Why recommend LED grow light for indoor cannabis growing?
Marijuana is a kind of sun loving plant with short sunshine. It has extremely high requirements for light. If the light intensity does not meet the requirements, it will affect its growth. Especially when growing cannabis in greenhouse or basement, due to the influence of building materials, the light is weakened or even completely dark, which has a great impact on the growth and flower bud differentiation of marijuana. Therefore, it is necessary to timely light up marijuana.
As marijuana has high requirements for light intensity, when selecting grow light, pay attention to the power of grow light. It is best to select high-power LED grow light, which can not only ensure light intensity, but also save energy. The high-power module plant grow lamp can be combined according to the needs to meet the light intensity requirements of plants. For example, as for the high-power module plant grow light for lighting, the minimum luminous flux of a 200W grow light can reach 16000lm, which is most used in greenhouse projects and plant factories. The effect is also very good. It is completely suitable for industrial hemp supplement grow light.
In fact, the plant grow light is a lamp that provides light compensation for greenhouse plants according to the natural law of plant growth and the principle of photosynthesis. It can promote growth, prolong flowering period and improve quality. It is usually also called plant supplement light or greenhouse supplemental light. Using single color fluorescent grow lamp as the supplementary light source for plant growth is the most economical way. For example, red fluorescent lamp can be added to the common fluorescent lamp group, The combined lighting of blue fluorescent lamps, the growth of all plants, fundamentally depends on the absorption and transformation capacity of solar energy. The important direction of the development of modern ecological agriculture is how to improve the absorption capacity and transformation efficiency of plants for solar energy. The most direct way to promote plant growth is to use artificial grow light sources to irradiate plant cultivation. This requires a major breakthrough in technology. With the development of science and technology, LED grow lighting system began to replace the traditional grow light source system, so that it can flexibly and effectively meet the needs of plant growth for solar energy in the process of agricultural production. In the breeding process of micro and small organisms, the reasonable configuration and regulation of light sources are also important factors affecting biological growth.
For the cultivation of cannabis plants, it is generally not recommended that growers use ordinary lighting lamps to grow cannabis. Unlike many other plants, cannabis requires very high levels of light to reach its full growth potential. As cannabis is a sun loving plant, the light intensity produced by some lamps cannot provide enough sunlight for cannabis.
Although the incandescent lamp is cheap, the incandescent lamp is not suitable for supplementing light for marijuana cultivation because its light intensity is too low to meet the long-term needs of marijuana. Although HID grow lights are most popular for indoor growers, It with high efficiency and lower cost. HID with super higher electricity bill fee for you. Also it needs extra cost for you to purchase exhaust system.
When the plant is too far away from the marijuana, the marijuana does not get enough care, so it does not grow well. However, when the plant is too close to the light source, you may find that the leaves of the plant turn ugly yellow, with brown or black edges. As the plant grows further, the terminal bud may turn unhealthy white. It shows that cannabis is facing the problem of “mild burns”.
Why do you recommend led plant lights? Because the main feature of LED grow lamp is that led produces a strong spectrum without generating a lot of heat. It’s also what we call low heat, full spectrum. According to the LED plant grow lamp purchased and used in the market, it is generally unnecessary to invest in the fan exhaust system (it is generally recommended to purchase it only when planting in a closed environment, so that the plants have sufficient air circulation).
Another advantage of LED plant grow lights is that they are simple to set up. Usually, this means inserting these lights into an electrical outlet, hanging them above the plant, and turning on the device. Unlike fluorescent lamps, LED lamps have a strong effect on marijuana at close range. Therefore, when using the LED plant lamp, there should be enough distance to avoid damaging the hemp leaves. How much distance should be reserved depends on the intensity (power) of the LED lamp. Of course, at present, the most common LED plant lamps for marijuana cultivation are all in the full spectrum. The wavelength of the full spectrum is in the visible light range of 400 to 700 nm, which drives the photosynthesis of marijuana.