"Oliver Norris" wrote in message
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Hello There
Can someone Please help with the following, I am starting to germinate
seeds in a propagator and was advised to put some lighting suitable for
plant growth above them. The type of lights I have are Flourescent tubes
(Normal.) The type mentioned in the Flourescent tubes line were Grow Light
and Full Spectrum, Which of these tube type lights are the best for the
job
on hand. Thanking you very much for your patience and Time Oliver in
Westport, Co Mayo.

Hi Oliver

I'll watch this with interest as I'm very new to this supplementary light
stuff. I bought a hydroponics unit back last spring and with it came a high
pressure sodium light. The hydroponics is in the process of moving into the
basement right now so I've nicked the light for the greenhouse and it seems
to give great results on the seedlings (being supplemented by two hours at
the mo to 'ease' them into spring) but it does guzzle electricity being
600W. Plus the unit is expensive and I'd like to have more grow lights but
at less cost. I think the 'bluer' type lights are supposed to be better for
germination whereas the 'yellowier' ones (like sodium) are better for
growing on.

I use a natural daylight bulb for embriodery work and I was wondering if
they'd be any good rigged up. At least the bulbs fit into normal fittings
and are not extortionately expensive. My sodium one suffered an electricity
'spike' and blew after only 200 hours (was expecting 5000 hours!) and a new
one cost 40GBP.

Still I'm a newbie and will take advantage of any advice you get :-)

Cheers
--A