Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners (Part 3) Lighting
Article by: John R. Haughton
THE BASICS OF HYDROPONICS.
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There are basically three types of grow lights , Would You Like More Information About Climbing Roses? used in horticulture. These are:
- High Intensity Discharge Lights. , Easy Landscaping and Curb Appeal for Florida Homes (HID)
These come in two types, the Metal Halide Grow , Blower Fans Light(MH) and the High Pressure Sodium Grow , Flower Gifts Light (HPS)
Metal Halide.
Metal halide bulbs , Roses and Juniper Rock Gardens are designed for plants , Garden Makeover On A Budget during their growing , Volumetric Concrete Mixer cycle. That is, for non-fruiting or non-blooming plants. , How to Select a Really Good Water Hose Metal , Growing Clematis halide lighting is therefore the best HID choice for the plant's growing , Want A View? Start Orchids On Trees phase.
High Pressure Sodium Lights. , Annuals For Shade
The HPS grow light , How to Grow Chocolate Cosmos is used primarily for plants , This Fall, Give Your Trees Some TLC that are in their blooming or fruiting phase. Modern high pressure sodium lighting can, however, be bought, which is enhanced for blue , Would You Like More Information About Climbing Roses? spectrum (for vegetative growth) and for red spectrum (for flowering , A Creative Patio growth). This means that they can be used throughout the entire growing , Outdoor Entertaining process for most types of plant. , Low Voltage Outdoor Lighting
Dual light , Location, Location, Location: Where to Put Your Water Garden Systems.
For optimal performance, switchable systems (400 watt and 1000 watt) and dual light , Water Garden - Pond Pumps To Pump Up The Volume systems (250 watt MH + 250 watt HPS giving 500 watt output, 400 watt MH + 400 watt HPS giving 800 watt output and 400 watt MH + 600 watt HPS giving 1000 watt output) are available. This type of grow light , Using Garden Decor For a Complete Garden system gives the best all round lighting choice.
- Mercury Vapour Lamps.
Phosphorous coated to promote both blue , Volumetric Concrete Mixer and red spectrums these lamps are suitable for both the growing , Storm Damage and Mature Tree Pruning and blooming stages of plant , Would You Like More Information About Climbing Roses? growth. They give off more blue light , Three Tips for a Better and Cheaper Lawn that red and are a cheap way to get started, however the lamp wants replacing every nine months as it can become volatile. Mercury vapour lights , Teak Patio Table - Why You Need One cost more to run and maintain compared to HPS, MH or fluorescents.
- Fluorescent Grow Lights. , Roses and Juniper Rock Gardens
These lights , Use Floating Row Covers to Grow Better Cucumbers Without Spraying emit less light , How to Select a Really Good Water Hose than high intensity discharge lights , Easy Landscaping and Curb Appeal for Florida Homes and although they can be used throughout the plant , Fall Garden Planning - Garden Plans for Next Spring and Ordering by Mail cycle their lack of brightness will produce small yields. The light , Cast Aluminum Furniture produced tends to be softer and less damaging to tender young plants. , Revolutionary New Pond Combines Both Preformed Pond with Watercourse For this reason, the fluorescent grow light , Soil Plus Compost Equals Lush Healthy Plants is popular for seedlings and cuttings, an excellent way to establish young plants. , Give your Seeds a Head Start - How to Start Your Seeds Indoor
- Ballasts.
All of the above types of lights , How to Choose a Fountain Pump use some kind of a ballast system. The one most people are familiar with is the fluorescent light. , Blower Fans This has, a small, built in, ballast. It allows the fluorescent tube to build up enough energy , How to Grow Chocolate Cosmos to strike, and excite the molecules within the tube, causing light , Natural Pond Filters - Let Nature Do the Hard Work! to be given off.
Metal Halide and HPS grow lights , 5 Must Know Tips For A Better Looking Landscape are usually run from remote ballasts. These are external boxes containing the electronics to pre-heat and run the lamp. The ballast is connected to the lamp holder and to the mains power , Annuals For Shade supply. Each ballast used is rated for the lamp wattage and so it is necessary to have different ballasts available for each of the different values of lamp to be used. HID bulbs , Annuals For Shade should be replaced after 12 to 18 months of use. Although HID lamps will continue to light , Organic Gardening beyond 18 months of use, they will have lost up to 30 percent or more of their lumen output while consuming the same amount of electricity. , Teak Patio Table - Why You Need One
Mercury Vapour Lights. , Aperitif Hybrid Tea Rose
Most of these lamps, up to a value of 500 watts, require no additional ballast. You just screw , Annuals - 5 Easy To Grow Flowers them into the lamp holder supplied with your equipment.
N.B.
Here is a word of warning about lighting.
There are an awful lot of companies out there selling lights , The Annual Pond Cleanout for the hydroponics , Water Gardens - How To Build A Pond enthusiast. As in all walks of life, there are good and bad suppliers and manufacturers , Waterfall Gardens of lighting equipment. Always look for equipment made by a reputable company and backed by an official testing scheme. (For example the C E mark in Europe means that the article is up to European standards of safety , Water Garden - Pond Pumps To Pump Up The Volume and quality).
Cheap, nasty, home , Volumetric Concrete Mixer made, dangerous lights , Water Garden - Pond Pumps To Pump Up The Volume have dogged the hydroponics , This Fall, Give Your Trees Some TLC market for some years. There are these kinds of light , Easy Landscaping and Curb Appeal for Florida Homes and there are well built, professional grade, horticultural lights , Organic Gardening on today's market. The first are often death traps, being cobbled together from the cheapest, obsolete, end of the line components that are usually mismatched and wrongly configured.
To think that these poorly built, badly wired, misconfigured lights , Revolutionary New Pond Combines Both Preformed Pond with Watercourse are being fitted in damp, humid and sometimes even wet, grow rooms , Soil Plus Compost Equals Lush Healthy Plants is a very scary thought indeed. The installation of these poor quality, dangerous, lights , Understanding Soil Nutrients in your home, , This Fall, Give Your Trees Some TLC where your family lives and plays, is always a very grave risk. All this in the name of a bargain!
So don't risk your own life or the lives of those who live with you. Buy from a reputable source! Lighting is possibly the most important decision for indoor , Natural Pond Filters - Let Nature Do the Hard Work! horticulture, cheap normally represents a health risk. For the sake of saving a relatively small amount of money, is it really worth it?
You have been warned!
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