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What Is A Grow Light?

Grow lights imitate natural sunlight for indoor plants. This artificial light triggers photosynthesis, the biochemical process that makes it possible for plants to sprout, flower and fruit.

Indoor plants are happiest when they can bask in warm, bright, natural light, rain or shine. If you want to create an all-season indoor garden for your seedlings and stalks, get yourself some grow lights.

“Choosing the right grow lamp comes down to understanding the house plants or crops you’re growing indoors,” says Leslie F. Halleck, a certified professional horticulturist and author of Gardening Under Lights.

“Are they low-light foliage plants or are you trying to produce an edible harvest? Foliage plants that can tolerate lower light levels won’t need intense supplemental light, whereas young seedlings and fruiting plants (citrus, tomatoes, peppers, etc.) need more intense light than small grow lamps can provide.”

Here are the different types of grow lights:

• Fluorescent or compact fluorescent lamp (CFL);
• Light-emitting diode (LED);
• High intensity discharge (HID);
• Full-spectrum (closest to natural sunlight);
• Broad-spectrum (mimics the sun but without the UV rays).

Provide life-giving illumination to your plants with our picks for the top grow lights.

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Best Grow Light for House Plants

For most indoor gardeners who simply want to supplement natural light, the Soltech Solutions Vita Grow Light keeps your house plants happy with 20 watts of warm, white ambient LED light. We love that it’s dimmable, offers narrow- and wide-angle beams and screws into existing household fixtures. An instructive quick-start guide is included.

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