GROW LIGHTS MADE EASY | Best LED lights for plants
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
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Searching for the best grow lights for plants? First you have to understand the important specifications to look for in a good plant grow light. I'll tell you about the PAR spectrum, PPFD, DLI, and why they're the most important terms when it comes to shopping for houseplant grow lights. No need to break a sweat, this is grow lights made simple.
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00:00 Mother PlantSpectrum
02:12 Who this video is for
03:23 What type of light is best for plants?
04:08 PAR spectrum
06:00 PPFD
06:59 What’s a micromole?
08:19 Daily Light Integral (DLI)
09:50 How far to place lights and how long to run them
11:28 Doing the easy math
13:24 Do plants need darkness?
14:40 Color temperature, Kelvins, Correlated Color Temperature
16:48 What you learned today
17:52 You can support my channel
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@@leighfuller8352 Are you typing BETSY BEGONIA in all caps with a space between the words BETSY and BEGONIA? I tried it again right now and it works. When I enter the code correctly I get a message that says "You will receive 10€ off!" and the button says "Go Shopping".
Blown away by how well you laid all of that out Betsy! Scientist Rachael who who has to explain the use of light spectrum to detect biological molecules at LEAST once a week is VERY impressed 😃🌈
Thank you very much, that means a lot to me.
Ages ago, I said that you give me old school Beakman's World vibes and I 10000% stand by that statement, haha. You are an expert when it comes to bringing a lightheartedness and sense of fun to these complex subjects. I'm an engineer by day and love educational deep-dives like this! As an interesting factoid, you compared your new light to the older aquarium lights that have a blue-ish hue. While they aren't the most appealing, the blue aspect serves an important purpose in an aquarium setting. It provides lighting in a way that won't promote algae growth or interfere with a day/night cycle for the fish while still providing benefits to fish/aquatic life. It's pretty fascinating that everything serves a unique purpose on the spectrum!
Yes, I was reading about that as I got lost down a rabbit hole specifically about the benefits of blue light in plant care. Really interesting stuff to sit around and read when one isn't knee deep in Vlogmas. 😂
You nailed this video and the topic! Now we can all point people to this video when they ask about grow lights on the different forums. Keep up the great content!
Thank you very much.
Mental stimulation goals achieved 🧠 ! I feel the need to watch again and take notes/ create a flow chart. 📝
This is FANTASTIC. Thank you so much for the time and research you put into this video. Your attention to detail really shows and is appreciated!
Thank you very much for the positive feedback, I really appreciate your watching. 💚
Hi Betsy! This was a very informative video and I really appreciate the time you put into making it and all of the research you did. I've tried looking at different plant lights and it's just not something I could wrap my head around. Your video is very helpful, and you made it a LOT easier to understand. I enjoyed seeing the difference in the plants you showed, and how much the light has helped them, and showing the difference in the aesthetics of the aquarium lights vs. these lights. You always go above and beyond for us and it's very much appreciated. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you so much, Sandy. I'm glad you enjoyed this video.
Thanks for this, the explanation of ppfd helped me to pick out some new lights & so far the lights are working out well!
Thank you so much for distilling this information. I'm sure I'll be referring back to this video when I start shopping for my next grow light.
What an unbelievably informative video! The scientist AND the plant mom in me is satisfied ❤
Thank you for the kind feedback!
Wow! I needed this so badly LOL
Thank you, Betsy, for breaking it down so well for us!
I'm glad it helps! Thanks for watching and for letting me know you like this type of video!
Absolutely fantastic explanation Betsy, I feel so well informed about lights, and this is something that has eluded me for years. You absolute star. Thank you 💗
Thank you for the feedback! I'm so happy that this was helpful!
This type of content is so my jam, love love
This was super informative but also easy to digest! Thanks Betsy ☺️
Most helpful and understandable explanation of grow light I've come across. Thank you!
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I love when you explain lighting. You have a way of explaining it to where it makes sense. Thank you.
I'm glad I could make it feel more simple, that's all I wanted!
So clearly explained. Thank you!
Thank you for this information Betsy. You’ve broken it down in an easier to understand format. I’ll definitely be referring back to your video as I shop for lights.
Wonderful, I'm happy to know it's helpful!
Cristal clear explanation! Thanks a lot for this great work!!!
All I can say is Wow!!! Nice job 👍🏻 very interesting and informative. 💚
Thank you so much for a full to the brim with information video, Betsy. Always a well-spent time watching your videos.
