Indoor Grow Lights, So Many Choices, So Confusing. In this video, I take you on a beginner tutorial of the 3 main choices for indoor grow lights and which one is best for you.
High Intensity Diodes (HID) such as High Pressure Sodium (HPS) and Metal Halide (MH) are out of the realm of most home growers, often requiring
special ballasts and external cooling solutions.
LED bulbs were not viable until only recently, being either too weak to provide adequate lumens, or only providing an extreme side of the spectrum. Now, they are very much a viable solution, often preferred. Their only drawback being the high initial buy in cost.
CFL bulbs are not quite as efficient as LED bulbs, but the barrier of entry is so low, that even in the long run, you can still come out ahead! Aim for 6500K light intensity (“Daylight” bulbs in retail) and your seedlings, clones, small plants, and microgreens will grow like crazy!
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So normal led light bulbs wont work? I literally just put some seedlings under five 6500k bulbs with one 2700k bulb..
Yikes hopefully they grow fine, will treat it as more of an experiment now i guess.
led = roi.
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Nice video, thanks. I want to set up some 100 watt CFL daylight bulbs with clamp holders for personal microgreen grow. How many would I need per 10 x 20 inch tray?
I love how you got to the point…clear and simple explanation…thanks
Dude how are blue and red Led bulbs, 4wat bulbs.
JUST SO FOLKS AREN'T OUT HERE KILLING THEIR PLANTS WITH TOO MUCH HEAT In theory LED lights could convert all of the electricity into light, but thats just sci-fi mumbo jumbo. In REALITY LEDs convert 20% or more of the electricity into heat.
Philips LED pære E27 Mat – 19,5W (150W)
-Full spectrum
-2700k
-2500lum
Would 12 of these bulbs be sufficient enough for both veg and blom?
I have a 9w led bulb for a really small plant..would that work ?
What about lumens? The lumens are important for seedlings or not? Because I saw in different video on YouTube someone said that the lumens should be between 2000-3000lm in the seedlings stage.
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I bought a pair of led lights for my room that Has remote for color change I was thinking about trying it for grow instead what do you think
CFLs are getting harder to find these days, LED is taking over the market. Even Lowes only sells like 2 or 3 different kinds of CFLs.
I have a mixture of different systems for my grow closet. I have one of those 7 way E27 splitters with 7 CFLs hanging from the top and 10 cheap LED strip lights on the walls to get some light to the lower leaves. The CFLs get a little hot, so I put a little USB laptop cooling fan right above it and that worked to dissipate the heat.
cfl`s are cheap and do a good job
I use the new Philips led bulb 27,5w – 150w I can grow Pepper, Chili and Tomatos with No problem. They are Good and so cheap in Denmark. Thanks for the video and info
Hi, thanks a lot for the the video man, it really helped me
But I have a question please help me out!
Can I use normal household LED bulbs for growing some Cannabis indoor?
I am gonna use about 6 of them (9watts/bulb)
Well led now there more effectively than hps lights.
I Cut the plastic Bulb off Eq. 100W L.E.D. Bulbs … Then take some red and blue food coloring and basically dye the silicon diodes.. Some of each Bulb… Had NO Problem getting My Plants To Flower, Just Using CHEAP Dollar Store Bulbs.. Mostly… And Used 3 Bulbs Per Tall About 3-3.5 ft. tall WHITE Garbage (Plastic) Bins You can Get For A Couple Bucks… Last Winter I Was Able To Grow Enough & Start Some Amazing Plants Indoors Prior To My Region Being Able To Plant Outdoors.. I Tried It A Few Years Back After Learning Lumen Requirements & Saw They Were Pretty Close… It Worked & Been Using Them Ever Since.
Sadly, 3 foot eaves around my house and lots of trees mean I have practically no natural light, maybe an hour or two of morning sun in one window on one side of the house. It’s so depressing. This year I’ve decided to get some artificial lighting, and you are right, it’s very confusing. I just need it for tropical plants, I’m not raising seedlings or anything. I had a regular bulb in the recessed fixture over my kitchen sink…the plants I have there seemed ok, not a lot of new growth but enough to keep the alive. I just replaced that bulb with an LED daylight (not marketed as a plant bulb) and I am hoping it will be an improvement….in the meantime, trying to decide on what else I’m going to get for the winter.
So, the optimum Kelvin scale for both seedlings and vegetative growth stages remains 6500k.
1:04 HID stands for high intensity discharge,not high intensity diode.
Done a few indoor grows with CFLs
But I used many more bulbs. Using many of the Y sockets to branch the lighting out causing excessive heat that needed to be ventilated .
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