Lenofocus LF2000 Full Spectrum Dimmable LED Grow Light VS SUNRAISE QB2000 Dimmable LED Grow Lights with IR

 What are grow lights? The easy answer is that grow lights act as sunlight substitutes for growing plants indoors. There are many types of grow lights and using grow lights on plants can be very simple or extremely complicated. Read on for basic information to get you started.

Types of Grow Lights

Fluorescent Tubes — Since they are inexpensive, easy to use, and readily available in a variety of sizes and shapes, fluorescent grow lights are the first choice for many home gardeners. Fluorescent lights, which provide light primarily on the blue end of the spectrum, are cool to the touch, so they are safe to use above tender seedlings. Compact fluorescent lights are great for small-space gardening. You can also use newer, full-spectrum fluorescent grow lights which, because they provide light on both ends of the spectrum, are very close to natural daylight.

LED Grow Lights — This new technology offers many benefits to indoor growers and greenhouse owners because they are compact, low-heat, lightweight, and easy to mount. LED lights may appear dim to human eyes because the bulbs don’t provide a lot of yellow-green light, but they offer plenty of red and blue light that maximizes plant growth.

Incandescent Lights — Old-fashioned incandescent lights are hot and can’t be placed too close to tender plants. However, some gardeners use incandescent lights, which provide light only on the red end of the spectrum, to supplement standard fluorescent tubes that provide mostly blue light. However, most indoor growers are opting for newer technology LED or fluorescent lights, which are easier to use and more energy-efficient.

Other types of indoor lights include metal halide lights or high-pressure sodium lights.

Why Use Grow Lights?

There are countless benefits associated with using grow lights.

For starters, you’ll be able to grow many plants indoors that would not be possible outdoors. This could be either due to limited space or your climate.

You can grow fruits and vegetables, houseplants, orchids, and more. They’ll help your plants produce strong, green stems that hold up well to being transplanted.

You can even grow plants year-round under grow lights. This will make it possible for you to enjoy wintertime harvests of all your favourite foods, like salad greens and herbs.

Because grow lights provide the perfect spectrum of light at the right intensity, you don’t have to worry about your plants stretching toward the window in search of light.

They’ll have everything they need and will grow as strong as possible.

Lenofocus LF2000 Full Spectrum Samsung LM301B Dimmable LED Grow Light

Features:

This LF2000 LED grow light is built with Samsung LM301B diodes and MeanWell Dimmable driver; it has higher efficiency than other LED plant lights which don’t use Samsung LM301B diodes and MeanWell driver; you can use it to replace HPS/HID grow lamps, ordinary LED grow lights and 2 feet or 4 feet grow tube lights. This full-spectrum LED grow light includes 3000K, 5000K, red 660nm and far-red 730nm for plant vegetating and flowering; suitable for all phases of plants. Based on a modular design, LF2000 LED growing light can deliver more uniform light to plant canopy; because air can flow among the LED grow light boards, both grow lamp’s heat dissipation and your growing field environment are improved; you also can DIY a dimmable system.

SUNRAISE QB2000 Dimmable LED Grow Lights with IR

Features:

SUNRAISE QB2000 with size 22.6"x22.6", is comparable to traditional 400W HPS/MH while consuming only 200W! Perfect for a 3x3ft tent. This grow light has a full spectrum of 3000K, 6000K, Red and IR, suitable for all stages of indoor growth providing sun quality full spectrums for rapid plant response from seed to flower. SUNRAISE use the newest SMD LED Technology to provide a high PAR output and high energy efficiency. SUNRAISE QB2000 LED grow light utilizes both a dimmer function as well as a power switch. The dimmer knob is featured to manipulate the brightness level of the light, allowing flexibility to obtain perfect growth performance for each growing phase.

How To Use A Grow Light

How to position your grow light, and when and how long the light should be left on are the most important considerations of using a grow light effectively. You want to be sure you have these dialled in so that the seedlings aren’t stretching for the light and develop weak stems that can’t support the plant.

Positioning your grow light:
Fluorescent light: 6–8 inches between the light and the soil of your starts.
LED light: 12–30 inches away from the soil, since they are a bit stronger.
If your plants aren’t fully covered by the light, then make sure you are rotating your plants periodically, so they get even coverage.

When to turn on the light:
Wait until the seedlings pop out of the soil to start using the light. This will help avoid “leggy” seedlings, which could mean they aren’t strong enough to hold themselves up.

How long should the light be left on:
About 16 hours is good in the vegetative state, and 12 hours once the plant starts to flower.

Conclusion

Trust me when I say this. Once you start using grow lights, you’ll never want to garden in any other way.

There is a slight learning curve involved with using them. However, they are so beneficial in boosting plant growth and overall health.

Give it a try yourself. There’s some trial and error involved.

However, your biggest challenge once you start using grow lights will be figuring out what to do with all the plants you wind up growing! Trust me — your germination rates will be off the charts.