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Old 12-31-2019, 05:39 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Default Re: Advice on LED growlights/ do bananas require full spectrum

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Originally Posted by geissene View Post
Just adding my 2 cents. I have plants in my unheated basement (55-60F) that grow with LEDs that are majority red/blue. There are about 15% of the LEDs that are full spectrum. The ~400w light covers a 4x4' grow area and growth is fairly slow due to temperature and watering only every 2+ weeks. I've never had a flower indoors and I usually just use this grow area for sustaining small plants. I have seen pstem growth of about one foot but usually just on smaller plants. I would imagine your total light wattage would need to be over 1000W to see significant growth. Personally, I must wait for spring and move plants outside since I don't want to see my electricity bill get too high!
Eric

Thanks for your input on growlights, interesting to know that you need 1000 watt LEDs for significant growth, are your red and blue growlights full spectrum, if not what is the growth like on leaf and petiole, on your bananas.
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