You can grow many indoor plants, including orchids and houseplants, with a set of grow lights. Because they ensure that seedlings are stocky and green, grow lights are ideal for seed beginning. Under lights, you can also grow winter harvests of herbs and green salads. You can learn about how light affects plants and the options for fixtures to help you choose the right indoor grow lights system for your plants.
Color
Sunlight is the full spectrum of light, including all colors: red, yellow and blue to violet. Indoor plants thrive under full-spectrum lamps, which provide a balanced amount of warm and cool light to replicate the natural solar spectrum. These bulbs are great for growing seedlings and houseplants. Our grow lights, stands, and replacement bulbs have full-spectrum.
Fluorescent or LED?
Both produce full-spectrum light. LEDs are more cost-effective and better for the environment than multipurpose LEDs. Experts have developed LED lights that are more efficient, affordable, and effective than multi-purpose LEDs. These lights provide the full spectrum light that plants need, plus an extra blue light to encourage stronger root growth and photosynthesis. Enjoy the healthiest indoor plants, including orchids, houseplants, and seedlings.
These LEDs are great for plants. The high-tech LEDs were designed for indoor gardening.
They are earth-friendly. Less LED tubes end up in landfills.
They are super efficient and last up to 5 times longer than fluorescent lights.
Intensity
The brightness of the bulb as well as the distance from the light source determine the intensity of light a plant gets. There are many factors that affect the light intensity requirements of plants. Plants that are indigenous to tropical forests or shady forest environments do not need as much light than plants that were raised in sunny, dry climates like the Mediterranean or southern Mexico.
Some houseplants that flower, like African violets or begonias are content to be placed between 10 and 12 inches from a light source. Some foliage plants like ivy and philodendron can be kept as far as 36 inches from a light source. However, many flowering plants such as citrus, orchids, and gardenias require more light to bloom and produce fruit.
The Right Time
You must give your plants rest, no matter what type of plant you have. Plants breathe when it is dark. This is an essential part of their growth process. Balance between active and rest time can affect many biological processes including the growth rate and setting of buds or fruit. The power strip comes with a built-in timer that makes it easy for you to set the right duration.
For vegetable seedlings to thrive, they need between 14-18 hours of sunlight per day.
Botanists often divide plants into three types according to the day they prefer: day-neutral, day-long-day, or short-day.
Short-day flowers such as chrysanthemums or azaleas will thrive with less than 12 hours of sunlight per day. These plants will need to go through a string of shorter days before they can set buds or flower.
Long-day plants need 14-18 hours of sunlight each day. Long-day plants are the norm for vegetable seedlings and garden flowers. They become pale and leggy if they don’t get enough sunlight.
Day-neutral plants, which include foliage plants and geraniums are generally satisfied with 8-12 hours of light throughout the year.
What is LED?
When an electric current flows through a special material called semiconductor, LEDs (light emitting diodes), it creates light. A semiconductor, as the name suggests, allows some but not all of the current to pass through. Pure silicon crystals don’t conduct electricity. However, if small amount of phosphorus or another substance is added to the crystal it can upset the equilibrium and activate the electrons. Some of the activation energy released by the light is produced when an electric current is applied to crystals. NASA pioneered LEDs for plant growth because of their research into the best lighting technology for space plants.
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