A Grow Light for Every Budget
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- There is no mystery to grow lights. You might even be able to use something you have at home. In any case, I'm going to break down three different types and prices of grow lights and let you know the pros and cons of each.
Remember the numbers... LUMENS: 1500-2000 Kelvin: 4500-6500
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After looking at a lot of videos about grow lights, this is the clearest explanation about grow lights I have watched! No chatting about their life and very educational. Thank you!
Thanks!
How many Kelvin was that?
Made mine from a led light I wanted for my laundry room..2000 lumins,6000 Kelvin.Adjustable height and angle,All out of scrape wood.
Okay, that was excellent. Short and sweet, and concise. Now even I can do it.
Great info👍..bought a 15w led 1500 lumen 5000 Kelvin light bulb. Working great. Placed it inside a cooler where my hot peppers are growing. Lights up the inside of the cooler nicely😎
I got the cheapest version and it works. I finally believed only because of your video and one other video. Thanks for sharing. I appreciate it.
Love how this video addresses quite a number of folks currently trying hard to understand grow light!
Nice haircut too by the way.
Thanks 😉
Thank you, Paulla, for recommending Next Level Gardening to us. Perfect 👌! Our comment is above!
@@jamespettway1771 - Welcome aboard!
That's a wig.
@@eb1684 No it’s not.
I bought my 4ft LED shop lights at Walmart, and they have the range of lumens and Kelvin you mentioned. Best affordable option for myself at $22 each. I just used 2 open metal stands (side by side) and hung the lights with s-hooks. The first one hung below the top shelf and the second below the middle shelf across the two stands. Worked great!
The reason I went with shelf stands was so I could move the whole rig to my sunroom as the temps got warmer in the day, but still too cool to plant. I usually wait until several weeks after our last frost date to get them in the ground because we tend to get a late hail storm.
Im looking into this exact option. Did it work for seedlings and did it cause them to be leggy?
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Do you know the name of this light that you bought? I would like to get some please
Yup.
Did it say the PAR or lumens? Lumens are NOT a good way to measure light for plants, it measures how we'll humans can see light not how much light a plant can use. Photosynthetically active radiation is what you have to measure which has higher activity in red and blue, you have to buy a quantum sensor to measure the par accurately. I used to use a cheap lumen sensor to try anf estimate it, i just bought a par sensor and i was way off. Like 30% less light than i thoight
I have all 3 of these lights and use them at different stages of growth Shop lights are good for starting seed CFL's are good for cuttings and the Mars Hydro light is good for flowering plants
Thanks for the information put in such an easy format, while watching this I found out that I already have lights in my garage that I will be able to purpose for this purpose. I would love to have the ones really nice lights, but I can make the led shop lights work with your simple instructions and it will give me time to find out how far I want to take this venture.
Thank you! I learned I have the things I need already as a new gardener without buying anything because I only have a few seedlings and I know what to look for next year if I keep going and need to invest in better lights 🌱
2019 grew my first garden veggies , tomatoes .
2020 dived head first into many pots of cherry tomatoes , bell peppers, lost all but three mini cucumbers, romaine lettuce, lost all spinach seedlings . I thought “grow lights” didn’t have any , so stole a few spare lights from husbands garage , the long tube lights , no clue about lumens or kelvins 🤣definitely gonna be looking now
My husband made me two wood structures with adjustable lights so I could keep them close to my plants and grow with the plants . It worked too well as I started my seeds indoors too early and too many , got very much overwhelmed, but didn’t give up . I had 28 huge pots of Sweet Million cherry tomatoes, 8 pots of bell peppers, one extra huge pot of three plants of mini cucumbers and continued supply of romaine lettuce ( romaine I kept in the house) and that’s after I gave some plants away
I have learned so much from your videos . My goal this year is to grow more cherry tomatoes, one variety of bigger tomatoes ( for sauces ect) bell peppers that don’t taste bitter , more surviving seeds of mini cucumbers , some more romaine lettuce , gonna see if some spinach seeds will survive, all in pots . My garlic I planted last fall in my tall raised bed and looking forward to planting some onion this spring in my raised bed . This week I’m getting on the your link for products and get those ordered and get my seeds ordered . I’m so excited !
