The actual usage of the light should depend upon the type of plant being grown.
1000 watt metal halide grow bulb.
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Shop for the best metal halide mh bulbs to increase yields in your hydroponic garden and indoor grow.
It produces 100 000 lumens of light.
Covering a 25 square foot area a 600 watt mh grow light should be at least 10 to 27 inches above your plants.
Metal halide lights come in a variety of ranges from 250 watts to 1000 watts.
It covers a 6 square foot space and should be mount at least 12 to 31 inches over the plants.
For example a 400w mh bulb may output around 85 lumen per watt consumed while 600w bulbs output around 100 lumen per watt.
With the 600 and 1000 watt bulb sizes being the most efficient ones.
Hanging your metal halide grow light.
Metal halide bulbs stimulate vegetative growth in plants more efficiently than other light sources designed for growing plants.
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They give off a blue to white spectrum in different wattages including 1000 600 400 250 and 175.
In the early 70s sylvania introduced what they call sylvania super metal halide.
Metal halide grow lights emit light most heavily in the blue wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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These bulbs are best for vegetative growth seed starting and cloning.
The standard 1 000 watt metal halide light grow bulb needs a 1 000 watt metal halide fixture.
The most commonly used sizes for indoor and supplemental lighting are 400 600 1000 watts.
There are different types of metal halide lights available in the market.
These bulbs can also be used with 600 watt hps mh grow light systems.
For larger areas a 1000 watt metal halide grow light is a better choice.