Tag: grow lights
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Why is UVA Beneficial to Indoor Grows?
UVA has mostly been neglected in indoor grow light manufacturers as well as indoor gardeners. However, there are some major benefits to be had. Of natural sunlight UVA accounts for 95% of the UV radiation on earth, UVB is 5% and UVC is blocked out by the atmosphere. When it comes to lighting indoors, we are trying to recreate the most natural
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How To Help Your Plants in Winter
Autumn is well underway now and the temperatures are dropping with colder drier air. This can be an issue for plants. With reduced sunlight hours and lower temperatures, the plants may need to be taken indoors and given some supplemental lighting.
Step 1 Prepare the Plants for Winter
Houseplants usually take a breakthrough winter so it may be
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How Many Watts Do You Need Per Square Foot?
Although the question about how many Watts your grow light needs to be for your grow space is a common one for indoor gardeners. It is slowly becoming an unnecessary question. Especially with the increase in popularity in LED grow lights. Although looking for the Wattage of lights does give you an inclination into the size and intensity of the
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How Can A Full spectrum Grow Light Affect Your Plants Grow?
How Can A Full spectrum Grow Light Affect Your Plants Grow?
The term “Full-spectrum” gets thrown around a lot from LED grow light manufacturers, so I thought it would be helpful for everyone involved in growing to find out what full-spectrum lights are and how they can affect your plants grow.
What does Full Spectrum mean?
Full spectrum
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How to Choose The Power of Your Grow Light?
Selecting the power of your LED Grow Light can be an issue. This is because when it comes to indoor grows there is a number of variables. It is not just one factor that will contribute to your plant’s growth. There is a number of factors to look into when purchasing your grow light and selecting its power (Wattage).
What Type of Plants
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Best Light for Your Greenhouse in Winter 2019
Summer is closing in and for most of us, that means there will be a change in the weather. Usually, a drop in temperature and this can affect our small and large scale grows.
Greenhouses give avid plant-lovers an artificial way to circumvent the effect of winter on our plants. We want to create the best artificial replica of a sunny summer's day
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