By George F. Van Patten & Alyssa F. Bust.

This book is the definitive guide on H.I.D. lighting and gardening for the hobby grower. It simplifies complex principles in a way that both beginners and experts will appreciate. Use it to compare all the specifications of H.I.D bulbs used in horticulture with its 7-page bulb chart. The light reflector studies are the most comprehensive published to date. This book could change the way you garden.

A reader: ''Gardening Indoors with HID Lights' is a cross between a technical manuscript and an How To book for beginners. With a bachelors in cellular biology, this book was perfect for me. It explained how plants react to different parts of the light spectrum for different parts of their growth cycle. It steered me away from what would have been an ineffective fluorescent to maintain my citrus trees during the snowy winter. Instead the authors skillfully discuss the relationship of cost, watts, and effective indoor growth area for what is essentially artificial sunlight. As a novice, I decided not to take all their advice about an indoor lighting system, since I wasn't sure it would really work as advertised. But the practical science which is woven throughout this book would have been an equally effective guide for a much more elaborate set up. The salesperson where I ended up purchasing my HID system did not recommend this book since it was "too technical." I myself would recommend this book to anyone who studies their gardening and purchases other garden books. A high intensity discharged lighting system will cost several hundred dollars. My system had no information with it guide me in it's use. This book neatly fills the gap.'

Paperback - 168 pages