Comments on: Good grow light for an avocado tree? http://fullspectrumlightbulb.org/good-grow-light-for-an-avocado-tree/ The best deals on full spectrum light bulbs Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:49:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Brent http://fullspectrumlightbulb.org/good-grow-light-for-an-avocado-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Brent Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:37:01 +0000 http://fullspectrumlightbulb.org/good-grow-light-for-an-avocado-tree/#comment-743 Hope this helps Until recently, fluorescent grow lights have had a low output and have been too big and bulky to be of much use as a grow light for anything more than starting seedlings. CFL and T5 full spectrum fluorescent lights have changed that. At 75 to 90 lumens per watt, these lights are energy efficient and extremely effective especially when used in numbers. Fluorescent grow lights also have better color rendering properties (more of the light emitted is used by the plant) and produce much less heat than incandescent and HID grow lights. This allows them to be placed closer to plants (within a few inches) greatly decreasing lumen loss from the bulb to the plant. It is recommended that these lights be placed no more than a couple feet from the plants for best results. 2700k to 3000k bulbs provide higher output in the red spectrum which promotes flowering. 5000k to 6500k bulbs are full spectrum with much of the light in the blue spectrum which promote overall green plant growth. you can find lighting and bulbs at http://www.lightingtheweb.com Hope this helps
Until recently, fluorescent grow lights have had a low output and have been too big and bulky to be of much use as a grow light for anything more than starting seedlings. CFL and T5 full spectrum fluorescent lights have changed that. At 75 to 90 lumens per watt, these lights are energy efficient and extremely effective especially when used in numbers. Fluorescent grow lights also have better color rendering properties (more of the light emitted is used by the plant) and produce much less heat than incandescent and HID grow lights. This allows them to be placed closer to plants (within a few inches) greatly decreasing lumen loss from the bulb to the plant. It is recommended that these lights be placed no more than a couple feet from the plants for best results. 2700k to 3000k bulbs provide higher output in the red spectrum which promotes flowering. 5000k to 6500k bulbs are full spectrum with much of the light in the blue spectrum which promote overall green plant growth.

you can find lighting and bulbs at http://www.lightingtheweb.com

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