Thank you, Mariana! 💚
That was F. U. N.!!!! And it was definitely worth the work that you invested. As informative and entertaining as a video can be! 💚
Thank you. 😄💚
Ooooh. Just in time to pad Christmas list!! 💕. Thanks for all the work you put into this video!! So helpful!
Thank you, Tracy. I'm so glad you enjoyed this video and I really appreciate the support. 💚
You’re the smartest lady in the world! 😍😍😍😍 this is Betsy month!
Seriously, thank you! As a scientist this explanation it’s totally comprehensive and reputable/ as a viewer this review is helpful and convenient! Thank you so much for all your hard work🙌🏻🙌🏻
Thank you so much, Nadine!
Very much appreciate your research and dissemination of info in this!
Thank you! I'm happy to help others understand this without developing forehead lines. 😄
Ahhhhhh!!!! The amount of amazing geek plant information in this is life!
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You are an excellent communicator
I have the mother almost a month now and I LOVE it!! It's definitely an investment but so worth it.
It's a really great light! I can't believe the difference it's making in such a short time, those aquarium lights were doing nothing except barely keeping my plants alive.
Yo! That's straight dedication to the game!! And I thank you!!
I just have a mix of red and blue light for my plants indoor and I think it is good so far... The problem is, it's not pleasant for the eyes and I feel bad. Must get a full spectrum next time🙂 THANK YOU BETSY FOR THE INFO. IT'S SO HELPFUL💖 Sending love from the Philippines.
Wow, thank you for this info. Really does help with choosing what grow lights works with my orchids and houseplants!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼
You're very welcome! Thank you for watching, Jaimee, I'm glad it's helpful. 💚
Me about to run each time. Betsy, "No don't run away!"
Such a nice video and helpful. Thank you.
Beauty and brains!
Thank you Betsy! You explained that so well I actually understand it for the first time. I love formulas and when you shared that formula I had a light 💡 bulb moment ( haha!)
Think you for all the work you put in to your videos, I appreciate you so much!
I’d love to buy you a cup of coffee ☕️ 😍
Thank you for the positive feedback, Wendy! I'm so glad you found this helpful and easier to understand. 😄
Incredible information
This video is GREAT. Thank you!
Thanks so much for watching!
Hey, that's not a "made easy" beginner vid LOL. I don't pretend I know you from watching 15+ of your videos, but let me tell you only 1 thing: "you are awesome"! Your work is so real and genuine, Sorry for not being able to express my "gratitude" in better words ... It always been a problem of mine since I am French Canadian. Hope you get the point. Love you girl! Pleease keep it up, the world needs people like you. XX
Thank you so much! 💚
Betsy you're the besty!🥳🌱
I have been waiting for someone to say this my whole life. 😂
@@betsybegonia Great minds think alike!
So, there are actual courses for students majoring in STEM fields (I know for physics majors, at least) that attempt to teach this skill that you've so excellently demonstrated here.
You've explained math-&-science-heavy concepts in such an understable, engaging, and exciting manner.
So I just wanted to say good job.
Like, REALLY GOOD JOB.
The time you put into this video is evident.
Also, I really love your channel just in general, too.
Thank you very much!
Great video!!!
Thanks!
Super helpful 😀
Excellent ! Thank you for watching.
Maybe I need to use this video in my lighting lessons, since you explain it super simple and clear :)
I hope it helps in any way at all. 😄 Thanks for the kind feedback!
@@betsybegonia Yeah, they have one lesson about greenhouse lighting and I am just throwing with these terms around, seeing them looking confused etc. This will be a good intro to that lesson :)
I think my brain has been broken. Thank you for all of the information. Maybe after another listen 🎧 or 15 I will understand. 🥴
I'm sure you'll get it. It's quite simple if you get over the hump of feeling like it's out of reach.
Thanks Betsy for making this information more understandable for us, great video. I just want to say that watching this video there is a shadow on the wall over your right shoulder (our left as we look at it) that looks like a cat climbing on your shoulder. It looks so cool. Thanks for bringing us enjoyable videos and keep bringing the humour ❤
😂 I never noticed. The staghorn ferns cast really cool shadows under those lights.
I definitely need to investigate lights. Throughout the months of winter every plant except one, just ONE, died on me. Where I live right now is too god damn humid during winter, and because of cloudy skies and rain there's also not much of a sun. Thankfully, I'm entering summer, so I think it's a perfect time to start investigating about lights, so, thank you for the video, I'll added to my gardening playlist. : D
I'm sorry that you lost some plants, that's so frustrating. I really hope you find a solution that works for you. I'm glad if this video is of any help.
