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Originally Posted by Frank
On Mar 14, 9:42*am, Gary Woods wrote:
Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
I'm trying to get a head start on tomatoes and chiles. *I've heard
that incandescent lights, while not worthless, are not really adequate
to grow the seedlings for transplant. *The LED panels out there look
promising. *Comments?
By "incandescent," do you mean regular light bulbs? *Not very good spectrum
range or efficiency. *There are various gas-discharge/halide lamps that are
better. *And many of us use fluorescent lamps, which work well, especially
with solid-state ballasts fitted. *The LED fixtures are interesting, but
the claims don't seem realistic, and the prices are well beyond my amateur
status, not to mention living in genteel poverty.
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G
CFL's might also be good. Might be interesting to see what spectrum
is best for growing and see which lights match closest.
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hi forget cfl. led grow lights are far better. there are some garden centre,s out there that have converted to led. the lights they used before the led grow lights were hps. i bet there electric bill is half with the led grow light. the hps bulb are only good for 2 crops. but the led grow light is good for 50.000 hours. led grow lights cost more but are worth every penny. i got my led grow light from a uk company that makes them to your requirements or you can have there standard lights. there a very good company that i would recomend to anyone.