Osram Plantastar 600W HPS Bulb – Dual Spectrum for Growth and Flowering

The Osram Plantastar 600W HPS Bulb is the high-performance engine your indoor grow needs to take a leap in quality, offering a dual spectrum that covers the entire life cycle of your plants with professional intensity. This sodium vapor lamp has been developed specifically for horticulture, ensuring that you don't waste a single watt of energy and converting electricity into dense, resinous buds.

Is your lighting limiting your harvest's potential?

There is nothing more frustrating than spending months pampering your plants, spending money on electricity and nutrients, only to end up with airy, small flowers that don't reflect your effort. Often, the problem isn't you, but a light spectrum that doesn't provide the necessary energy peaks or a bulb that loses intensity too quickly, forcing you to change equipment between phases and complicating your life.

Continuing with standard or worn-out bulbs is literally throwing money down the drain. Every day your plants don't receive the correct PAR (Photosynthetically Active Radiation) light is a day of lost production. Plus, the stress of handling fragile bulbs that break with the slightest vibration can turn a relaxing hobby into a headache.

The Osram Plantastar 600W is the definitive solution to these problems. Thanks to its mixed spectrum technology, it provides the necessary blue for vigorous growth and the intense red/orange needed for explosive flowering. It's the "Swiss Army Knife" of HPS lights: robust, powerful, and designed to give you heavy harvests without the hassle of changing lamps.

How your crop changes with the Plantastar

Once you screw this bulb into your reflector, you'll notice the difference in the vitality of your plants. The optimized spectrum stimulates shorter internodal distances during growth and massive fattening during flowering. It is the perfect complement to your grow tents, ensuring that light penetrates even the lower branches.

In addition, its engineering is designed to withstand the hustle and bustle of the grow room. Unlike cheaper bulbs, the Plantastar includes a shock-absorbing system for the burner, making it much more resistant to vibrations and reducing the risk of premature failure.

Features and benefits of this HPS beast

• Dual Spectrum: Emits a light rich in red and yellow tones (2000K) for flowering, but with an extra 40% blue compared to standard HPS, allowing you to use it from the vegetative phase.
• Professional Power: Generates approximately 87,000 lumens and a PPF of 1100 µmol/s, ensuring your plants have all the photons they can absorb.
• Extreme Durability: Designed with robust materials and shock absorbers, it minimizes failures due to movement or vibration.
• Cost Saving: By not needing a specific bulb for growth and another for flowering, you save on equipment and spare parts.
• E40 Socket: Compatible with the vast majority of standard reflectors and ballasts on the market.

Steps to install your lighting system safely

1. Check compatibility: Ensure your ballast (magnetic or electronic) is 600W, matching the bulb's power.
2. Cleanliness first: Never touch the glass of the bulb with your bare hands; the grease from your fingers can create hot spots and break it. Use a clean cloth.
3. Screw in firmly: Insert the bulb into the E40 socket of your reflector and turn until it is secure, but do not force it excessively.
4. Adjust the height: For 600W, maintain a distance of about 50-60 cm from the tips of the plants to avoid burns.
5. Periodic replacement: Although it lasts up to 24,000 hours, we recommend changing it every 3-4 crops to maintain maximum light output.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use this bulb for the entire cycle?

Yes, absolutely. The Osram Plantastar is a mixed (dual) bulb. Its spectrum is adjusted to work perfectly in the vegetative phase (growth) and excels in the flowering phase. It is ideal if you want to simplify your setup.

What ballast do I need for this bulb?

You need a 600W HPS ballast. It works correctly with both magnetic and electronic ballasts. If you use a dimmable electronic one, make sure to run it at 600W to get the optimal spectrum.

How does it compare to a standard HPS?

The main difference is the manufacturing quality and the spectrum. Standard HPS bulbs are almost entirely red/yellow. The Plantastar adds a blue peak that improves the structure of the plant, making it more compact and preparing it to support heavier buds, especially when combined with a good fertilizer for flowering.

Does it generate a lot of heat?

Like all 600W HPS bulbs, it emits heat. It is essential to have a good ventilation system or cooltube lighting kits to keep the temperature controlled, especially in small spaces.

Personal Experience of Pevgrow’s CEO (Alan)

I have tried dozens of bulbs over the years, and the Osram Plantastar remains a fixture in my recommendations. What I value most is its reliability; it is a "battle tank". I have seen other bulbs flicker or lose intensity halfway through flowering, but the Plantastar holds up like a champion until the end.

My personal trick is to use it in combination with a slightly higher dose of Cal-Mag during the transition to flowering. The intensity of this bulb accelerates the metabolism of the plants so much that they ask for more food, and the result is rock-hard buds that you don't get with generic bulbs.