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'''Color''': Plants need a mixture of blue (wavelength of 458nm) and red lights (wavelength of 640nm), at a ratio of about two red LEDs to each blue LED. | '''Color''': Plants need a mixture of blue (wavelength of 458nm) and red lights (wavelength of 640nm), at a ratio of about two red LEDs to each blue LED. | ||
'''Commercial growlights vs DIY''': [http://www.google.com/products/catalog?&cid=1937589986051591870&ei=VQhZTeSED82WhQeQ1fDcDA&sa=X# This] is a commercial growpanel with 225 LEDs for $34 plus shipping. It may be cheaper to | '''Commercial growlights vs DIY''': [http://www.google.com/products/catalog?&cid=1937589986051591870&ei=VQhZTeSED82WhQeQ1fDcDA&sa=X# This] is a commercial growpanel with 225 LEDs for $34 plus shipping. It may be cheaper to buy loose LEDs. [https://www.kingbrightusa.com/product.asp?catalog_name=LED&product_id=WP63SRD Red LEDs for 9c each]. [https://www.kingbrightusa.com/product.asp?catalog_name=LED&product_id=WP5603QBDL/SD/G Blue LEDs (very bright) for 41c each]. | ||
Revision as of 01:55, 16 February 2011
Main > Food and Agriculture > Controlled-environment growing
Advantages: Researchers report approximately 40% yield win from using LED lights[1]. They use about a tenth the energy of high-pressure sodium lights.
Life: LEDs last about 50,000 hours. Plants grow best with 16 hours light a day - that's 16 hours total sunlight + LED light. The amount of sunlight obviously varies depending on climate and latitude, but if you lived in a cave, you'd be using the growlights 16 × 365 hours a year: 5840 hours a year so they'd last 8.5 years. Factoring in sunlight, they should last at least 20 years.
Color: Plants need a mixture of blue (wavelength of 458nm) and red lights (wavelength of 640nm), at a ratio of about two red LEDs to each blue LED.
Commercial growlights vs DIY: This is a commercial growpanel with 225 LEDs for $34 plus shipping. It may be cheaper to buy loose LEDs. Red LEDs for 9c each. Blue LEDs (very bright) for 41c each.
Large High-Output LED Array for
Plant Growth slidshow by orbitech
[2]