorescent fixtures you may want to use them but fluorescent tubes emit a gentle, low temperature light in a very low wattage. Excellent for the first two weeks of plant life but simply do not provide the intensity of light required by most plants but High-Intensity Discharge (HID) lights do. They are the same lights you see in parking lots, warehouses, baseball diamonds and other places where reliability and economy are a prime concern.The two common HID lights used for growing plants are metal halide lights that produce an intense light of a blue-white spectrum excellent for vegetative plant growth. And High-Pressure Sodium lights that puts out an orange shaded light which simulates the rich red hue of the autumn sun. Best used for fruiting or flowering. For best results use both kinds to give your plants the full light spectrum needed for healthy plant growth. If electricity is also a concern consider that a 40 Watt fluorescent tube puts out 22 lumens per watt and a Metal Halide puts out 125 lumens per watt and an even higher 140 lumens per watt for High-Pressure Sodium. Ron |
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