We Wanted to Find The BEST Growlight Anyone Can Buy at A HARDWARE STORE (What We found Shocked us!)

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We went to our nearest hardware store and looked at all the lighting options to find the best growlight possible for the money that anyone could find. We spent over 2 hours there, and looked at hundreds of possibilities. But what we found at the end shocked us all.
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@MIgardener 7 ай бұрын

For those curious: Minimum lumens - 2000 lumens @ 6-8” above the plant. The more lumens the better. Minimum kelvin - 5000k ideal 6500k

@mefolse 7 ай бұрын

Any bulbs recommend for ceiling fan type units. I’ve been using grow lights in basically all of mine for my indoor plants but they do get expensive because they don’t seem to last long. Thanks in advance :D

@jmorley72 7 ай бұрын

Ideally, you should also take into account "lumens per square foot". If you hit over 5000 lumens per sq ft, preferably upwards of 7000 per sq ft, then you can actually grow plants to maturity. If you have less than that, it's much harder to get the plant to produce fruit.

@timpabst3831 7 ай бұрын

Just need clarification if possible, if I have a 6 tube light fixture with 2000 lumen lights would that be like 10,000-12,000 lumen total in a 2foot by 4foot area? TIA

@TheRealDickNixon 7 ай бұрын

It’s not about lumens, lumens are for humans. Plants do not have eyes. If you’re really wanting to FIGURE OUT proper lighting you’ll need to figure out the PAR/PPFD etc. I’m not saying you’re wrong but it’s kind of misleading.

@suereaume97 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great information. Have always been confused about lumens.

@jamesduncan3673 7 ай бұрын

I've been using Walmart LED 4' shop lights, and they've been doing a great job for seed starting. My units were 5000 lumens at 5000k, and they cost about $20.00. The current Hyper Tough units are 5500 lumens, cost about $18.00, and up to 4 units can be linked together.

@jakelooter5139 6 ай бұрын

I am a biocultivation expert long time used everything

@GetFitEatRight 6 ай бұрын

I'll back this one, harbor freight sells basically the same thing and they all work just fine. Why pay $100+ for something you don't really need.

@exshenanigan2333 6 ай бұрын

when it comes to local store lights, hyper though shop lights are hard to beat. especially the newer ones with clear covers, not frosted ones. everything mentioned in this video is so expensive that it doesn't make sense to purchase anything like these when you can get a $60-70 100w LED grow light with 3000K-5000K and 660nm LED chips on it and get much brighter output with full light spectrum coverage, dimming capabilities, uniform light coverage and proper hanging options.

@susanbackes4651 6 ай бұрын

I’ve used these as well

@kat6084 4 ай бұрын

yep, that's what I have too. works great

@johnliberty3647 7 ай бұрын

Great video idea. This is why you are a leader in the GardenTube community. Instead of selling an expensive product you showed everyone what to look for at a hardware store.

@jennisalyers 7 ай бұрын

I completely agree!!

@MichelleNyxRaymond 7 ай бұрын

Ditto!

@heasoness 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@amorris622 7 ай бұрын

I really appreciate his knowledge and he is not just trying to sell us something. It’s so genuine and refreshing.

@debkincaid2891 7 ай бұрын

Super helpful. I was clueless, & although my eyes crossed about halfway through the video, I HAVE saved this video to have with me when I go shopping. Thanks much!

@MIgardener 7 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

@philjohnwilliams 7 ай бұрын

Last year I bought a set of 6 2 foot LED shop lights from Amazon. 2500 lumens per 2 foot light and 6500k. The lights can be plugged in individually or can be daisy chained together. I used 3 of the lights over my 18x24" grow area and my hot pepper plants grew like crazy. The entire set of 6 lights was less than $60

@heyheyheyloser84 6 ай бұрын

Could you post a link? ❤

@timturk1899 Ай бұрын

Regular fluorescent shop lights have 3 sizes of width. Widest are T-12, then T-8 were next, and T-5 are the most efficient. Now they're available in LED, like the 2ft fixtures mentioned above. 4ft fixtures are around 50% more expensive (but not double the price). I'd search for a 2ft/4ft T-5, LED shop light. Some may only have the T-8 LED shop light. They last 10-20X longer than fluorescents, though, and stay bright. Amazon has different kinds, brands, sellers. Once you find a description of this, check reviews, and there should be many to compare, especially. Those LED "Shop lights" mentioned above, are the perfect example! Look around, and you'll find how they represent different deals. Same product!👍💯✌️

@rayjones4963 6 ай бұрын

Luke, you get this OLD man soooo excited about all this growing plants. Just watched about the grow lights. Can't wait to get to feeling better so I can go and get some new bulbs .You sure make people feel good my friend. Please never change, and may the Lord bless you and your family my young friend.

@user-ri9bi5wh7w 7 ай бұрын

I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE THAT CLEARLY AND SIMPLY CLARIFIED ALL MY QUESTIONS ABOUT GROW LIGHTS WITHOUT GETTING ME MORE CONFUSED ! YOU REALLY ARE AWESOME !

