Using HID Lights with Outdoor Plants
If your outdoor plants are not receiving enough light, then you can supplement natural sunlight with HID lights. All you have to do is make sure that the lights are in a waterproof container. You can cover the area with a tarp to keep the moisture off the light, but then you will have to …
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The Best Lights for Your Plants are HID Lights
If you want your plants to receive the closest thing to sunlight, you want to use High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Lights. The most common of these is the metal halide lamps available from our site. These lamps produce a full spectrum of light colors, so you can use them for any type of plant. Even plants …
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The best lights for an indoor garden are HID Lights
High-intensity discharge (HID) lights are the best lights to use when growing plants inside. This is because they offer artificial light that is very close to natural sunlight in wavelength and intensity. There are two different lights available from us that are both HID types. The first is the HPS or high-pressure sodium light, and …
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Can I use HID lights outside?
High intensity discharge (HID) lights may be used both outside and inside but you must have the proper ballast for the light. You should also put a cover over the light during storms so that it is not exposed to excess moisture. You should not run wire from inside your house to an outside light …
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HID Lights
What are HID Lights? High-intensity discharge (HID) lights are lights that have metal salts dissolved in the gas that is contained in the light. They create light by having an arc of electricity burn the salts inside of the bulb. This creates a plasma-like substance that gives off large amounts of light but without …
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