Hydroponic Grow Lights

High pressure sodium grow lights are good for the fruiting and flowering phase of plant growth. High pressure sodium lights come in 4 sizes: 1000 watts, 600 watts, 400 watts and 250 watts. Your light should be chosen based on a few main variables. How much area do you need to cover with the light? How many plants do you want to grow? Do these plants require a lot of energy (such as tomatoes and eggplants) or are they lower on the needs level, like African violets.

Here we have three popular 1000w grow lights. A Super Sun, the most popular & professional reflector, combined with a 1000 watt ballast and bulb. Next we have the Cool Sun which offers the ultimate combination of air cooling and performance. 6" or 8" built-in flanges. With ballast & bulb. Finally the Econo Wing, an inexpensive reflector combined with an inexpensive ballast creates an affordable grow light.

Metal Halide grow lights are good for vegetative growth or for plants that will not bloom. The letters MH stand for Metal Halide. Of the two kind of HID lights, metal halides have the more balanced spectrum. They will bathe plants in light from the bluer end of the spectrum, which indicates to the plant that it's spring and time for growth. Metal Halide light is used for plants which are encouraged to grow many leaves and become bushy such as lettuce, spinach, cabbage and herbs. They are also excellent for the vegetative stages of growth. They promote tight internodal spacing between branches, and help the plants to develop thick stems and large greener leaves which will support later fruit and flower growth.

Top 3 metal halide grow lights: Adjust-A-Wing is one of the most cutting-edge reflectors available. Batting second is the Daystar - a uniform ultra-wide light delivery reflector paired with a MH ballast and bulb.Finally we've got the Cool Tube Reflector with a HydroFarm Ballast.

Digital ballasts produce more lumens while using less electricity than regular grow lights. These new ballasts are extremely light weight and significantly more efficient than the old 'core and coil' magnetic ballasts. Digital ballasts are the "greener" way to grow. Because these digital ballasts run cooler and more efficiently, you use less energy to produce the same output. Two of the top brands are Quantum digital ballasts and Lumatek digital ballasts. Both brands are quality made and come with some unique features. Here are a few examples of digital grow lights.

First we start with the new Liquid Lumens Liquid Cooled Lamps you've been waiting for paired with the Lumatek Digital Ballast. The second example is a Lumatek Digital Ballast Grow light with the LumenMax Reflector. Lastly a Quantum Digital Ballast Grow light package with Radiant Air Cooled Reflector.