@sitsngigglesful 5 ай бұрын

Everyone is posting videos on things right when I need them this year!! This helped me review the light I picked out to buy and I did a good job! Appreciate your willingness to educate us!

@td889 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! This made lighting so much less confusing and much more accessible! Saving the video to reference when I’m buying lights!!

@sherylholder7703 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!! This gave me the information I was looking for. Last year I started seedlings in the house. No extra light just sun. Leggy was an understatement. I had to toss all of them. I won’t make that mistake again. Blessing to you and yours!!

@tammibolender3785 7 ай бұрын

I use shop lights from Walmart, they are $15 - $20 each. I know my tomatoes had no problem blooming and fruiting with them. I use them for seed starting and for my houseplants, especially those that want a lot of light.

@mishiamayeux8997 6 ай бұрын

Videos like this help beginners like I know what to look for, and it's down to earth simply put. Love it thanks so much 🙏.

@bluewolf4915 7 ай бұрын

I use Barrina shop lights from Amazon. 6500K and 2200lm. 6 four foot lights for $50.

@joaniewillow 5 ай бұрын

oh yeah. Definitely helped. I love that you were right there in the store. Thanks,

@lesliee6721 7 ай бұрын

I’ve purchased most of my grow lights from Home Depot until last season. They didn’t have what I wanted in stock and my tomato seedlings germinated in four days last year. I had to buy something quick off Amazon because I doubled my growing space. Hopefully HD will do better with stocking their shelves. I would definitely buy now and not wait until January to get your lights.

@Tazzyone. 7 ай бұрын

Bought a 4ft shop light with included 5000k dual strip bulbs last year $15 for 2pk for the whole shebang. Got 2. Should have bought more. My seedlings took off amazingly.

@tammyroyal8467 6 ай бұрын

I just recently ordered from Amazon 2pk shop lights with bulbs included ( LED) FOR $29.99 42w x 4400 lumens at 5000k daylight I sure hope they work since I ordered 6

@goranbivol7138 2 ай бұрын

@@tammyroyal8467did they work? What is the exact name of lights?

@d8meister 7 ай бұрын

Great explanation, Luke. Another fact to remember is that light intensity is a function of the square of the distance from the light, which means moving light closer or further makes a hugh difference.

@MIgardener 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@homesteadknowhow 7 ай бұрын

I use a lot of cheap fluorescent tubes and keep them about 1 inch from my seedlings. Further than that becomes taxing on the seedlings.

@historyandhorseplaying7374 5 ай бұрын

My question is how are the lumens of bulbs rated, as a function of distance from the light? E.g. a light that is rated at "1000 Lumens", at what distance from the light is that rating? An inch from the light and then decreasing down from 1000 as you go? Or, 1000 Lumens at 5 feet from the light? In other words, if I buy a 800 Lumens bulb, and put it right at the level of the plants, are they getting the advertised 800 lumens, or more? And if I put the plants 6 inches away from the bulb, are the lumens less at that distance? Where is the "lumens" measured from, in distance from the bulb?

@larrabeejl 6 ай бұрын

I'm in Menards right now watching this again to see what I need to get. Thanks

@KendrasBrain 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the lesson Kelvins and Lumens. And the final best choices. Now I just have to find a convenient location for them!

@Talula72 7 ай бұрын

Excellent video. I am well versed in grow lights. This explanation is one of the best I have come across in such a "compact" format. I'm loving the 2nd to the last option even though I already have an entire set up!

@MIgardener 7 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@chadh6855 6 ай бұрын

@@MIgardener look up Bruce Bugbee. He's a professor with a lot of research and a couple videos on the light spectrum and growing. Blue light helps keep the plant compact but red (the opposite of blue on the visible spectrum) is actually more much more efficient for photosynthesis. So, Samsung Evo leds are about 5000 kelvin for a reason, and then the grow light manufacturers add some 660nm red leds (from OSRAM etc) for efficiency bringing it down to more like 3000k.

@charlieknoll5206 7 ай бұрын

Thanks you for putting this in laymen's terms. I've watched so many vids and your is by far the best. Again thank you.

@vicwickgardens9174 7 ай бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much for clarifying so many things 🥰

@tlnelson7598 6 ай бұрын

I like the last light that is round. I have been looking for a light for my very young fig plants. Thanks for the information.

@nc8524 7 ай бұрын

Oh this is fantastic help! I've always been intimidated and confused by grow light options. Im in a small apartment in the city and patio gets no sunlight. Only downside I see with the high bay lights are it could become a cat swingset 😂 as my kitties are just so curious if they could make a perching spot from anything lol! But the smaller low bay one I could maybe do something with that. My cats like nibbling leaves so Id have to have a shield or something to protect the plants and make sure i dont grow anything that would hurt them just in case they got into it! For now community garden is good option.