Yup, good advice. I started my mators a couple months ago in my house under heat lite and pad. Hardened them in my tiny green house, then put them in 1 Gal. pots. After a week, I added the Neptune liquid fertilizer. WOW! Step back! They shot up so fast, they are more than ready to put outside already. Never saw such growth before. I am not a fan of the old mators. I like the sweetness and tart of both Celebrity and Better Boy. The celebrity is a bush variety, and does its thing in a big way for a couple months, then I'll have a new crop of Celebrities ready to go for the next go-around, and will repeat that at least once more before starting for next year. Those two varieties have proven to be the best for surviving my local pests and diseases here in Orange County, CA. Thanx again, Brian.
I was hesitant about choosing one and you cleared it up. I just confidently ordered my first grow light, so thank you for this!
Another good tip is to use Mylar reflective blankets draped over your shop lights to make a cheap grow tent and reflect more light and heat to seedlings
Maybe not leaving a plastic sheet over a grow light source for 18 hours might be safer lmap
@@jjmurphy00 Shop lights put out little to no heat I've been using them for several years with no issues
I just wanted to add that i have a Spider Farms sf600 grow light. I had the light abot 2-3" above my tomato seedlings and they got burnt. I then moved it up to about 12" per Spider Farms advice.
I have very expensive electricity on cape cod, ma at 33 cents per kWh so I also look at lumens per watt. I want at least 100 lumens per watt or 1500 lumens for a 15 watt led. cfl's and even the best 4 ft fluorescent bulb are usually much lower. If you have better rates then, these may be good for you.
Yay! A short, and to the point video for grow lights.Thanks!
Thanks for sharing! You’ve been such a wealth of information for so many!! I’m really loving the Facebook group too!
Thank you 😊
I put aluminum foil behind my plants on the wall that is not a window and the grow light above and the foil shared the light with the plants in some magical way and helped them stay warm and it was a really good jerry rig for me since I live in cold drafty hardly any windows where the sun comes in kinda house! :)
Too funny, I just got the message from Amazon that my mars hydro ts2000 will be here tomorrow! Very excited to try it out! I got the square one instead of the longer one to better work in my grow tent set up 😊
I’m lit up now. Thank you. Lots of great information I need as I’m planning my seed starts.
Just be mindful of wattage, because high watt on for 16 hours a day is gonna cost money on an electricity bill.
100 watts running 24/7 cost about 33$ a month
My dad has a friend whose first electric bill on his indoor microgreen grow was $6,500! They never factored in the cost of electricity to run the lights and fans. 😂 They moved to a greenhouse right quick.
@@k.chriscaldwell4141LED lights are MUCH cheaper! But more expensive to buy of course, but they don’t use a lot of power.
Yes.
That very particular and regular type of usage, can come at a significant cost.
Take care, and proceed with awareness.
I love love watching this man he has taught me how to do many things in my gardening
Thank you
Great video. Thanks for sharing. I have 2 Ferry Morse grow lights. One light is good for a tray of 12 - 6 cell starter containers.
You should remove the plastic lens from the long fluorescent fixture as the plastic compounds often absorb certain red and blue wavelengths of light even though they are clear.
Interesting. Never heard that, but it makes sense
Is the plastic lens usually included just for safety in case of breakage ??
@@DocScience2 I tried to remove mine but it ain't happening without breaking it. So no not just for safety
Thanks for the Tuesday tip. You are never to old learn. Thank you!
I love my HLG550. Horticulture Lighting Group has a lot of good options for the budget and are some of the best grow lights on the market.
Thanks for the concise explanation. Appreciated the visual examples, and putting the stats on screen.
I bought the third grow light you mentioned. Can you do a video on how to use it to start seeds? Or explain how to use it. I’m wondering distant from seedlings and where do i put the dial for brightness? Thank you. Love your videos.
Finally!!! Every “affordable” grow light video I’ve watched has the cheapest light being over $100. I have a few of those lightbulb lamp things because I have chickens and used them for heat lamps when they were chicks. I just need to get some bulbs. Thank you so much!
Dude you just answered ally questions in the first half of this video. You're awesome. Thanks so much!
We are new subscribers to your channel, many thanks to Paulla Wells for telling us we better get over here! On our Live last night night, grow lights was discussed, lot of confusion, etc, so when our friend Paulla told us to come check you out, this was the first video we watched. Thank you!
