I have finally taken the plunge and purchased a 400 watts Galaxy Digital ballast.

I'm growing mostly hot peppers and herbs.

I want to get an HPS light.

Why? because HPS provides more yellow/red light and blue light is very easy to supplement with Fluo.

Besides I know it's strange but I really like the orange glow of HPS.

I'm looking to buy the GE Lu400 (street lamp hps) and adding a T5 54 watts Actinic 03 tube.

My question is would this setup be better then buying the expensive HPS grow lights.

I know that with an extra T5 fluo I'm adding more watts but I'm convince that this setup would provide a better spectrum at a lower price.

I really fail to see the advantage of buying the expensive HPS over the cheap (20$) GE Lu400.

GE Lucalox LU400

Actinic Blue

Sun Master