True Living Organics - The Ultimate Guide to Growing All-Natural Marijuana Indoors (2012)

Lighting Options for TLO Indoors
Although much of the TLO growing technique is different to ones that you might have used before, the
basics are still the same. No matter what situation they’re grown in, cannabis plants always need
light, 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
spectrums 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. HPS bulbs do not seem to allow the plant to absorb and/or process nutrients as well as
the MH bulbs, unless you are growing with a synthetic set up or a “Soup-Style” organic set up, which
I will discuss later in this book. 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!