Led Grow Light Set Up

Grow light set ups are confusing for many home gardeners.

Led grow light set up.

Spacing your lights 4 apart will usually be a good benchmark to shoot for but variances in wattage size and footprint will dictate what works best for you. Hang led bars or fluorescent bulbs between the plants as before but bump up the power. Growing plants under led bulbs is a little more complicated. As a rule of thumb begin at a mid distance in the recommended distance range and watch your plants closely for a few days.

This will be important as the higher quality lights. Use two of the 24 watt bars or the larger 42 watt 4 foot bars to cover twice the space instead of one or use 125 watt to 250 watt fluorescent bulbs. Choose a grow light approximately the same width as the shelving unit. Led is preferable because they use less power and generate less heat.

All led lights have different instructions regarding distance from the plant canopy so make sure to check them before setting up your grow system. You absolutely need to ensure that you have an idea of the amount of space you want to cover with your led. The light itself is a 1600 watt marsii led grow light the strongest on the market without going to professional grow lights for industrial growhouses and too hot and heavy for my little tent. Sprouts young seedlings for sprouts and seedlings you ll want the tops of your plants to be 24 28 overhead.

When selecting your lights consider the light source. Extra pair of 1 8 rope ratchets sooooo handy these can be used to hang your grow light or carbon filter from inside the tent and still be able to easily move it up and down without needing any strength. Hence the need for a grow tent and of course some basic tips in setting up the perfect tent to house your plants. For our system we used led grow lights.

The light uniformity of this grow light setup is the most ideal of the three because light is able to reach lower areas of the plants that typically may not get any. In this video i ll make it easy by sharing my 3 favorite quick and simple indoor grow light set up. Your grow light usually comes with a set of rope ratchets but it s a great idea to get an extra set to hang the carbon filter 10. Growth stage after your seedlings are a few weeks old you can lower the led lights to 18 24 over the top of your plants.