Are glow lights worth it?
For mature plants the grow lights are worth the money. You can use standard fluorescent tubes for starting seedlings indoors, but to grow your plants farther they won’t get the wider spectrum of light they require. That is when you need tubes that are designed to promote plant growth. Vegetables or foliage plants grow best in blue spectrum light, which is a cooler form of light. Metal Halide lights are the most popular form of blue spectrum lighting. Flowering plants grow best in red-orange grow light. The best type of red-orange light is the high pressure sodium light (HPS). Other bulbs are HID, Mercury Vapor, and LED bulbs. High Intensity Discharge (HID) do just what the name says. they have more intense light. Just like the light at noon is stronger than the light in the evening. The bulb is more intense with the same wattage. Lighting FAQ http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/ag… LED are the
