Compact Grow Lights Hydroponics System

Compact Grow Lights

Depending on what you grow and how much space to have to grow in will determine which type of lighting you should use. HPS and MH burn very hot and will heat up a small enclosed space pretty quick. You will need a cooling fan for your lights in a closet if you plan to use HPS or MH lighting.

Compact light systems have the reflector and the starter or ballast built into one complete unit, making it very easy for installation.

You will provide greater lighting intensity with high pressure sodium lighting systems and metal halide lighting.High pressure

sodium lighting systems will produce a reddish orange spectrum which is the ideal choice if you want to encourage rapid growing,

flower and budding.

Compact Grow Lights For Small Areas

High pressure sodium lighting systems are really number one and provide everything you need to start growing in your hydroponics garden

Compact units are hard to beat… bulbs, grow light reflector, ballast, socket assembly, lamp, and cords all in one neat package. Remember

you can always use one system and just switch bulbs when you change grow cycles. Using a conversion bulb allows you to use a HPS and a

MH bulb with the same light fixture.

Use good ventilation for smaller spaces

Until now, fluorescent lights have had a very low lumen output and have been just too long big and bulky to be of much use. The fluorescent

grow light was used for nothing more than starting seedlings. The new compact T5 full spectrum fluorescent bulbs have changed all that.

They are growing themselves in popularity for both propagation and plant growth. The lights are very energy efficient and extremely effective

especially when used in rows. While not quite as good as HID lights, fluorescent lights have a better color spectrum. They will produce less

heat when compared to any HID lights. This allows them to be placed much closer to the plants (just a few inches) greatly decreasing lumen

loss from the distance from bulb to the plant. All you need to do is plug the compact grow light in and away you go.