Hi folks. I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for indoor light sources. I live in Colorado and we’re going to start getting snow here before much longer so I’ll have to haul my plants in. I was thinking about using a flexible LED strip for lighting over the winter. I just moved into this apartment a couple months ago and exactly one room gets sunlight on one wall from a west facing window so some supplemental light might be needed for my growing succulent collection.
I’ve got some Barrina T5 1ft grow lights that everybody on IKEA Greenhouse Club recommends. They’ve served me very well; I’ve got plants in a living room that get very little natural light but with these lights they’ve been thriving!
For other plants, I’ve got some GE grow light bulbs. These ones I’ve screwed into table lamps for my smaller plants.
Papanca@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just as a heads up to everyone, so not OP obviously; Never buy lamps that are marketed as grow lights; that is just a scam to sell you way overpriced lighting. You also generally don’t need to buy these purple lights, because white lamps include these colors already, so unless you go for very specific effects, just buy a full spectrum light. I usually just do a search for suitable light temperature etc for my plants, probably around 4000 K or so, and then buy a led light. Don’t buy lamps that can become hot, so as not to burn the plants.
Oisteink@feddit.nl 1 year ago
As long as you give your plants enough light they (usually) don’t care about what type. Some do need the higher part of the spectrum to flower, but plant based chlorophyll can transform wavelengths from 400-700nm (PAR spectrum) In general led gives you about 3 micromol per watt while HPS gives 2.15
So a 600w hps gives you about the same mol as a 420w led lamp. This is not important for maintaining a plant over winter but if you are growing lettuce it’s crucial
Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Interesting. Is that why I see hydroponic setups using those magenta lights for lettuce?