400 watt 120 volt HPS System with Venture Lamp and Small Horizontal Reflector with Glass/Air Adapters: HY
400 watt 120 Volt High Pressure Sodium system with Standard Grade Venture lamp and small horizontal reflector. Comes complete with spectral insert for higher light output, a glass safety shield and air duct inserts for air cooling the reflector. This small horizontal reflector system is a real value. The reflector is made from lightweight aluminum, powder-coated white on both sides. The dimensions are approximately 17 inches long 17 inches wide and 7 inches deep. The horizontal shaped reflector allows for a wide reflection of light to the plants and good downward reflection. The reflector has 12 individual bends in the top for ultra even light distribution without hot spots! Notice that the spectral insert conforms precisely to the bends in the reflector. The ballast utilizes a high tech heat sink, which doubles as the component enclosure housing. It is ETL listed for safe operation, rated for damp location, comes with a 6-foot power cord and has a 15-foot lamp cord. High Pressure Sodium lamps are used in greenhouses to elevate the red, orange and yellow electromagnetic wavelengths hitting the plant. This (along with shorter photo-periods) signals the plant to start producing bloom hormones. Increased red, orange and yellow wavelengths can produce higher yields and more abundant blooms and fruiting sites when quality plant foods and bloom leaf sprays are used. Look to Vita Grow Thunder Bloom Foliar Spray to increase fruiting sites by at least 20 percent and up to 100 percent when compared to a control group. Indoor gardeners, lacking the Sun, may find that Hps lamps do not supply the necessary amount of blue light to keep plants healthy. Blue light drives photosynthesis, translocates sugars and keeps the immune system working properly. Those growing areas using HPS lamps exclusively in the bloom stages of growth may experience adverse vertical stretching and blooms located only at the top of the plant. It is suggested to burn a Metal Halide lamp along side of the HPS lamp to increase sugar production and horizontal growth. Increased insect attack in the final stages of HPS only bloom growth may also be experienced. Other options would include using Sunmaster Warm Metal Halide lamps that burn at the 3K color temperature range. They have enough red, orange and yellow light to trigger bloom hormones and an ample amount of blue to keep plants healthy and proportional in size.