LED light for my plants

[John Albrecht]

Hello! I'm new to this forum but I think I have some to add and help with! As far as the spectrums the plants use it's going to be more blue for the vegatative growth (4000k-6000k) and for flowering it needs more red (2500k-3000k). So you can get a great middle ground with 3500k lights. I just finished an indoor build of 3 600watt led light bars for a total of 1800watts from the wall. (This is different then the Amazon led grow lights that advertise 600 watts when they only pull 284 or so watts from the wall) This is for an indoor organic vegetable and herb operation. I was able to do this by making a light bar using 4 citizen Clu 058 cobs with a max of 364 watts but only running them at 150 watts for better efficiency. I wanted a balanced spectrum so I made each light bar have 2 4000k cobs and 2 3000k cobs. These are obviously for a large scale indoor garden, but they can be scaled down to any need. There are many led drivers and different cobs offered. If you have any questions about this Diy then just ask, or if you want me to make you anything we could talk! Here are some pictures of what I have running. if you want to just read into it just look into Cob lights and Cob Grow lights, they are the future of led indoor growing!!

 

[Prophet]

Hello! I'm new to this forum but I think I have some to add and help with! As far as the spectrums the plants use it's going to be more blue for the vegatative growth (4000k-6000k) and for flowering it needs more red (2500k-3000k). So you can get a great middle ground with 3500k lights. I just finished an indoor build of 3 600watt led light bars for a total of 1800watts from the wall. (This is different then the Amazon led grow lights that advertise 600 watts when they only pull 284 or so watts from the wall) This is for an indoor organic vegetable and herb operation. I was able to do this by making a light bar using 4 citizen Clu 058 cobs with a max of 364 watts but only running them at 150 watts for better efficiency. I wanted a balanced spectrum so I made each light bar have 2 4000k cobs and 2 3000k cobs. These are obviously for a large scale indoor garden, but they can be scaled down to any need. There are many led drivers and different cobs offered. If you have any questions about this Diy then just ask, or if you want me to make you anything we could talk! Here are some pictures of what I have running. if you want to just read into it just look into Cob lights and Cob Grow lights, they are the future of led indoor growing!!

Now that is a nice setup. How much do you plan on growing under these? It looks like you have pepper plants maybe, and tomatoes.

 

[John Albrecht]

Now that is a nice setup. How much do you plan on growing under these? It looks like you have pepper plants maybe, and tomatoes.

Right now working on getting more pots and filling up the whole 14x16 space. In that picture you see a Basel plant and an older tomatoe and others are getting started (more tomatoes, Basel, thyme, arugula, kale, lettuce, spinach, rainbow chard). Also cover crops to help make the nutrients more available to those plants. All are in 15 gallon cloth pots and will hopefully pull 2-500 dollars a week once full swing

 

[Prophet]

Right now working on getting more pots and filling up the whole 14x16 space. In that picture you see a Basel plant and an older tomatoe and others are getting started (more tomatoes, Basel, thyme, arugula, kale, lettuce, spinach, rainbow chard). Also cover crops to help make the nutrients more available to those plants. All are in 15 gallon cloth pots and will hopefully pull 2-500 dollars a week once full swing

Very nice indeed..post up more pictures when you get everything up and growing good..

 

[John Albrecht]

Had to finish wiring and grounding the lights. More plants started, and I'll keep everyone updated on how it's going!

 

[GardenLover]

@John Albrecht
Good effort......appreciate it.

 

[hatch]

Just bought an LED grow light for my indoor plants.
The light contains a combination of Red and Blue LEDs.
The combination gives an output light as pink color.

My problem is that this light isn't very bright.
The seller told me that is each light is of 10 watts.
Is this normal that the grow light with a combination
of Red and Blue LEDs isn't that bright as compared
to a normal LED light.

It's perfectly normal. A combination of red and blue will provide a dimmer light even though the output is technically the same. Are the LEDs you have filtered with blue and red or are they actually blue and red LEDs?

 

[GardenLover]

@hatch
Sorry.....to have missed this post of yours.
The LEDs are a combination of red and blue as designed by the manufacturer.

 

[Durgan]

http://durgan.org/2017/April%202017/5%20April%202017%20LED%20light/HTML/ 5 April 2017 LED light

Four growing containers were made to facilitate small plant growth. There is room for six pots in each bucket for a total of 24 which is a reasonable amount for a home grower. Various seeds are started and grown to a reasonable size prior to placing in outdoor garden about May 25. Experimentation indicates the light is adequate for the purpose indicated, precluding much more expensive lights. Main advantage being very little heat is produced by LED lights.

Details of construction. The parts used were obtained locally 23 liter bucket beverage trade, 110 volt fan ordered off the internet, LED lamp from the local hardware store. lamp fitting a trouble lamp cord and socket. Vent holes and fan hole were made using a soldering iron and melting the plastic as required. Approximate cost: bucket $3.00, fan $25.00,LED Lamp $40.00,lamp electrical fitting $12.00. Total cost ~$80.00.They should last several years. Power consumption LED and fan is about 35 watts.

 

[GardenLover]

@Durgan
Smart implementation !!