Compared with HID and HPS lamps,LED grow light provide a highly efficient directional light source with less heat output. The growers found that they had to adjust the planting operation. The following tips will help you maximize the advantages of using LED grow lights.
1. Monitor the planting environment temperature
Planting operations using HID lights require a high level of cold air circulation to prevent dehydration of plants. It is found that the planting environment is much cooler than when using HID lights when switching to LED grow light. That's because the LED grow lights directly converts electrical energy into light energy, and the LED grow light almost supplements what generates heat. When using LED plant growth light, pay attention to the planting environment temperature, which will affect the growth and development of plants to maintain a better growth state of plants.
2. Avoid excessive watering of plants
Since HID lamps generate a lot of heat and infrared rays, heat and infrared rays will cause water to evaporate and loss, so it is necessary to frequently replenish water for plants. LED grow light is a low-output lighting source, which does not produce light in the infrared spectrum. So plants and soil tend to retain water.
3. Automation
In nature, light provides a rhythm for plants, which defines the period of growth, flowering and dormancy. In order to achieve optimal plant growth, plant cultivation needs to simulate these light cycles. To provide plants with appropriate light requirements, that is, to automatically set the time for the LED grow light to fill light. Plants need 18 hours of light during the vegetative phase, and reducing the light to 12 hours per day triggers flowering.
4. Adjust the spectrum
Plants need different light at each stage of development, and they also need different spectra at different stages. Therefore, LED grow light need to adjust the spectrum, and most plants need to be exposed to light in the blue, white-red, and far-red spectrum. Dark green leafy plants need to be exposed to all blue wavelengths to thrive, and exposing flowering plants to light in the far red range will reduce flowering time, which means less waiting time before harvesting the crop.
5. Installation height
The light utilization rate of LED grow light is as high as 80%, while it is 10% when using HID lights. why? Because the installation height of the LED grow light can be adjusted, the light can be better supplemented at every stage from germination to flowering, and with the aid of some reflective materials of the optical lens, the light utilization efficiency of the LED grow lights can be higher.
6. Light distribution
By installing multiple LED grow light, evenly distributing and distributing the installation positions, the LED plant lights maximize the light distribution, and the overall light is uniform, giving the plants the required spectrum at each stage, so that the plants can grow better.
If you also want to make your LED grow light planting achieve this effect, you can try to follow these suggestions, and you will find that you will soon realize a positive return on your investment.
