'Kitchen & Bath' bulbs are the exact same thing as 'Warm White' as far as color goes...'GE Plant & Aquarium' looks about the same as what other companies call 'GroLux Wide Spectrum (or WS))' Personally i like to mix multiple types: (this is just one example .. 4 bulb fixture) 1 - GroLux WS 1 - Daylight 1 - Warm White 1 - Cool White i by no means always stick to that mix (although i consider it somewhat ideal) ...really (except for Daylight & GroLux WS) whatever i use depends on what bulbs i have laying around at the time... like right now i have one with the following: 1 - Plant & Aquarium 1 - GroLux (standard, not WS) 1 - Gold 1 - Daylight but those are just for common houseplants. For seeds that will end up outside: if they're not going to get much natural sunlight while being started inside i've found it seemes to help as one of the 4 bulbs to throw in a Blacklight (the type where the bulb is WHITE (when off), NOT black)...or a saltwater Actinic (in either of those last 2 cases its not so much for growth, but to 'harden-off' the plants as far as UV exposure (basically to give them more resistance to sunburn) (be careful with Actinic as it can sometimes 'sunburn' plants) In all cases i just use bulbs normally...haven't tried overdriving or anything yet. |