What kind of light do you need to grow marijuana indoors successfully?
What kind of light do you need to grow marijuana indoors successfully?
Do you know any lights that can be used for indoor planting?
High Intensity Discharge lamps (HID)
Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs (CFLs)
Other Fluorescent Lighting (T5 / T8)
LED grow lights
Metal Halide (MH)
High Pressure Sodium (HPS)
Which one would you like to choose for your 4x4ft indoor marijuana grow tent?
HID
Mommonly referred to as HID generally use MH (Metal Halide), HPS (High Pressure Sodium) some HPS lamps are designed to be Broad Spectrum lamps (more like white sunlight) and are sometimes used for VEG and Flowering. MH/HPS grow lights are the "golden standard" for growing cannabis indoors. They are surprisingly cheap to buy and set up, especially considering how incredibly powerful they are.
The least costly initially for HID fixtures only.
Replacement lamps are widely available.
Proven to be consistently excellent for large yields and quality product.
CFLs
Beginners often start small indoor grows with CFL bulbs, since they're cheap and easy to get a hold of, though they lack the power of dedicated grow lights.
Other Fluorescent Lighting
These lights are traditionally made for plants that need lower light intensity than cannabis. If you do get other fluorescent lighting, I recommend sticking with a High-Output T5 lights since the high-output T5 bulbs are the brightest grow lamps in this group. Even so, I generally recommend changing to stronger grow lights for the cannabis flowering stage unless you do major plant training (to keep plants very short) since these lights have a short light brightness range and must be kept very close to the tops of your plants.
LED grow lights
LEDs are more powerful than CFLs and other fluorescent lighting, but they are also much more expensive. In fact, currently LEDs are probably the most expensive type of grow light you can buy.
LED grow lights can work great for growing cannabis, but there are lots of unscrupulous LED sellers out there trying to make a quick buck, so you need to make sure you buy LEDs from a company that you can trust.
Each LED model is different, and needs to be kept a different distance away from your plants. It can sometimes be hard to find any "standard" advice about growing with LEDs unless you find a dedicated cannabis LED grower and follow everything they do using the same model of light. However, there are some brands which are well-tested and trusted by cannabis growers!
Do you know any lights that can be used for indoor planting?
High Intensity Discharge lamps (HID)
Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs (CFLs)
Other Fluorescent Lighting (T5 / T8)
LED grow lights
Metal Halide (MH)
High Pressure Sodium (HPS)
Which one would you like to choose for your 4x4ft indoor marijuana grow tent?
Mommonly referred to as HID generally use MH (Metal Halide), HPS (High Pressure Sodium) some HPS lamps are designed to be Broad Spectrum lamps (more like white sunlight) and are sometimes used for VEG and Flowering. MH/HPS grow lights are the "golden standard" for growing cannabis indoors. They are surprisingly cheap to buy and set up, especially considering how incredibly powerful they are.
The least costly initially for HID fixtures only.
Replacement lamps are widely available.
Proven to be consistently excellent for large yields and quality product.
CFLs
Beginners often start small indoor grows with CFL bulbs, since they're cheap and easy to get a hold of, though they lack the power of dedicated grow lights.
Other Fluorescent Lighting
These lights are traditionally made for plants that need lower light intensity than cannabis. If you do get other fluorescent lighting, I recommend sticking with a High-Output T5 lights since the high-output T5 bulbs are the brightest grow lamps in this group. Even so, I generally recommend changing to stronger grow lights for the cannabis flowering stage unless you do major plant training (to keep plants very short) since these lights have a short light brightness range and must be kept very close to the tops of your plants.
LED grow lights
LEDs are more powerful than CFLs and other fluorescent lighting, but they are also much more expensive. In fact, currently LEDs are probably the most expensive type of grow light you can buy.
LED grow lights can work great for growing cannabis, but there are lots of unscrupulous LED sellers out there trying to make a quick buck, so you need to make sure you buy LEDs from a company that you can trust.
Each LED model is different, and needs to be kept a different distance away from your plants. It can sometimes be hard to find any "standard" advice about growing with LEDs unless you find a dedicated cannabis LED grower and follow everything they do using the same model of light. However, there are some brands which are well-tested and trusted by cannabis growers!
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