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What Lamp Type Should I Use?

There are three primary lamp type choices: 
High Pressure Sodium (HPS), Metal Halide (MH), and Fluorescent.

Lamps labeled HOR (horizontal) and
BU (base up) are position oriented lamps.
Designed to give you the highest light output, but burn only in their designated positions.
Lamps labeled U (universal) may be burned in any position.
Universal lamps, however, will not be as bright as a position oriented lamp of the same wattage.

Fluorescent Tubes
& Fixtures		 Fluorescent Tubes (close up)Fluorescent Tubes & Fixtures
Best for establishing seedlings or cuttings
Best full spectrum lamp we offer, for use in standard fluorescent fixtures.
Standard Double Pin Fluorescent Tubes
Bulbs and Flood Lights Verilux Bulbs & Flood Lights( close up)Bulbs and Flood Lights
Verilux Incandescent Lamps
Full Spectrum, Natural Light, Burns up to 5000 hours.
Bulbs screw into standard household lamp sockets.
High Pressure Sodium (HPS) Ballast
 		 High Pressure Sodium (HPS) Lamps
Higher Yields, Abundant Blooms and More Fruiting Sites
 HPS Lamps elevate the red, orange and yellow electromagnetic wavelengths, which along with shorter photo-periods, signal the plant to start producing bloom hormones The red, orange and yellow colors of the spectrum are hormonal tripping colors. This is to say that when the plant has these electromagnetic wavelengths pass thru it's leaves, bloom hormones are produced in the anticipation of the fall and winter seasons.

Increased red, orange and yellow wavelengths produce higher yields, especially  with quality plant foods.  Try Vita Grow Bloom Foliar Spray to increase fruiting sites by 20% more. 

  Indoor gardeners, lacking sun, may find that HPS lamps do not supply the necessary amount of blue light, to keep plants healthy.   Growing areas using HPS lamps exclusively in the bloom stage of growth may experience adverse vertical stretching and blooms only located  at the top of the plants.  You can burn a Metal Halide lamp along side of the HPS lamp to increase sugar production and horizontal growth.  It's best to use side lighting whenever possible, fruiting sites will not form where shadows fall.   You also may experience increased insect attack in the final stages of HPS only bloom growth.
High Pressure Sodium(HPS) Bulbs
 
 
Replacement Parts
for Ballast
Sunmaster Metal Halide
Conversion Lamp		 Sunmaster Metal Halide Conversion Lamps
Burn Metal Halide Lamps in your HPS System
 Sunmaster designed this high tech lamp exclusively for the plant growth industry, making it easy to switch from High Pressure Sodium lamps to Metal Halide lamps during the grow portion of the plant cycle.  Remember, plants need the blue light to be healthy (see below) 

    

Medal Halide Ballasts (MH)

Sunmaster Metal Halide Lamps
   Sunmaster Lamps are known for their 3, 4, and 6 thousand degree Kelvin color temperature lamps. Each class of lamp has had the metal halides inside the ark tube modified to burn at specific color temperatures without the need for colored glass or coatings.
The best lamp for vegetative growth
It is good to note that of all the colors in the spectrum, plants need a larger percentage of the blue spectrum to be healthy.  Blue light drives photosynthesis, trans-locates sugars and keeps the immune system working properly, and promotes horizontal growth.

SunMaster Brand
Metal Halide Bulbs

Sunmaster manufactures superior High Grade horticultural lamps and is a division of Venture Lighting International
Sunlux High Pressure
Conversion Lamps 		 High Pressure Sodium lamps
manufactured to only work in a Metal Halide ballast.

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