Too many numbers/ too much info at once can leave me anxious, happy to have Betsy begonia break things down and encourage me to keep learning. : ) Deep dive indeed!
Same for me, honestly. I find math particularly stressful, I break a sweat when I even see an equation like that. 😂 But I really enjoy learning a topic with the objective of sharing it like this. I hope this was really helpful for you.
Thanks fot the headache Betsy 😅
Searching for good growlight info does lead you into a very sus forum territory. But it's fun. 😂 I guess now people won't get lost as much. 🤷🏻♂️
WE SHALL BE THEIR GUIDING LIGHT.
I love when you two do the research for us and/or point us in the right direction. ❤
What I've learned from this is that most of the grow lights I see on Amazon are overall too weak to make much of a difference if you have them more than six inches from your plant.. Which is kind of what I gathered for how cheap they are.
Yep. And they burn out quicker and they're throw away lights, usually with no ground so they can shock you any time. 😅 And people put them in those metal MILSBO cabinets.
Good job! - and greetings from a scientist who work with plant lighting and LEDs :)
Thank you very much. 😄💚
Do you happen to have notes you can share on this with the formulas and such? Otherwise I will have to re-watch and take my own. This was fantastic. I love when you and Miro do all sorts of research for us ❤
I can share the equation: it's Light Hours Per Day = DLI ÷ (PPFD x 0.0036) but otherwise I don't have notes I can share. Everything is easily researchable through Google.
@@betsybegonia thank you!
I like using dewalt trigger clamps I already have with my cheap ebay grow lights and mount it on an old tripod. It can adjust to any odd angle my plants desire.
It's great that works for you, I think everyone should do whatever works and whatever is within their price range. I personally don't like clamp lamps, I prefer lighting that is kind of hidden.
The Mother lamp is surely beautiful and seeing the company sponsorships everywhere makes us want it even more.
Makes life easier when you have a par metre you can place plants based on the par for optimal growth you can also convert lux to par
Yes. Not everyone has money for one, however. It's a lot of money to spend on something you'll only use once if you are only buying a grow light.
@@betsybegonia yeah there's a cheaper option for Android and iOS users they have an app for lux readings where Shane from migro has implemented a conversion for lux to par
@@justinomar9210 I mention this in the video. The reading depends how well the sensor on your phone works. I have an Android but those apps don't work because the sensor gives off all sorts of readings. It's unpredictable and undependable, unfortunately. I mean, it's worth a shot but you'll never really know if your phone is giving a proper reading.
What's the point in having 92% par if your only getting 1500 umols at O inches also it doesn't have a par map so you can't tell what the coverage is
And with that 92% par it's in reference to to the amount of usable spectrum of light from 400nm to 700nm it has nothing to do with par output intensity
It is hard to hear a woman speak about a topic you know something about. I understand.
@@betsybegonia it's all good your doing ok pretty good actually just scrap that 92% par r and youre spot on pretty much the best girl light review I've come across tbh
🤯🤯 Very informative, but I will need to watch again with pen and paper in hand. It’s not you, just my natural reaction to when Math is mentioned, and I think there was some science mixed in their too ;)
I have the same reaction to math. It gives me a lot of anxiety. So if I can do it, you can too. 😂
All I can say is “hope you had the most amazing pastry after this video” 😮💨
😂 I had the chocolates that I couldn't figure out the flavors of that day.
@@betsybegonia I did see that video, laughed a lot by the way 😆.
This was great! Now if you could just make a version for dummies! All that math was triggering lol!😖🌋
I understand. I've never excelled in math and it gives me anxiety and flashbacks to high school math class and exam failures but honestly this is not that difficult. It's just a knee-jerk reaction and an aversion to math that prevents us from digesting the info at first.
simply spatial non so se è la traduzione corretta in Inglese, in Italiano i tuoi video sono semplicemente spaziali
too technical? you said you would not do that?..
😂 Trust me, this is as simple as it gets.
Ten tabs, that’s right…. (Closes 72 tabs)
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I mean I love you. Soooooooo much. But these are not affordable. ;)
Compared to other lights on the market that are also aesthetically pleasing, don't look like a UFO taking off for the mother planet, and fit in with the decor, I believe they are. It depends what you're in the market for.
