GROWING LIGHTS

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Growing lights

Why buy an expensive lamp for your new garden? Unless you have a way to access natural sunlight to your garden (like a sunny patio or greenhouse), you'll have to provide special supplemental lighting for your hydroponics garden. And you'll soon find that this component of your system is likely to be the most expensive part. An evil necessity!

What kind of lighting do you need? Well, that depends on what you want to grow.

If all you want to grow in your garden is lettuces and greens like spinach or mustard, then fluorescent lighting will work just fine. However, you should get the a high-output T5 variety if you want a productive garden. A $10 grow stick from WalMart just won't give good results.

You'll need one 4-foot long T5 lamp (x 4 bulbs) for each HALF of a 4'X4' system. This size lamp will cover a 2'X4" section of garden.... perfect for a 2X4 foot lettuce raft like we often set up. If you plan on using a large 4X4 lettuce raft, you'll need two of the T5 lamps. And T5s aren't exactly cheap, either.

To read all about T5 (high output) fluorescent lighting, read our Florescent Lighting page, and place an order there if desired.

The flowering and fruiting plants, like tomatoes, squash, and flowering medical herbs, require a wider spectrum of lighting that can only be delivered with HID (high intensity discharge) lamps.

Further, there are 2 different types of HID bulbs: MH (metal halide) and HPS (high pressure sodium). The metal halide is a good all-around light, and okay for most vegetables. If you can only afford one light, then get a MH, 400 watts.

To get the best yield from your fruiting/flowering crops however, the high pressure sodium lamp is a must. If you will concentrate mostly on tomatoes or squash, or flowering herbs, and can only afford one light, then buy a 400 watt HPS lamp.

SO WHY DO YOU NEED BOTH A METAL HALIDE GROW LIGHT AND HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM GROW LIGHT?

Using Metal Halide grow lights and then switching to High Pressure Sodium grow lights is the way to grow the best plants possible. Growers worldwide consider the best way to grow flowering plants is by vegetatively growing them under the bright white light of the METAL HALIDE, then switching over to the HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM’s super bright orangish/red spectrum for the flowering stage of plant growth. The MH grow light bulb provides lush, compact plant growth. The HPS grow light bulbs spectrum mimics that of the "harvest sun" and promotes explosive, prolific flowering of plants.

So then, let's get this straight... MH works best for the vegetative growth stage, and HPS is preferred for the flowering and fruiting stages. You want to build the best hydro garden you can, right? But, you don't want to buy two lamps. Well, you don't have to; you just need two different bulbs!

With this lighting setup, you will need a special lamp which will accept "conversion" bulbs.

If this is the way you want to go, we've got you covered! You'll not find a better deal than our awesome HID Combo Lighting Kit below. This lighting setup works great for a typical 4' X 4' garden, and it includes:

All this for under $200, including shipping! You can't beat that for a combo light kit!
This is a special arranged deal, and is available for shipment only to the US lower 48 states, sorry!

ORDER THE HID COMBO LIGHT KIT HERE FOR $199.00/FREE SHIPPING: [Sorry, we only ship the special LIGHT kit to the LOWER 48 US states].

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