Grower's Choice ROI-E680 LED Grow Light VS Neocision Spectra Pro 680W LED Grow Light-BVV

 Whether you’re starting seeds on the kitchen windowsill or corralling houseplants around your sunniest window, indoor lighting isn’t always bright enough to give plants what they need to thrive. Fortunately, grow lights can help you cultivate healthy plants all year long.

Unless you have a greenhouse or an unlimited number of south-facing windows, grow lights are your best bet for reliably providing the right light to your plants year-round. Though nothing is better than real sunlight, grow lights allow you to trick plants into believing they’re getting the real thing.

Regular light bulbs for lamps and other light fixtures don’t deliver the full color spectrum needed to support plants in every stage of the growth cycle. And without the right light, a plant can’t photosynthesize or make food to grow. Further, regular light bulbs that emit a lot of heat can potentially cook tender seedlings or burn houseplant leaves. Grow lights, on the other hand, always keep cool.

Read on to learn how to select the best grow light for your indoor garden.

Why You Need Grow Lights for Seed Starting

If you’re reading this post, I assume you’re already in agreement that you absolutely must have overhead lights to successfully grow healthy seedlings at home. Vegetable, herb and flower seedlings require a lot of bright light and when they don’t get it they can get long and leggy. This is not good! You want short, sturdy and stout seedlings, not tall and stretched out plants.

Even if you put your plants in front of a sunny, south-facing window it won’t provide the hours (the sun sets earlier in late winter/early spring) or intensity (light in front of a window isn’t nearly as strong as the sunlight outside in the garden) of light they need.

Grower’s Choice ROI-E680 LED Grow Light

Features:

The Grower’s Choice grow light produces a PPF output of 1700 umol/s and a PAR efficacy of 2.5 umol/J making this fixture incredibly efficient compared to other commercial fixures. Balanced Spectrum, incorporating Growers Choice famous 3K CMH Full Phase Spectrum for superior growing power with best possible LED diodes available. This fixture provides you with total control over everything. With onboard dimming function, growers cans et the ideal intensity at any stage of plant growth for optimal photosynthesis activation. The Growers Choice ROI E680 provides its users with an average 40% reduction on energy and HVAC costs. This is the ultimate combination of increasing the amount of light energy reaching your plants while also shrinking costs. The Growers Choice ROI-680 LED grow light allows for even light distribution, and is precisely designed to deliver uniform levels of photosynthesis flux density, or PPFD.

Neocision Spectra Pro 680W LED Grow Light-BVV

Features:

This BVV grow light features a 18.5% blue spectra and 40.7% red spectra with a peak at 660nm for your flowering plants. Blue light promotes plants’ germination, and red light leads to higher yields when combined with blue light. This unique spectra mix creates stronger plants for nutrient uptake with maximized red for increased photosynthesis. Get increased yields, quality bud formation and high rates of cannabinoid production levels. This light offers great help for all stages of plant growth. This LED light is more than 50% higher in PPFD compared to HID lamps, as well as having 37% lower power consumption regarding energy saving; This high quality LED light is able to support your plants’ photosynthesis in an optimal, efficient way. The fixture can fold up to 180 degrees, making it compact and easy to install; It won’t take up much space, thus keeping your storage room tidy.

Choosing the right plant for your available light

Succulent plant in a ceramic pot and macramé hanger in front of a window with an overhang casting a shadow.
Overhanging roofs can block light for part of the day. Even though this window is south-facing with plenty of natural light, the plants get indirect light for much of the day.
Before getting a plant or starting seeds, determine the quality and hours of natural light in your space. Then choose plants with light requirements that match your indoor environment.

While a plant may tolerate lower light growing conditions, more light may be required to promote dense foliage and flowering.

Low light
(PPF: 50–150 umol m-2s-1 / 50–250 foot-candles / 10–15 watts)

A low-light plant would be suitable for a north window or a fairly dark corner.
Low-light plants require little to no direct light. In their native growing environments, these plants are “understory plants” meaning they grow underneath the branches of larger plants.
Low lighting is not sufficient for starting seeds indoors.
In environments with less light, plants grow more slowly and use less water. Avoid overwatering by feeling the soil.

Medium light
(PPF: 150–250 umol m-2s-1 / 250–1,000 foot-candles / 15–20 watts)

A medium-light plant would be suitable for east-facing windows or located near a west-facing window, but out of direct light.
You would need artificial lighting for starting seeds in medium light.
Like the low light plants, these plants will not dry out as quickly. Avoid overwatering by feeling the soil.
Houseplant in a ceramic pot near a window with sunlight streaming through.
An unobstructed south-facing window will provide the highest level of natural light for plants.

High light
(PPF: 250–450 umol m-2s-1 / more than 1,000 foot-candles, more than 20 watts)

A high-light plant would be suitable for brightly lit locations such as south- or southwest-facing windows.
You may be able to start seeds without artificial lighting, but seeds that need more time indoors, such as tomatoes and peppers, may become leggy without extra light.
High-light areas can be warm, making plants dry out faster. Check these plants more frequently and water when soil is dry.

What to Look for?

A) Location
Using artificial light from grow lights will allow you to grow year-round if indoor space allows. However, your situation may require an additional light source to extend the daylight your plants are already receiving to full-cycle lighting in a room without daylight. When evaluating grow lights, consider the location of your plants and how much extra light they need to induce photosynthesis.

B) Heat
Besides artificial light, grow lights also provide different amounts of heat. This is a cautious feature to take into account as some houseplants require more heat. Other houseplants such as lettuce or peas may prefer a cool environment. Plants growing under lamps that are warm to the touch should not come into contact with the bulbs. This is because hot bulbs will burn the houseplants, ruining the crop.

C) Spectrum
You also need to determine if you want warm, cool, or full-spectrum light. Without getting overly technical, some types of bulbs filter the lights in the spectrum that your indoor plants need. You can find this rating on the bulb’s packaging. A 2700 Kelvin bulb is a good starting point for flowers but not large enough for vegetables. Typically, vegetables require 6500 Kelvin, which is a broadband option.

D) Reflection
Whatever type of grow light you choose, it is essential to integrate reflective features into your design. This is because typical grow lights diffuse the light they create, resulting in a lower lumen value at the base of the grow box compared to the top. As the name suggests, reflection reflects the light that escapes onto your indoor plants and maximizes the light level they receive.

Conclusion

Many years ago, growing marijuana did not involve many things because not so many people were involved in it. Today, we can see how interested a lot of people are in cultivating marijuana. Thanks to technology that makes it possible and convenient for anybody. Whether there is space to grow marijuana or not, it’s now easier to grow marijuana indoor, even with little space in the house.

Indeed, technology has impacted the interest of growing marijuana indoor, but there are still a few things needed to make the practice perfect. Some of the items required are a grow tent or cabinet for growing marijuana indoors, LED light to enhance the growth of this plant, and other essentials.