Your question gets asked often by new growers who are trying to sort through the innumerable lighting products on the market today. However, you have successfully boiled it down to the two most ...

For nearly 40 years, indoor horticultural lighting has changed very little: We’ve continued to use the same high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps with high-pressure sodium (HPS) or metal-halide (MH) ...

The metal halide bulb takes some time to ignite. The green LED reassures us that the system is powered up. The first caveat of usage is the start up time. It takes a few minutes for the metal halide ...

As you know, winter is coming. For a lot of people this means that Seasonal Affective Disorder is beginning to set in. [Luke]’s mom already has a light therapy box. It’s one of those commercially ...

One of the most prominent trends within the light tower industry today is the shift from metal halide lamps to LED lighting. The most significant advantage of LEDs when compared to traditional ...

Not every “grow light” bulb will work for growing plants indoors. The quantity and quality of light it produces can vary greatly. Plants use large amounts of red and blue light; lesser quantities of ...