| Flourescent lights have been around for ages and | | | | because these lights don't give off a bunch of heat |
| most of us are very familiar with the light these | | | | doesn't mean they don't give off the right kind of |
| flourescents give off. You may have also heard along | | | | energy to grow plants. |
| the way that these flourescent light systems can | | | | In fact many indoor growers use flourescent lighting |
| actually be used to grow plants. There is a | | | | in their grow rooms as a way to lower energy costs |
| longstanding myth that these lights are only for | | | | and manage heat that most high intensity discharge |
| lighting up rooms and don't have any other actual use. | | | | grow light systems give off. Most often growers use |
| Most people think that flourescents are just too | | | | T5 flourescent lights. This particular type of light |
| weak, or they don't give off the right spectrum of | | | | works well with indoor grow light systems because |
| light to grow plants. Others may think that you need | | | | of the smaller size and the amount of light energy |
| a very specific type of grow light to grow anything | | | | that is emitted. Growers will most often use their |
| under a light indoors. This myth is in fact false. | | | | flourescent lights during cloning phases of growth and |
| Flourescent lights work very well to grow plants as | | | | many times during the vegetative phase of the plant. |
| long as they are used in the right way. | | | | The plant doesn't need nearly as much energy when |
| This myth most likely arose due to the low heat that | | | | it isn't flowering so the flourescent lights work just |
| flourescent lights give off. Most people think of the | | | | fine in these earlier stages to get the plant the light |
| sun when they think about growing plants. The sun | | | | energy it needs to thrive and flourish. |
| gives off much more than just light (heat energy) | | | | Whether you ever believe the myth about |
| which we can feel every day! You certainly can't | | | | flourescent lights being used in a grow light system |
| warm a room with a flourescent light and most | | | | or not, you should now have a clear understanding |
| flourescents run at such a low temperature that you | | | | that yes, these flourescent light systems can be |
| can't even feel the heat coming off the bulbs any | | | | used to grow plants indoors. |
| farther than a few inches away. However, just | | | | |