The super-efficient Sunleaves Satellite II fluorescent fixture delivers high yields with just 210 watts. Its two TT-105 fluorescent bulbs easily illuminate a four-foot area, and the shallow unit design requires less vertical clearance than most other lighting systems. Best of all, both fluorescent "grow" and "bloom" bulb types fit the Satellite II so you can stimulate vegetative growth or fruiting and flowering as you like and grow plants to maturity. Satellite II Bloom includes two "bloom" bulbs.
Satellite II Fluorescent Surpasses Metal Halide in Side-by-Side Trial
In a three-month, side-by-side test, habanero pepper plants growing under a 210-watt Sunleaves Satellite II fixture exhibited healthier, more compact growth than habanero peppers grown under a standard 400-watt metal halide lamp. Aside from spacing and type of light offered, pepper plant growing conditions including hydroponic systems, type and amount of nutrient, growing media, and light cycle duration were identical.
All plants were grown in continuous aeration hydroponics systems. In each system, a submersible pump suctioned to the bottom of the nutrient reservoir continually splashed Technaflora’s Recipe for Success vegetative growth formula onto plant roots. Pepper plants were started in horticultural grow plugs and then placed in plastic net cups containing expanded clay pellets.
With regard to light intensity, the Satellite II, equipped with two full-spectrum TT-105 fluorescent “grow” bulbs, emitted 21,000 lumens total and the metal halide lamp put out 30,000 lumens. Pepper plants were positioned as closely to each light as possible without scorching—18 inches under the metal halide lamp and four inches under the fluorescent fixture. Despite the marked difference in total lumen output, light meter readings taken at the plant canopy level registered higher for plants growing under the Satellite II. Plants received 18 hours of light daily.
Satellite II Fluorescent Surpasses Metal Halide in Side-by-Side Trial
In a three-month, side-by-side test, habanero pepper plants growing under a 210-watt Sunleaves Satellite II fixture exhibited healthier, more compact growth than habanero peppers grown under a standard 400-watt metal halide lamp. Aside from spacing and type of light offered, pepper plant growing conditions including hydroponic systems, type and amount of nutrient, growing media, and light cycle duration were identical.
All plants were grown in continuous aeration hydroponics systems. In each system, a submersible pump suctioned to the bottom of the nutrient reservoir continually splashed Technaflora’s Recipe for Success vegetative growth formula onto plant roots. Pepper plants were started in horticultural grow plugs and then placed in plastic net cups containing expanded clay pellets.
With regard to light intensity, the Satellite II, equipped with two full-spectrum TT-105 fluorescent “grow” bulbs, emitted 21,000 lumens total and the metal halide lamp put out 30,000 lumens. Pepper plants were positioned as closely to each light as possible without scorching—18 inches under the metal halide lamp and four inches under the fluorescent fixture. Despite the marked difference in total lumen output, light meter readings taken at the plant canopy level registered higher for plants growing under the Satellite II. Plants received 18 hours of light daily.
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