HPS Grow Lamps Boost Plant Flowering

September 16, 2018

If you are looking to boost flower production, HPS lamps traditionally outperform both MH and fluorescent lamps. In terms of total light output, an HPS lamp will provide about six times the light of an incandescent lamp.

This HPS lamp lights up a converted grow closet.
PC: Leslie F. Halleck

Because HPS lamps produce a warmer spectrum of light, they are often used to trigger flowering in plant crops.

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