page_title: Grow light
section_title: Fluorescent
hierarchical_section_title: Grow light / Common types / Fluorescent
caption_attribution_description: Fluorescent light fixture used for indoor gardening. Four F32T8 32 watt lamps.
context_page_description: Grow lights either attempt to provide a light spectrum similar to that of the sun, or to provide a spectrum that is more tailored to the needs of the plants being cultivated. Outdoor conditions are mimicked with varying colour, temperatures and spectral outputs from the grow light, as well as varying the intensity of the lamps. Depending on the type of plant being cultivated, the stage of cultivation, and the photoperiod required by the plants, specific ranges of spectrum, luminous efficacy and color temperature are desirable for use with specific plants and time periods.
  Russian botanist Andrei Famintsyn was the first to use artificial light for plant growing and research.
context_section_description: Fluorescent lights come in many form factors, including long, thin bulbs as well as smaller spiral shaped bulbs (compact fluorescent lights). Fluorescent lights are available in color temperatures ranging from 2700 K to 10,000 K. The luminous efficacy ranges from 30 lm/W to 90 lm/W. The two main types of fluorescent lights used for growing plants are the tube-style lights and compact fluorescent lights.
caption: Fluorescent grow light
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