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Growing Cannabis with LED Bulbs

January 10, 2021 by Gretchen Lubbe

Cannabis Growing under LED Bulbs

LED grow bulbs have gained a steady and positive reputation among many cannabis growers. As a popular alternative to HPS and other grow lights, some advantages include their ability to run cooler and the fact that they are especially built not to overheat. They are also ideally plugged into a wall and you can simply hang it over plants in a practical manner.Unlike fluorescent lights that need to be moved around regularly, LED lights have a greater penetration reputation so you can let them can hang tight. In the light of these and other benefits to be discussed, one thing’s for sure, and that’s the growing popularity of growing cannabis with LED lights. Let’s take a more detailed look at why and how to grow cannabis with LED bulbs.

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Categories: Growing Marijuana Tags: marijuana grow lights

CFL Lights For Growing Weed

December 21, 2020 by Milo Martinovich

CFL Lights For Growing Weed

Let's take a look at CFL lights for growing weed. There are quite a few options for lighting when looking to grow cannabis indoors. CFL lightbulbs are becoming more popular because they are beginner-friendly and easy to use. The best CFL lights for growing weed will help you produce more marijuana in small spaces than you thought was possible. If you have a small space that you want to utilize for growing ganja, CFL lights may be the best option!

What Are CFL Lights?

CFL is an acronym for compact fluorescent lighting. Compact fluorescent grow light setups are easy to build out because you can buy CFL grow bulbs at almost any store that sells light bulbs! They are just like fluorescent light bars seen in stores and offices but packed into a small lightbulb, allowing the user to ...

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Categories: Growing Marijuana Tags: Cannabis How To's, marijuana grow lights, marijuana growing supplies, marijuana plant

Top 10 Marijuana LED Lights

November 23, 2020 by Fred Hernandez

  If you're in the market for energy-saving LED lights for your cannabis garden, check out our list of the top 10 marijuana LED grow lights. Whether you're a first-time or experienced grower, our guide on the best LED lights for cannabis compares wattage, yield, durability, spectrum, and other critical factors to help you grow the best buds.

Types of LED Lights

When shopping for LED lights, you'll run into a few different styles to choose from. The following 3 types of LED grow lights each have their own advantages and disadvantages. Spread Style The spread style of LEDs offers bulbs spread out over a large area.Quantum Board: Quantum boards offer relatively low-wattage LED lights with high energy efficiency. Spider LED: Low-wattage lights ...

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Top 5 Marijuana Grow Lights: Fluorescent, LED, and HID

November 16, 2020 by Fred Hernandez

Top 5 Cannabis Grow Lights: Fluorescent, LED, and HID. Closeup of cannabis plants under lights.

 If you're an aspiring cannabis grower or just want to optimize your lighting, check out our guide on the top 5 marijuana grow lights in the fluorescent, LED, and HID category. We cover the best lights for your plants for their vegetative and flowering periods. From the low-cost fluorescent to the energy-saving LED to the high-powered HID, our list gives you plenty of choices to achieve top shelf marijuana.

Marijuana Grow Light Types

Before we get into the specific brands and models of grow lights, let's consider the different light types available. Each light has its own pros and cons. Some may offer a lot of lighting power for big gardens while others may provide just enough light to get you started on your first garden. You can find many marijuana grow lights on ...

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How to Start a Legal Grow Op In California

November 11, 2020 by Kevin Klein

How to Start a Legal Marijuana Grow Op In California. Map of US with California in red.

 If you have asked yourself how to start a legal grow op in California and not found a good answer, this is it for you.Getting a legal grow op going in California should not be too hard, provided that you have the right information at hand. Of course, you will also need to have enough moolah to get this going. On average we are looking at about $17/ square foot for an outdoor grow and $50/ square foot for an indoor operation. There are adequate avenues for funding a legal grow op, but that is a discussion for a later date. For now, let’s dissect what it entails to set up a canopy as far as the operational side is concerned. Just like with most other things, an open mind comes in handy because surprises are not a rarity. But with the information provided below you should be ...

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Best Grow Lights for Weed

August 7, 2020 by Fred Hernandez

Best grow lights for marijuana. Weed plant under lights.

 The best grow lights for weed help you reap monster yields for your indoor garden. When growing indoors, you need the right amount of light for plants. A simple desk lamp won’t work. Weed isn’t like your traditional houseplant. Indoor cannabis gardens need bulbs that have the right color spectrum and light intensity as the sun.Conventional lighting such as incandescent bulbs in your home isn’t enough to stimulate the photosynthesis needed to grow your plants. Indoor gardens need a consistent and powerful light source. Choosing the right type of light during different parts of the plant’s life cycle is crucial. Our article shows you which types of light work best for your indoor grow.

