Re: What grow lights are you guys using?
I have a couple of small banana plants under 14 watt Red/Blue LED panels and they are doing better than one in the greenhouse.
Last year, I used them quite a bit for tomato and pepper seedlings and comparing initial cost, cost to operate, expected lifetime and the result, they were better than CFL bulbs and probably better than HIDs. But, they do not cover much area - not much more than a square foot per panel.
In another forum, a guy got a 300 watt LED from livingapartment.com.au and was going to try to grow peppers to fruit. He was okay but hardly thrilled with the results, especially given the $1300 cost.
An interesting note: if you place a red/blue panel too close to the plant, it will not burn the leaves, but it will cause the seedling to bend toward a specific bulb - I'm presuming a blue one.
Mike
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