Let There Be Grow Lights
Amateur Gardening|February 3,2018

When it comes to grow lights, big isn’t always best, says Toby

Toby Buckland
Let There Be Grow Lights

A FEW years ago I invested in a massive 1,000-watt sodium-halide lamp and reflector to give overwintered pelargoniums, citrus and herbs a boost in the greenhouse. Flick the switch and instantaneously plants are irradiated with a light akin to the Saharan sun, but I worry that the brightness creates a negative impression of what goes on at Chez Buckland.

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