So now that I have a small greenhouse (10×8), I’m looking at growing some summer veg over our mild winter here.
Any good sources people here have used for grow lights and fixtures?
I don’t necessarily want to light up the whole thing, but do want to look into options.
Or is it simpler to just buy some double bulb 48" adjustable fixtures and just buy a box of grow lights?
I have these lights in my indoor grow tent and my plants have done well under them.
These look pretty heavy duty. I’d imagine i wouldn’t need to have these only inches above the plants
You want to look for the 18-20 watt cloner lights. These are thin linear strips that can be daisy chained together and are moisture proofed, especially at the plugs. These ones are lux brand that I run my whole fish room on. Unfortunately they are now about double the price I paid for them retail a year ago.
These are a cheaper brand but the same lights. The lux are 130$ now. Yikes. Both brands sell these in 2 packs. This is what I am putting in my greenhouse this winter. 
Yeah. I’ve had them for about 3 years and they are doing great. I have them a few feet above my plants with no problems.
There are no dimensions on that site. How long are they? The dimension section blank.
Thanks
The bar style lights are great. But they are designed for closets or grow tents. The LEDs are aimed to the center as to minimize illuminating the walls or edges. They make an excellent and strong as the Sun focal point for a big indoor plant trained to fill the space.
The cloner style are designed to disperse over a tray or wider linear area. Less intense so they can be attached to racks or beams easily where they anre closer to the plants. They are as light as a feather.
The bigger bar lights often have a bit more weight due to the heat sinks and need more substantial mounting gear. They are also designed to be above the plants a bit more, vs the cloners that should be about a foot above the greenery.
Just depends what your goal is.
I used to grow microgreens indoors for a couple of years. I made my own with regular daylight bulbs.
Can’t find the other photos. But you get the idea. Made from 6’ chrome wire shelving and florescent fixtures.
Thanks for pointing that out. Those are usually sold in 36” and 48” sizes. Very odd that part was blank. There are many similar brands to choose from. That was the first one I saw.
@Zone6, yes those work great too. I used them for decades. They are harder to find now. Infact, my state has banned the sale of the bulbs completely in 2 years. I am sure others are phasing them out as well. They have been out of inventory at all the local garden and aquarium supply stores here for several years now. Many of my clients using magnetic ballast were forced to change tech when their bulbs burned out.
Also, many online sellers say they have them, yet when you go to check out they always say out of stock with no restock date. And an occasional overstock or reseller has them usually for a lot more than the LED replacements.
On a side note, I really do not like the florescent led replacement tubes for the old ballast. I have had expensive Phillips retrofits tubes catch fire and several off brand ones smoke the same. They drop the voltage by resisters and heat. Just get the new led fixtures and be done w the magnetic ballasts. They are such low voltage you can daisy chain line 20 of them together to one plug. I beg you. 
Thanks for all the replies.
I’ll do some research this fall and decide what I want to.
It’s funny how much time and money we are willing to spend for a homegrown tomato in the winter!
Yeah, imagine if they decided to make tomatoes federally illegal tomorrow. The price on them went up to $1800 a pound. You’d probably grow your own tomatoes.
