In hydroponic gardens, natural sunlight is replaced by specialized “grow lights” which are especially made to emit the spectrum that the plant needs most. The type of grow light you need, of course, depends on several factors, such as the kind of plant and the plant behavior that you are trying to encourage. First, it’s [...]
While natural light is essential for plant growth in hydroponic gardening, it may well be replaced by artificial lighting. The use of grow lights, as they’re referred to, efficiently extends daylight for the plants (or substitutes for daylight altogether). Regular incandescent lights don’t work well for this purpose because plants need a certain intensity of [...]