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Hi everyone,

If there is someone who can tell me whether this lamp is proper to use or not, I will appreciate.

The color is 6500K (Cool Daylight), lm/W rating of 63... with some math, it outputs approximately 1400 lumens. That'll work. My opinion of course. Long term, after 2000h it is 88% of that... after 6000h it is 70%... They say 6000h max life, and warm up to 60% of output takes approximately 6 minutes. I would replace them and move that bulb to a reading lamp after 2000h, personally. That's about 4 months @ 16 hours a day, or 5 months at 14 hours a day.

The bulb stats are all according to the Phillips site for that specific bulb. The math is approximate by me.

Thanks for the answer,cyph3r_gfy.

That will work but swear LED lights is so much better,
According to my uncle, google said that:

Are LED lights suitable for growing plants?
Plants respond favorably to specific wavelengths in a light spectrum. ... In contrast, LEDs have the ability to produce wavelength specific light. This is the biggest advantage of LEDs in the indoor growing market. Because each LED emits a specific wavelength, growers can now optimize lights for plant growth.