@@betsybegonia I have had that last track light you reviewed on my wish list forever and now I added this. My poor butt will never be able to get these. I’m sadly trying to make these plant bulbs work. $15 is what I can afford ha ha. My 51 plants are struggling ha ha but they are alive! Ha ha one day I’ll be able to get these. But it’s funny you say $180-$200 lightning systems are affordable ha ha. Anyways. Love love love you sooooo much. Your channel brings me soooo much joy and I have loved watching you grow and go through life with that amazing light that you harness. Never stop shinning.
And if you love me, then I'm sure you love that I have a wonderful sponsor who is helping me to make a living from creating videos like this which took me hours to write, film, and edit. 😉💚 I'm genuinely thrilled with this light and it ticks all the boxes for me. I am lucky to have been contacted by Mother but I will also be buying two more to replace my cheap old aquarium lights very soon as the performance has exceeded my expectations.
I can relate. Not everybody has a lot of money to fork over for lights like those or like this. Honestly it's why I was dragging my feet and suffering with these aquarium lights that honestly have only been keeping my plants alive, not really doing much for them otherwise. I understand now why it's so worth it to save up and get a nice light instead of throwing a handful of cash at something cheap "that does the job". Anyway, I really appreciate your support. Thank you for your kind words. Sending good vibes your way. 💚
@@betsybegonia oh I do. I love that you give honest reviews, show us the ins and outs and then give us updates later to see the worth of the product and how it effected the plants, etc. I loooooove it. Your delivery is also just amazing and the edits hilarious. Your journey with your surgery is also the reason I finally decided to go through with it. I was like “if Betsy can do this. I can.” I will watch those videos during my healing to remind myself that I’m not alone ha ha is there anyway you could find some more affordable like under $100 lights that might work just as well? Do your aquarium lights help at all or is it just enough to keep them alive but not thriving? Just curious.
Go look at the specs on this light. First , NO ONE measures PAR in percentages. 92% PAR is meaningless. Now look at the PPFD. At 4inches ( 10 CM ) it has barely enough light output to keep a plant alive, Now look at efficiency 86 Lumens per Watt is TERRIBLE, about what a CFL bulb produces... I have a lamp that I converted from fluorescent to LED. The strips are 3 years old and were rated THEN at 192 Lumens per watt! And lastly, the rating CRI is totally without meaning in a plant light. CRI is a measurement of how the human eye precieves the color of light.
Get your lighting information from someone who knows what they are talking about, not some clueless " influencer"! Or you could just buy it because it's pretty....
Dude, I read about this extensively online and there are scientists in the comments commending me on my explanation. Mother had nothing to do with my research, I did not even use their site as a resource. They are simply the sponsor of my video on the topic of lights because it's a related product.
Also, my plants are thriving under this light. I don't know what to tell you besides it works, and much better than any other CFL or LED lights I've put my plants under.
And no, CRI is not relevant to the efficiency of the lamp in terms of plant growth, but it is important to me in shopping for a light. I said in this video that I consider what the lamp looks like to me as well and that I take things like the Kelvin output or CCT into consideration.because I don't want a light that is offensively white or blue. The lights I have on the top two shelves make my plants look blueish green and it's not pleasing to my eye. For personal reasons I prefer a light that has a warmer temperature and a light that reveals colors more faithfully in comparison with a natural light source. That's a personal preference and it isn't what this video is about at all--I don't even bring up CRI. I don't know why you're so hung up on the fact that this company gives the CRI in its specifications, I don't see why it's a problem for you or how it's relevant to the info I've provided about grow lights in general.
I never told anyone that Mother is the only light worth buying. I told them about Mother and used it as a quick example because it's the only lamp I own that gives these specifications on the website. I don't care what lights people buy, but PAR, PPFD, and DLI are real guides and measurements that we can use to calculate how much light specific plants thrive on and how to use lighting elements to meet those requirements.
Also, just because I am a content creator and I accept sponsorships to pay my bills, doesn't make me incapable of research, analysis, and providing accurate information about this topic. You're using that word like an insult. I'm an intelligent and articulate human being with a reputation for investigating topics at length to provide information and translate it into more basic terms and simple concepts. I'm a content creator who puts education first and I promote the practice of gathering data and checking sources as well as understanding the difference between a reputable and untrustworthy source. I often provide my audience with links to studies.
Get a bit more fiber in your diet or have a snack and take a nap.