Understanding Color Spectrum

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Discover the Best Lighting Colors for Growing Cannabis

May 10, 2019 by Kevin Klein

Discover the Best Lighting Colors for Growing Marijuana

Growing cannabis indoors provides some distinct advantages when it comes to the level of control that’s possible. While growing outdoors provides its own unique benefits, there also are uncontrollable variables that make it less certain than the full controls and automation possible indoors. Not only are factors like temperature, humidity, and air flow under the grower’s control with meters, but lighting and light cycles are easy to change or customize at the discretion of the gardener. ...

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Full-Spectrum Lighting for Growing Cannabis

February 11, 2019 by Kevin Klein

Full-Spectrum Lighting for Marijuana Cannabis. Cannabis plant and lights.

If you’ve decided to grow your own cannabis at home but haven’t done it before, no doubt you have questions. Since lighting is one of the most vital components of a successful grow space, let’s explore the various lights commonly used for cannabis cultivation and learn more about the light spectrums they capture as well as the pros and cons of each. ...

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Using LEC Lights To Successfully Grow Cannabis

January 28, 2019 by Jessica Myers

Using LEC Lights To Successfully Marijuana. Marijuana plants.

If you are going to buy a newly made technological device, you have to do so cautiously. This is true if the results have not yet been proven. When you grow cannabis, you have to consider this factor. LEC lights though have received a lot of press and have been reported to be efficient with the ability to improve cannabis yields. And for this reason, they have enticed a good number of cannabis growers. ...

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Cannabis Equipment Must-Haves for Home Growers

November 6, 2018 by Jessica Myers

Marijuana Equipment Must-Haves for Home Growers. Clock and thermometer.

As cannabis legalization continues to spread across the United States and other areas of the world, home growing is more widespread than ever before. Many states and Canadian provinces have laws in place that allow limited home growing for personal use. ...

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Ideal Cannabis Lighting For Your Winter Grow

October 8, 2018 by Kevin Klein

Ideal marijuana lighting for your winter grow. Cabin with colorful sky.

As fall comes to a close and winter sets in, cannabis growers have harvested their outdoor grows and reaped the fruits of their spring and summer toil. With flower from outdoor grows cured and continuing to fine cure in their mason jars, attention shifts to indoor or greenhouse grows since outdoor growing is no longer an option. Either a greenhouse with supplemental lighting or an indoor grow space will ensure continued cannabis production during the frigid winter months. ...

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Guide to Growing Marijuana Without Lights

August 2, 2018 by Kevin Klein

Growing cannabis without lights

Get ready to rethink cannabis growing, with the Guide to Growing Marijuana Without Lights.Cannabis can grow and flourish in a variety of environments, both indoors and outdoors. From a cultivation perspective, it’s a forgiving plant that will reward its grower if key essential needs are met.One of these needs is light—whether natural or artificial lights. ...

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Preparing Marijuana Grow Room for the Winter

December 8, 2017 by Kevin Klein

Preparing Cannabis Grow Room for the Winter. Cannabis grow room.

If you operate any marijuana grow room, there are some essential things that are necessary and required for a good harvest. It is not an easy proposition to grow weed indoors and neither is it inexpensive. However, you can keep expenses down by being creative and innovative, even though, there are things which are mandatory. You can get high yields, if you maintain control of every aspect of the environment where you will grow weed. You should also keep track of all the necessary elements that your marijuana grow room will need to flourish. Don't let it sound too complicated because it can be quite simple than you would expect. First, we are going to look at the elements involved.

The Darkness

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LED Lights for Growing Cannabis Indoors

January 9, 2017 by Lead Cannabis Grower

LED Lights for Growing Marijuana Indoors. Lights hanging from ceiling.

One of the relatively new things that have come on the marijuana growth scene is LED grow lights. Hydroponic grow rooms use these lights to get the best results from their marijuana harvest. These lights also help cannabis growers to save on electricity. There are various LED models of lighting and it is ideal to know which ones to use for growing cannabis indoors. Many of these lights, these days, are made with broader spectrums of light, which means that it covers a wide area of the hydroponic grow room. The kind of LED lights used will determine how green and healthy your marijuana plants and buds turn out to be.

Advanced Platinum

Manufacturers of LED lights have made unique developments that include specialized lenses that directly point light to the plant, increasing its ...

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Supplemental Lighting or Side Lighting for Indoor Cannabis Grow

January 3, 2017 by Jessica Myers

Supplemental Lighting or Side Lighting for Indoor Marijuana Grow. Pot plants in grow room.

 

Supplemental Lighting for Indoor Cannabis Grow Room

When you are operating indoor cannabis grow room, it is important to understand the differences between supplemental lighting and side lighting. What is side lighting? Well, this is used when you want to target the sides of your marijuana plant with enough light to increase the sizes of the marijuana buds on each side. Supplemental lighting, on the other hand is when the levels of lighting has to be increased for better results or the light spectrum needs to be changed. Supplemental light is not given to the marijuana plant from the sides, but from the top of the plant to give a desired outcome. 

The Light Supplement                                                                                     ...

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