Property News · February 13, 2022

Lighting up time: a gardener’s guide to the new grow lamps


No need to be confused by all the options. Just pick the one that suits your budgetPopping up in living rooms across the country, and certainly as questions in my inbox, is the new generation of grow lights. An amazing tool, these can be a conundrum for many. So here’s a quick guide to cut through the confusion.First things first. The concept of grow lamps isn’t exactly new. As a way to boost plant growth in areas with poor natural light they have been kicking around since at least the early 1980s. The problem is that, until very recently, they were enormous, incredibly complex to fit, and kicked out so much heat that, ironically, they could often burn the very foliage they were trying to nurture. That’s before we considered their eye-watering cost, not only to buy but to run. We were talking upwards of £200 to buy a single, incredibly energy-inefficient bulb. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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