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Myth or Fact: T5 Flourescent Lights Can Be Used to Grow Plants

By: Max Jackson


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Flourescent lights have been around for many years and the large majority of us are very familiar with the light these flourescents give off. Has anyone ever told you that these types of lights can work to grow plants? There is a myth that these lights are only for lighting up rooms and don’t have any other potential use. Many people think that T5 flourescent lights are just too weak, or they don’t give off the right spectrum of light to grow plants. Other people may think that you need a very specific type of grow light to grow plants under a light indoors. This myth is in fact false. Flourescents, namely T5 flourescent lights work very well to grow plants as long as they are used the right way.
This myth most likely arose because of the low heat that flourescent lights give off. Most people think of the suns energy when they think about growing plants. The sun gives off much more than just light (heat energy) which we feel every day! However, just because these lights don’t give off large amounts of heat doesn’t mean they don’t give off the right kind of energy to grow plants.
In fact many indoor growers use T5 flourescents in their grow rooms as a way to lower energy costs and manage heat. This particular type of lighting system works well with indoor grow systems because of the smaller size and the amount of light energy that is emitted. Growers will most often use their T5 flourescents during the cloning phases of growth and many times during the vegetative phase of the plant. The plant doesn’t need nearly as much energy when it isn’t flowering so the flourescent lights work just fine in these earlier stages to get the plant the light energy it needs to thrive and flourish.
Whether you ever believe the myth about flourescent lights being used in a grow light system or not, you should now have a clear understanding that yes, these flourescent light systems can be used to grow plants indoors.

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