Im talking about the actual power draw the actual watts that your light pulls out of the wall.
Building led grow lights.
When selecting your lights consider the light source.
There are so many advantages to building your own led grow light from savings to customization to output.
A 400w led grow light will cover a 2 5 x 2 5 ft space.
Getting the seeds planted and germinated gives gardeners a head start of the growing season so they can produce.
I m talking about the real wattage value.
Full spectrum fluorescents are the closest to natural lighting.
Build your own 3120 lumen led grow light.
For our system we used led grow lights.
I started this journey after after testing several of the low cost grow lights being imported from china.
Tubes such as the t5 t8 and t12 use 75 less energy and last 10 times longer than traditional bulbs.
On today s post i want to talk a little bit about how you can build your own high power led lamp and how this way you can get a cheap low energy highly efficient device to make your plants grow.
12 seed starting led grow lights.
Led grow lights consume less energy and produce lower heat.
A 1600w led grow light will cover a 5 x 5ft space.
The first thing you need to consider here is the amount of leds you will be using the amount you will require for your plants and the power.
Cheap high power led grow lights.
Every one i tested was over hyped low powered junk.
A 900w led grow light will cover a 4 x 4ft space.
Cheap to build and cheap to use these 60w are the best led grow lights for seed starting.
Build your own diy led grow light panels at a cheap cost to start seed and grow your plants indoors without sunlight.
But here s the kicker.
By the time i got tired of fooling with the chinese junk 3 watt leds had come out and i re.
Mid range lights such as a 600 watt or 900 watt led grow light should be 14 36 inches from the top of your plants.
High powered lights such as a 1500 watt 2000 watt or 3000 watt led grow light should be raised to 24 36 above the canopy.
Making your own light is a lot of fun and if you put money towards creating your own light rather than buying a premade unit off of amazon or ebay you ll end up with a final product that s far more powerful and efficient.
Not only that they last for a long time as well.