Ballast - How does it relate to plants?

Thank you.

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On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 22:46:50 -0700, Aaron wrote:


Thanks for the ballast info everyone. I just read about magnetic ballast,
people taking out the old ballast, putting in a new ballast. Buying a
cheap light, but replacing the ballast and maybe hood, etc.

What for?

Do certain ballast make the plants grow better?


No, it's the light itself.


Or is it a guy thing,
where you buy a car but have to replace the rims because it looks cooler?

Excuse me for my newbie-ness, but I don't have a phd in this, and when I
look through google, there's too much stuff and I can't sit all day and
read, and confusing - one person says this and another says that. Also, I
don't know exactly why people do the things they do, like pmdd, koh, k, n,
T8, T12, lumens, chroma, etc.

My plants grew large with a lot of neglect and without all that


Then keep doing what you're doing and don't mess with it.


, but if I
try it - will I get superplants that grow faster?

No.

Thanks for the info.


No problem!