JWFilips
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Hi Folks I know some here wanted to hear updates about my new LED Grow lights for starting garden seeds.
Well I got 2- 4 foot 2 light fixtures from Amazon AntLux LED Fixtures
I Hung them side by side to create a 4 tube array to replace my ancient, big, heavy 4 tube 4 foot fixture. Which produces heat So It is an energy hog! Considering my lights are on for 16 hours a day the estimated savings is 75% for the LED's
I started 8 -6 cell flats February 23 ( one week before March 1st) They are on Seed starting heat mats... They are my chillies & Pepper seeds and the lights are 1" away from the flats ( the tubes emit no heat!) Today it is 10 days since sowing & I have about 98% germination!
Outside of the eerie color of the fixtures lights which I hate, I would have to say they are right on par with my old set up but so much easier to set up because it is about a 80% weight difference! I also have 2 -6cell flats of Broccoli I started in early February in the kitchen window doing great in the strange light! Tomato seeds will be started on March 8th so we will see how they do.
The strange thing about the blue/red Led's is I can't measure the light output with my photographic Light meter on the LUX setting like I could with the old fashion Fluorescent lights! And another thing old lights were diffused while the LEDs are Direct That makes it hard to tell the dryness of the flats when I check them morning and evening! That is the worst complaint I have...but I get around that with turning on the room lights.
Below a Photo which is hard to take with the intensity of the light
Well I got 2- 4 foot 2 light fixtures from Amazon AntLux LED Fixtures
I Hung them side by side to create a 4 tube array to replace my ancient, big, heavy 4 tube 4 foot fixture. Which produces heat So It is an energy hog! Considering my lights are on for 16 hours a day the estimated savings is 75% for the LED's
I started 8 -6 cell flats February 23 ( one week before March 1st) They are on Seed starting heat mats... They are my chillies & Pepper seeds and the lights are 1" away from the flats ( the tubes emit no heat!) Today it is 10 days since sowing & I have about 98% germination!
Outside of the eerie color of the fixtures lights which I hate, I would have to say they are right on par with my old set up but so much easier to set up because it is about a 80% weight difference! I also have 2 -6cell flats of Broccoli I started in early February in the kitchen window doing great in the strange light! Tomato seeds will be started on March 8th so we will see how they do.
The strange thing about the blue/red Led's is I can't measure the light output with my photographic Light meter on the LUX setting like I could with the old fashion Fluorescent lights! And another thing old lights were diffused while the LEDs are Direct That makes it hard to tell the dryness of the flats when I check them morning and evening! That is the worst complaint I have...but I get around that with turning on the room lights.
Below a Photo which is hard to take with the intensity of the light
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