Well welcome! Glad you're here!
Thanks for keeping it short and sweet. I appreciate the numbers, not brands.
Cool suggestion bottle pvc pipe thanjs
I would love to experiment with LED strips and see how well I could DIY a grow light panel.
Bro been watching all these darn videos about lights and you made it so clear and simple! Thank you!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I use the ones that have a red/blue spectrum, specifically intended as a grow light. Mine have an automatic timer on them that can be set for 4, 8, or 12 hours (no 16 hours, unfortunately). Either I can turn them on when I get up and off when I go to bed or set the timer for 12 hours (they still grow up big and healthy, but take longer). Since they are red and blue only, I can have them on full strength without lighting up the whole living room and kitchen, and have low effect of the electric bill. They only cost about $30, and I have had much more success with them than when I used one with white light.
Thanks for that info Amber - I just bought the red/blue spectrum type and they arrived today. I'm happy to know you have success with them as I was hoping he would address this type as well in the above video. I'm using them for seedlings, can you tell me if you use just blue or do you use purple, and how far from the seedlings do you set yours - thanks!
@@pamelaforman8710 with both blue and red. It uses that color because most plants don't absorb green light (hence the reason their leaves are green). I put them 2-3 inches above young seedlings. Once they get older and start to vary in size it's more like 4-6 inches. Mine has three separate lights so I can turn the outer two in as well to maximize the light
Do you use the ones with the prongs on amazon? Would you be able to share a link?
@@GabyP17 I got them from Amazon. It has 3 long lights that can be moved whichever way you need. I clip it on a chair near the table that has the plants on it. Am I allowed to share a link on here?
Good info! My issue is I don’t have a lot of space so have to use this little 4 shelf unit that can only hold things 2ft long so all those 4 foot shop lights and other grow lights won’t work. The only 2 foot ones I’ve been able to find are by Ferry Morris and are total crap quality and don’t even last one spring seed starting session. I have 2 of the clamp lights on the top but there shelves are too close to get her to fit the clamp lights on the bottom and middle 2 shelves and also fit any type of seed tray under them.
Do you know how long i was searching for a down to earth explanation on this topic I've been searching for hours every other was long boring and not to the main point thanks.
I have the Mars TS 3000 for my 5x5 grow tent and absolutely love it. The only problem I'm having is keeping the seedlings from drying out.
I have the TSW 2000 in my 4x4.
Humidifier with automatic RH detection
I have an automatic watering system I have set it for 10 minutes to times a day. It makes my plants very happy
Hey I just checked out your FB and you have almost 35K members! Great Job! Im glad you are becoming more well-known; I have gotten many tips from you and those tips are cherished !
Brilliant Brian ! That helped a lot I’m going to look in to this now as light is limited here at present! Although today was fantastically sunny and warm! ☘️☘️☘️☘️🌞
Thanks so much for clearing up my confusion about grow lights!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
Least expenisve for a reason - lots of articles, if you dig deep, because they help your house burn down. A house we used to live in had that happen, saw it on the news and that was the cause. Talked to our fire department and they agreed they cause burnings. Research (CFL) - scientific research done in Canada about the same thing, but i had to do deep research. We switched out ours immediately.
Wow. Didn't know that
NO links to lights that you said would be in the description!
Exactly
If you can solder, try LED light strips. I use 1 red (5 meter) and 1 blue (5 meter) on a 18x48 inch piece of plywood that fits under a big NSF shelf set. There is a lot of wasted light in white bulbs. Same effect as the super expensive grow lights and about 1/4 the price. One thing to stay away from are the silicone covered "waterproof" ones. They overheat and die when used for this.
You really dont need to solder ...they have connectors for them
Thank you for this very informative video about grow lights.
Brilliant, easy to understand info. I’m still trying to get to grips with mine
no facebook thanks
Amen
quick question, are there any diference between a grow light for seedlings, vegetative or flowering (lumens and kelvin)
Newby so take this with a grain of sand (and compost!), from what I understand germination requires consistent heat, than after germination the light factor comes in. So maybe your grow lights can do both heat and light, but the germination heat should be in the soil (most likely in my cold climate from heat mat). Happy growing!
Thanks for the video. I'm about to invest in some grow lights and a heat mat and as usual you provide very useful information.
