once again thank you! I'm still wondering about the LED 48", I have one in my shop, they don't cost much, run cool (no fans needed) and claim to have a CRI of 85 and 5000 lumens. These also have a three prong power cord and therefore easy for a classroom teacher to setup and use. Will they work if p...

This is great information, thank you for the input! There is an LED 48" shop light that claims 250 watt equivalent, draws 45 watts, daylight non-dimmable, 5000 lumens, color temp 5000K and CRI 85 (also efficacy 111). Is this not a good grow light perhaps because it does not have correct spectrum int...

thank you for the response and info, I noticed a GE 5000k bulb that pulls 13 watts for about $9 and also a hyper touch 48inch fluorescent daylight that pull 45 watts and claims a 5000 lumen output, fixture and tubes for $23. I believe these will also function to grow vegetables in a classroom withou...

Hello, my wife and I are somewhat new to growing indoors and want to teach ag in the classroom to school kids. The teachers don't have much money so we want to start with a plastic tub filled with good soil that has perhaps a clipon light or other low cost growth light. We want them to be able to gr...