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Plants need a mixture of blue and red lights, at a ratio of about two red LEDs to each blue LED. You can buy LED grow panels, but it should be much cheaper to just get bulk LEDs from Alibaba or a similar site. We need to research this.
Plants need a mixture of blue and red lights, at a ratio of about two red LEDs to each blue LED. You can buy LED grow panels, but it should be much cheaper to just get bulk LEDs from Alibaba or a similar site. We need to research this.


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Large High-Output LED Array for
Plant Growth slidshow by orbitech]
Plant Growth slidshow by orbitech
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Revision as of 23:54, 12 February 2011

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Researchers report approximately 40% yield win from using LED lights[1]. They are also much more energy-efficient than other kinds of lighting.

Plants need a mixture of blue and red lights, at a ratio of about two red LEDs to each blue LED. You can buy LED grow panels, but it should be much cheaper to just get bulk LEDs from Alibaba or a similar site. We need to research this.

Large High-Output LED Array for Plant Growth slidshow by orbitech [2]