growlight help needed?

[gunnerbee]

i need a growlight for my smaller greenhouse, looking on ebay these look quite expensive, just want the most basic type. any help, cheers.

[gunnerbee]

[northener]

Won't a fluorescent light do? if so get one that you'd normally fit under your kitchen wallunits

[OllieC]

nope, wrong frequency & too dull... You need plenty of the red end for photosynthesis - sodium ones or some of the new fluorescent units specifically made for growing plants. The police have mine at the moment, following a slight misunderstanding...

[gunnerbee]

yes, they are the types, but where my greenhouse is, its too dark, only got the full sun until four, so i need something to give the plants a boost, can you not buy anything from b&q that will do the job!

[tonybloke]

there is a 125 watt low energy bulb available, about £20 from electrical wholesalers, built in ballast, just needs a large eddison fitting. these are now being used on a commercial scale for flower production in lincolnshire.
rgds, Tony

[gunnerbee]

aha thank-you tony, i shall have a nose in the wholesalers, thanks.

[tonybloke]

ask for 'envirolite' bulbs