Lighting

[e40-zex]

Are these fluorescent tubes good for plants? OSRAM Cool Daylight 6500k (IRC: 77 / 1100 lumen) ? Can i grow hornwort, hygros ( willow or giant), some crypts, ferns, mosses, anubias, ambulia,cabomba?? Thanks

 

[Eric the Ricer]

I've got a 10k and an actinic in my 55, and I go anubia, amazon swords, jaza moss, and crypts just fine

 

[e40-zex]

so those tubes should be ok,wright??

 

[t0p_sh0tta]

6700k should be fine.

 

[e40-zex]

unfortunately ,i didn't find 6700k ,just 6500k.so with these 6500k will my plants grow?

 

[e40-zex]

so with these 6500k will my plants grow?

 

[e40-zex]

Eric the Ricer do you know what CRI [Colour rendering index] your tubes have?

 

[Neophyte]

2nd time typing this the site lost it on me the first time.


Plants typically use light between 5700-7100K as long as they are full spectrum if not the light may not provide the correct wavelength necessay for photosynthesis. Did some searching and couldn't find anything saying if the bulb was full spectrum or not.

Full spectrum essentially means that it tries to mimic the sun and produces more than just the wavelengths of light that we see (which is green which doesn't do a whole lot), plants use light mostly in the blue and red spectrum for photosynthesis.

 

[jcardona1]

id stick with 6-10,000k rating. i grew my plants all under 10,000k and they did great. the color from 6k bulbs is too yellow for my tastes