well i jus bought an envirolite 4 clones and a mother it was of the red sectrum but i was with my mate who also grows n he says that i wanted the light with more blue light which of us is correct i hope me as ive bought it but should be able 2 return if needed thanks 4 the time every1 green thumbs temp303
Lights of the red spectrum will tend t grow leggy plants ie tall and not v bushy whiles blue will grow shorter plants but bushy. Even sodium is lacking in blue but works fine, there are sodium lamps with extra blue range in the output called son. an extra blue actinic light will top up the missing spectrum ya looking for.
thanks its really only 4 a mother and clones i recon ill jus take it bac n see if i can swap it 4 one of the blue spectrum ones funds r low at the moment thanks 4 the time tho green thumbs temp
I have a red and blue envirolite, and the blue one should suit your needs very well. However i do think you could use your red one just fine. Envirolites are basically just normal CFLs , just bigger. If you look at the colour signature on the bulb it'll say 2600k (red - exactly the same as a small normal CFL) .. same for the blue at 6000k ... just a large version of a small normal daylight CFL.
Think of light as color; 4200L is cool, longer frequency, more blue/white:>) This is spring time light, plants all over the world wait for it.......wait for it... Yay we can put forth leaves and prosper!!!!!!!!!!!! At the other end; 6500L is hotter, more of the red spectrum, white/yellow/red to the human eye.>P When the plants see this of course they know it's time to flower and produce fruit.>) If you google Hortilux or any light co. they have spectrometer read outs for their different lights to give you a better idea.>) As all this pertains to mj; MH lights are illuminating at about 4200L, great for vegging. HPS are illuminating at about 6500L; great for flowering and work good for vegging also. CFL's fall in the 4200L -5400L I think. Incandecent's are made for humans so they don't have many colors that thriving plants require, 5400L Yellow/white narrower band width than either MH, HP, Or CFL's;>) This is a very general explanation hope it helps!>O
lol darn right it explained thanks natural ill be takin the red one back then hope theyll swap it 4 the blue
