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Lighting Options for TLO Indoors
Although much of the TLO growing technique is different to ones that you might have used before, the
basicsarestillthesame.Nomatterwhatsituationthey'regrownin,cannabisplantsalwaysneedlight,food
and water, and lighting especially is a huge factor in growing the biggest and best buds possible.
Choose your lights wisely to get the best buds, like these, from your grow space
High Intensity Discharge Lights (HIDs)
I'm going to be fairly straightforward about this: for lighting, I prefer using bulbs with better overall spec-
trums for growing all-naturally. One of my all-time favorite bulbs for full term, sprout to harvest TLO
growing is the
Eye Blue Metal halide
(MH). My least favorite is the High Pressure Sodium (HPS) bulb.
HPSbulbsdonotseemtoallowtheplanttoabsorband/orprocessnutrientsaswellastheMHbulbs,unless
you are growing with a synthetic set up or a “Soup-Style” organic set up, which I will discuss later in this
topic. The MH and HPS lights are both High Intensity Discharge (HID) lights, which use a decent amount
of electricity and create a lot of heat as well. Both these issues must be considered, in terms of both your
wallet and the venting/air exchange in your grow room. The cash flow problems aren't so easily solved!
