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Growing with HPS Lamps – Choosing the Best Lighting Scheme

October 2, 2009 – 10:13 pm

Choosing to cultivate plants indoors is a logical idea, because plants both add to the household decoration and indoor situations allow for the cultivation of more rare or interesting plants that could not survive out in the normal garden. Growing with a HPS lamp is a way to ensure that these plants are receiving the proper levels of heat and artificial sunlight that they need to grow in the healthiest manner possible. Different plants will have different needs, of course. For instance, vegetable gardens are used to being out in the full sunlight and so will require a higher light and heat output than those plants that are used to growing in cool, shady areas.

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CFL Grow Lights – Fluorescents at Their Most Efficient

October 2, 2009 – 10:02 pm

For home gardeners, the wide array of lighting products on the market can be difficult to navigate if just starting up a new indoor growing situation. If deciding to go with fluorescent lighting, this presents another choice from all the different types and sizes available. One of the most popular choices is CFL grow lights, which offer a number of benefits to the small-scale home gardener. These combine several fluorescent bulbs into one, easy-to-use cluster of light and energy, that helps plants flourish under the simulated sunlight, without creating a large output of heat.

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