Sunlight is electromagnetic radiation, which includes the visible light spectrum, infrared and ultraviolet light. Ultraviolet (UV) light has a shorter wavelength of less than 400nm compared to visible light. The surface of a plant has photoreceptors that can feel the quantity and quality of light they are being exposed to. When the hotoreceptors sense the […]
How to Take Care of and Protect Your LED Grow Light. Surge Protected Power Strip and Timer for LED Grow Lights. surge-protected power strip surge-protected power […]
One of the main advantages of growing with LED grow lights is their lower power usage. G8LED grow lights are very efficient at growing healthier plants with increased potency while reducing the amount of power consumed, hence saving money. How much electricity do LED grow lights use? To calculate the monthly cost of operating a […]
The LED Grow Light market has many different brands utilizing various technologies and color spectra to create an indoor grow light. A common question for growers is “Will a white LED grow light grow better than full spectrum grow lights with a targeted spectrum?” The answer is No, and it is easy to understand why. […]
The Cardinal Rule on Led Lights for Flowering is to START and FINISH with LEDs. We get a lot of emails from customers asking “what is the best way to flower with LED plant lights?”. Many people start growing with metal halide or t5 (fluorescent or led) lights. They decide that they don’t want to […]
How Many Lumens Do LED Grow Lights Produce? Lumens, Watts, PAR, PPFD, Grow Area Coverage Many growers ask us about Lumens of our full spectrum LED grow lights. Lumens are a measure of how bright a light will appear to the human eye, not how well a LED light will grow plants. Although a good […]
LED Grow Light specifications include the Wattage, or Power of the light. However, there is a great deal of confusion over Wattage and actual Power Draw. Why are there even 2 different specs and how does the customer decipher what is really going on? For example, the G8-90RR Flower Booster by G8LED has 90Watt in […]
FULL SPECTRUM LED GROW LIGHTS Award-Winning Full Spectrum G8LED Grow Lights maximize the portions of the light that plants need most and minimize the non-critical portions. The scientific balance is accomplished by taking a weighted average of the PAR absorption rates of chlorophyll-a and chlorophyll-b for flowering plants. G8LED lights grow plants that have more […]
Why did NASA use LED grow lights to grow food in space? For the same reason that Indoor Growers use hydroponic LED grow lights to grow on Earth – because of the numerous advantages of LED grow lights over traditional systems such as metal halide, high pressure sodium and T5 bulbs. LED grow lights use […]
