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Artificial lights gives flexibility to the growers to control the growing process of marijuana plants. Usually marijuana plant need 12 hours of darkness to produce buds and start flowering. Growing marijuana is becoming increasing popular so is the artificial lights. Some countries sunlight is not just enough hence; they make use of best marijuana grow lights for full growth of the plants. The different artificial lights have different purpose and helps in better growth of plants. But comparative it becomes costlier than the natural source of light that is Sun. The additional cost of electricity is also added. The best marijuana grow lights are sodium or metal halide (HID) lamps that have high intensity discharge. The blue spectrum of light in metal halides is powerful and encourages the healthy growth of plants. Whereas sodium lights emit red spectrum of light that promotes flowering. They have no harmful effect on the plants life. The high pressure sodium (HPS) lamps emit more light and less amount of heat for per watt of energy utilised. They support faster growth of marijuana plants in both the vegetative and flowering phase of plant life. The more common incandescent bulbs emit far red and infra red rays that promote the growth of the stem of the plant and not the leaves. They also emit more heat so cannot be placed near the plants. As a result they are replaced with more efficient HID and HPS lamps. During the vegetative phase the plants must receive 18 hours of light and 12 hours of light during the flowering phase. This must be taken care so automatic timers are available that switches lights off and on automatically. Your garden must receive 1000 to 3000 lumens of light per square foot. While choosing lights for your garden, be specific about the growing phase of the plant and select the shade of lights correctly. To know more please visit;best marijuana grow lights.
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