Grow LED Lights Offer Benefits Over a Fluorescent Grow Light
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Interested in gardening indoors? Choosing the right grow light depends on how serious your interest is. Do you plan to grow just a few vegetable harvests or do you plan on growing for many years in the future?
If your indoor vegetable garden will likely be a one-time operation just to give indoor growing a try, you are probably better off with a fluorescent grow light. They are cheaper than LED lights, but provide plenty of light for a good sized growing area. They work more efficient than metal halide lights, which takes a little of the load off your electric costs.
Grow LED lights are on the higher end of the cost scale, but they are made to last. While a fluorescent grow light must be replaced every year in order to provide ample light, grow LED lights can last up to ten years while still producing quality light to grow healthy plants. Fluorescent lights will be filling a landfill years before the LED light ever gives out.
Plus, LED bulbs are 80 percent more efficient light than fluorescent lighting. This can seriously minimize your electric bill. In fact, you can provide enough light for a 12 foot growing area with only 90 watts of electricity. That’s just a little more than a porch light. These lights are virtually unnoticeable with a minimal carbon footprint. They’re good for the environment, both in their efficiency as well as high grade durability.
LED lights are also easier to suspend in a greenhouse. There’s no ballast required, so they can simply be hung above the plants. Since they emit little heat, you can place the lights close to the plants without burning them.
Whatever your light choices, indoor growing can be a fun and rewarding hobby, providing a healthy diet of fresh vegetables all through winter. Any small space can be turned into an indoor vegetable garden. Start today and grow a green thumb.
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October 19th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
For people who grow food … indoors or out, we would like to invite them to visit http://www.AmpleHarvest.org to learn about a nationwide campaign to diminish hunger in America by enabling gardeners to share their crops (and herbs) with neighborhood food pantries.
Over 1,000 food pantries nationwide are already on AmpleHarvest.org and more are signing up daily.