Thank you dekeoboe! Why didn't I think to call the # on the boxes. I did and here's what I found out. These LED lights cannot be set to work manually unless you do the double switching on/off twice. Then the lights stay lit for 1 minute. They then reset to auto. Anyway, too complicated for us. I tried it and the lights shut off after a minute, I was trying to get our cat back inside and the yard went black. The man I spoke with was very nice. I was surprised to find out Defiant is a Home Depot brand but I was told they would not work manually. He said with what I paid to install them, the electrician should come back and take them off. He said I should buy a standard flood fixture and buy LED bulbs to screw in. He said I should then return the Defiant fixtures/bulbs back to HD for a refund. Hubby went to HD and bought the fixtures but was told there are no screw in LED outdoor bulbs. So he bought standard outdoor bulbs. At this point, I don't care. I just hope the electrician will change out the fixtures without charging us. Thanks for your info, Gary. Using remotes wouldn't work well in this house. Half the time the TV remotes are missing. I just want to turn the outside lights on and off. Jane

Anything made by RAB is typically very good, but I don't think you will find one for much less than $200.

The first thing to understand is that grow lights are not as strong as sunlight. They aren't a replacement for real sunlight. In fact, it is usually said that it takes a lot of artificial lights to even be as bright as a cloudy day outside. Have you seen a workshop light outside? Doesn't look that bright! So, OK, it might be a good idea to add light, but how good is it really? Putting fixtures outside where they are exposed to the elements is also probably asking for trouble. I guess if you have a little roof over them, that would help preserve them, but that roof would also block skylight. Why not just plant out in late spring, and use what you've got? In fact, if you have decent sky exposure, plant out a few weeks before that, and it'll be fine.

Are you talking about the ones that look like candles? If so, the store Christmas tree store has them.