Gro-lights have a different colour spectrum from full spectrum lights which have a different spectrum from UV lights. To make matters even more confusing, different plants have differing spectral requirements.... Do a Google for gro-lights and check out of few of the sites you find, there will be tons of information out there on the subject.

I'd sure like to see a picture of that - sounds lovely. I think philodendrons would do well - solid green and the ones with the gold variegation.

You want FOUR foot lamps, NOT 8 feet!!! find out if you can purchase lithonia F40T12 four foot strip light fixture for 2 x F40T12 lamps per fixture online. You can get free shipping if you have a DoItBest store in your area. Now get yourself a Sasi ballast for an 8 foot T8 from ebay, $12 plus shipping, throw out the T12 ballast, and replace with the Sasi: it will overdrive your T8 lamp to make it give out the light of a T5, but at less than half price - and buy either an 850 or 865 series triphosphour T8 lamp - it will fit in the same fixture as for the T12, where the T5 will not. This has lots of blue, and all the spectrum you need for growing, plus they are CHEAP! Your full spectrum lamps are more expensive, but there is no added benefit for the cost. You will be getting 5000 lumens per T8 lamp, driven that way, with NO DANGERS - this method has been used for years with no problem. Make sure you are getting an EIGHT foot ballast to drive these four foot tubes - this technique is called overdriving. you can look it up on wikipedia, but in a nutshell, that is all there is to it. You must get the T12 fixture, because the 8 foot ballast is BIG, and needs the big case of the old F40T12 fixture! T8 fixtures are too tiny, and they have a tiny ballast, so that is the reason. That's what I do, any questions, email ptmozarowski@hotmail.com - I don't make any money in this deal, just giving out the best advice for the money - Paul Moz.

Hi Sal, Mine have been in the basement under 3 shop lights (two 40w bulbs each) with no additional sunlight and look GREAT! I can't believe how well all my seedlings are doing. Scroll down to the topic "pictures of your indoor setup after seeds germinate..." to see examples of people's set ups. In my opinion, you don't need to have the set up in your window. Bellatrix