Phillips 429480 60 Watt Incandescent Agro Lite Review

Every winter I get worried when I get my plants out of the cold. I don't have enough space in the house with enough light for my plants and they hardly survive the winter with little light. At the moment my plants seem healthy and even grow with extra lighting. I leave the light on for about 6 hours during the day, seems good enough. When I received the product I thought it was a waste of money as the information on the packaging said nothing about the presence of the right spectrum of light to

I didn't expect them to be such a fancy bright blue color! But when lit they are almost white because the paint they put on the glass probably isn't thick enough, I'm not sure. They radiate quite a bit of heat so I was concerned about placing them too close to my plants so I hung them a little further away. So far so good, let's see what my electric bill is (they claim they only use about $7 of electricity a year, but we'll see). Wouldn't buy again though, I don't like that blue colour, had to…

The temperature of this light is listed as 2700K, which is closer to the red side of the spectrum. Most plants need a good combination of reds and blues to be healthy. The temperature of this "full spectrum" light should be around 5000K unless you want red (2700K, good for flowering) or blue (6500K, good for general growth). Using these lights on my seedlings resulted in some becoming leggy and some scrawny, so I ordered another light with a "fuller" spectrum for the health of my plants. In…

I bought two of these bulbs to grow from Revain for $5 each which is about half what they sell at my local Garden shops cost . I originally bought them to provide my houseplants with enough light during the dreary winter months. I planted some seeds a few weeks ago and they grew very quickly but were "leggy". After my gardening friend sent me the information, I realized the problem was the seedlings reaching for my grow light, which I turned on at the overhead light (as there wasn't enough…