Thank you 😊
You are a great teacher! I appreciate the step by step way you deliver your knowledge. I’m thinking of getting lights so I could grow salad makings year round. DO YOU DO ANY INDOOR GARDENING OTHER THAN STARTING SEEDS? Probably in CA it’s not necessary!
"Cheapest one is CFL".. though I'm not opposed to CFL, and they were exclusively what I used in my first few builds, I'd have to argue that LED are cheaper to run than CFL
I find even the smallest mars hydro led light does great flowering but you can’t beat 600w HPS for bigger grows, if electricity is a problem use newer chip Led lights all the way through.
Good stuff ! I’ll be buying my Mars hydro very soon!!
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Thank you, this answered all my questions!
If you already have shop lights you can switch out the bulbs. Sometimes you just have to use what you've got. Good information though and at least you're not showing some of those grow light set ups that cost $100's.
Yes. Mine is just the shop light from the garage. The light link on my website fits the standard shop light.
Any chance the folks being separated by zone? It might be extra helpful.
Excited to be a member
I just pant some cheep seeds.. Lettuce and Cucumbers.. You will know in a few days If your plant is likes your lights or not.. My dime sized lettuce triple in size in a few day.. So I know the plants were happy..
I'm in the deep south and we just had a freeze! My tomato seedlings are under a fluorescent grow light (6500K - 5000 lumens) in an unheated room in the back of my house. Outside temps last night were low 20s and 30s all day today. Will my seedlings now have stunted growth?
how did iit go?
@@acidburn3562 Sorry, just seeing your question! They turned out pretty well. Using the rest of Brian's instructions re: planting with amendments, staking and pruning, most of the plants produced well. The ones that didn't were a new variety that maybe isn't meant for my area (couldn't possibly be grower error, could it?).
Really appreciated this breakdown as I'm starting to research lights and plan for a seed growing stand in our house. Wondering how much of an impact lights over 2000 lumens would be. I'm looking at one from Barrina that is advertised at 6500k but 2200 lumens. Thanks
Luv this thanks for sharing
Love the channel and Knowledge! I have a 4 foot full spectrum purple led 18 inches above my Carolina reaper seedlings. They are doing well, 3 inches tall, 3rd set of leaves just starting. Should I lower it like u say to a few inches above? Cheers from Canada 😁🇨🇦
I looked into buying grow lights a year ago but there were some serious cautions on the box that scared me off. Can't remember what they were, yet no one here seems to have any concerns at all. Can you think what special instructions I could have been worried about and what advice would counter that risk?
Thanks! Helped me decide!
Imo if you're hobbying in cannabis 🌱👀& going to invest in inferior lights which Usually means a cheap one, then you CAN always expect inferior yields No matter what else you provide them 🌱 other than basic water, lighting is Everything 🌱👌👍
Hydro Farm Radiant 8 is the way to go. By all parameters it is the closest thing to sunlight light . Either vented models are available. LED lighting has very limited light spectrum, and plants are very sensitive to color of light while HPS lighting provides full spectrum and 2 x 2 ft light reflectors of Radiant 8 cover area of 4 by 4 ft ( or even more) of growth area. Contact me and I will tell how to get pre-owned sets.
Lumen and Kelvin aren’t really a relevant unit of measurement in newer LED lights. Most manufacturer specifications have PPF/ PPFD/ PAR etc. These are wavelength, spectrum and light particle speed and intensity measurements. I’ve even called GE and asked them what the Kelvin and Lumens were for a 700 PAR/ 72PPF LED grow light that they sold and they were like ???? Anyway, I got hung up on this Kelvin/ Lumen thing and I ended up wasting a pile of time researching Something that was completely irrelevant.
what does the lumens matter? if you have higher lumens then you can just hang the light higher and light up more area.
I wonder if RUclips is removing the product links most of these videos they mention they will put a link description and it's not that
Great information! Thanks
This is so helpful!!
I want a good grow light. Which one??
I have 9 spare 42w CFL and 9 spare 26w CFL.
I was thinking of making 2 homemade lighting boards in addition to an LED for a small area .
Would it be worth the extra effort and expense? Would it give it a decent boost?
Thank you
I want to grow indoors. Would this be dangerous for my health?
Great tips today! Thanks! 🙂 Do we start the lights before the seedlings come up or after?
