Does a GE plant light help plants or just waste money

[Duckster]

@drhess

Dracoi: I can read. That doesn’t answer the question I asked. I fear that the lack of additional data means that it will not help with growth, but the link doesn’t answer that one way or another.

Actually it does answer your question, coupled with the technical spec. I see nothing that indicates the light spectrum emitted by the bulb actually helps the plants grow as opposed to an ordinary light bulb. The only difference I can find between it and a simliar light bulb is the sentence, “The GE Plant Light bulb is tinted blue to highlight the natural beauty and color of your plants – so they appear healthier and greener.” (Bolding mine.)

A grow light is an electric lamp designed to promote plant growth by emitting an electromagnetic spectrum appropriate for photosynthesis. The emitted light spectrum is similar to that from the sun, allowing indoor growth with outdoor conditions. Natural daylight has a high color temperature (approx. 6000 K) and appears bluish. Through the use of the color rendering index, it is possible to compare how much the lamp matches the natural color of regular sunlight.

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Incandescent grow lights have a red-yellowish tone and low color temperature (approx. 2700 K). They are used to highlight indoor plant groupings and not as a true plant ‘growing’ light (although they may be labeled as such). Incandescent growing lamps have an average life span of 750 hours. In addition, they are less energy efficient than fluorescent or high-intensity discharge lamps, converting much of the electricity consumed into heat (rather than light).

(Bolding mine.) Grow light - Wikipedia

This place might be what you are looking for —> http://www.homeharvest.com/whichgrowlightisrightforme.htm