After
I would turn the light on right about the time they should be sprouting. That way they get the light as soon as they germinate
I turn it on when I plant the seeds. They don't need it until they germinate, but it won't hurt them any to have it, and some seeds need light for germination
Thanks for the video
Estimated prices and names of models spelled out so it would be easy to copy , would be good, save us time
Can you help with some confusion: Another youtube gardener says lumens should be 5000. Says both lumens and kelvins should be about the same. Any comment?
I joined your group. Thanks
No link in description.
I feel like photosynthetic active radiation is more important of a number than lumens is since thats what the plants use
The Mars Hydro light you are recommending is a light that is designed for flowering plants. The majority of the light’s leds are in the 3000k-3500k range.
Is there a grow light that is waterproof? I have 2 shelves of plants that are irrigated above my raised bed in the greenhouse. When we water the plants above they drip of course. Wanted to install a grow light beneath the lower shelf for the seedlings in the raised bed. Thanks for all your helpful videos!
I like the books advice hopefully they're old and you read alll of them
Thank you for the tips.. How long do they have to stay under the lights, meaning growth wise
I made the mistake of buying 24" shelves. I'm having a hard time finding bulbs with the right numbers, in the right length. :/
Very informative. If the lumen on the light bulb 💡 is 840 can I use 2 bulbs to make it 1600?
Question for you. The apps I've found measure lux not lumens. When you specify the appropriate range for lumens, could you mean lux? Lumen measures total amount of light emitted in each direction while lux measures the total amount of light that falls on a surface. Physics is NOT my thing and I am so confused!
I came to ask the same thing. I found an online conversion calculator (it converts either Lux to Lumens or the other way around) but I couldn't even figure out how to input my information because it also asked for them beam angle... I said 180 degrees since my light would be directly above but it didn't like my input. 😀
@@cityofoaks thank you for increasing my self confidence!
I am a beginner. I bought the LED Grow Light, VIPARSPECTRA P2000 LED Grow Light 4x2ft Coverage Full Spectrum LED Grow Lights with Samsung LEDs(Includes IR), Dimmable Grow Light for Indoor Plants Seeding Veg and Bloom 700PCS LEDs: Yesterday I planted all onion types in two 50 Peat containers with covers. I also purchased a warming pad similar to the one in the video with a thermostat. I don't know how high to keep the light, How high away to put the light, and how warm is too warm for the seeds? Any ideas, videos, suggestions?
Thanks Brian for the video. I am still a bit confused, not with the advice you've given, but with consistency. I've looked at various YT videos on the subject and none of them are consistent. Some say you need 5,000 Lumens and some say a minimum of 3,000. You say 1500-2000. Is more going to be better?
More is always better. The more lumens the more expensive and the further the leaves can be away from the light
@@NextLevelGardening Thanks for clearing that up for me.
i have a 3.500k 40w but led stripe but its 3600 lumens should i worried ?
Thanks for the great video! Just wondering: "it doesn't have to say 'grow light' on the package". So can l use any household light bulb with the right colour temperature and lumen?
Thanks so much
Love the Facebook group! Can a greenhouse work instead of a grow light in a warmer climate? My lows right now are uper 40's-50's at night.
Yes 🙂
Thank you! 😊 I have 7 grow lights and 2 Grow Light bulbs now, mainly for those naughty tomatoes who sprouted in September! 🤣 Im eyeing up the Mars Hydro or larger Vivosun, and their prospective tents. What are your thoughts on the little grow light tents? Hope you have an awesome day Brian and gardening fam! 🌞
I had a tent and, without adequate ventilation, it can be more trouble than it's worth
@@NextLevelGardening Ah, that makes sense...Ill pass for now! Thanks! 🌞
Advice please! I just bought 2 four foot long 36W led grow lights that have red/blue/white spectrums. The description doesn't give Kelvin or lumens. Of course I ordered yes the week before your video came out!
Thanks for the video, just what I was looking for and will go to FB. Question - can those numbers be combined? Ex - if I have 5000K bulbs, but only 900Lm, would 2 bulbs close together give me the higher lumens 900x2=1800Lm?
It depends how much the bulbs shade (wave interference) each other out. The combined lumens might amount to more like 1600 lumens depending on how much they cancel each other out.