@robingirven4570 7 ай бұрын

We’re in Michigan. Marijuana is legal. I had a friend of my sons give me a huge grow light that he was no longer using, holy crow! My seedlings did so good last spring, I had to up-pot 4 times before I could plant in the ground! They were just like the ones you showed at the end.

@classicrocklover5615 7 ай бұрын

How much electricity did they use?

@robingirven4570 7 ай бұрын

@@classicrocklover5615 not much at all, didn’t really notice much of a difference!

@theshadowoftruth7561 7 ай бұрын

I have been growing a Tomato plant inside since The End of October and it is over 30 inches tall and is fruiting.

@hogue3666 7 ай бұрын

This is the most helpful video I've seen in a long time. Thank you. I've spent hours at Walmart not getting this right.

@brendamarker7351 7 ай бұрын

This is helpful information. I some things growing indoors right now but plan on starting more plants soon. Thank you for the information!

@lisacihlar9662 7 ай бұрын

Your vid from last year about surrounding your grow area with white reflectors changed my plant starting life!

@davidcunningham383 7 ай бұрын

Hi Luke, I've always used 2 shop lights and keep them about 1 inch off the plants and the tomatoes are gorgeous.

@yeager6882 4 ай бұрын

Super nice! Thank you for taking the time. Now I have to watch it ten times to absorb all that information :-)

@cathycharron-folsom4504 7 ай бұрын

I start most plants inside in basement using 4 shelf open metal system. I can adjust each light. I also encircle the shelf system with thin Mylar fabric (lg pieces). I use metal clips to hold it on metal so I have no problem lifting sheets to water plants, etc. since my basement is in 50s and low 60s the Mylar really increases the warmth around plants.

@stacyb9397 5 ай бұрын

That's genius! Thanks for sharing that idea.

@Valchrist1313 7 ай бұрын

I had a lot of success starting seedlings in tupperware containers with LED striplights attached to the lids. The lights are less than 2 inches above the soil, so despite being very small and weak lights individually, it worked well. The plants can even touch the light without burning.

@michellewelch6013 6 ай бұрын

Genius!

@Wendy-ir6ww 7 ай бұрын

This was very useful & timely as I'm doing layouts of an aquaponics system in my basement and as a part of the setup will be garden walls that'll be rather close together, your descriptions gave me better ideas in lighting that'll fit that setup.

@katharine5606 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Could you also talk about distance from plants and if there’s a method to on/off time and anything else to consider in set up?

@MIgardener 7 ай бұрын

Great suggestion!

@davesterchele2679 7 ай бұрын

Distance from your plants depends on lumens they put out. Best to develop a feel for it based on your setup. If you plants are leggy, too far. If leaves are curling up or very short, you might want to lift them higher. I have pretty high output Spider Farmer LED lights that I keep about 20 inches above my indoor tomato and pepper plants. This seems to be about idea for me. I also have a small low wattage LED grow light that I keep about 8 inches above seedlings.

@ninjabuddy1 6 ай бұрын

In that section with the installation lights they sometimes sell a couple grow lights. I use one of those along with the bell shaped fixture you can use to adjust and direct the light It is nice to have a guide like this because there are so many terms and marketing quirks to lighting

@Sam-gx9jq 5 ай бұрын

Wonderful video would love to see more like this for the small guy

@slaplapdog 6 ай бұрын

This was a very useful video! Having the criteria spelled out simply makes evaluation lamps for this"off-label" use very doable for anyone.

@NatureZone101 7 ай бұрын

GREAT video!! That reference to solar panels makes perfect sense.

@annemasters5527 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant piece of educational content! Thank you. I think I will use it in my physical science classes when we study light waves. Maybe we can even turn it into an experiment to grow spinach and donate it to our school”s food pantry.

@jameswebb5233 7 ай бұрын

This was super helpful. Thank you so much for being very detailed. Because didn't know anything about lumens or Kelvin. So this was great!!!

@sharonbellamy1550 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the information, it was very helpful to me

@asiajo1010 7 ай бұрын

Was just thinking about if I’m going to attempt to buy grow lights or not to start seeds this year. Thanks for his video in advance MiG

@gardenerpete5232 3 ай бұрын

I love watching your videos! Thank you Luke. Harbor Freight has had 4 foot single tube/string LED lamps, 5500 lumens Shop Light for a few years. Each lamp has a pull chain switch and chain and hooks to hang them. They now have linkable lamps- eg. plug one lamp unto another for continuous power to all lamps. They have a sale on them 3-4 times a year. A few years ago, they were $26.99 (non linkable) sale around $16.99. Now the linkable ones are $22.99, sale $16.99. I built a frame to hold 4 lamps out of aluminum U-channel. the assembly is 4' wide and 2' deep, and I can raise & lower them as needed. I have fixed led lamps 2-1/2 feet above the table for seed starting. The table is just under 8', so can't have 2 sets of adjustable lamps. I held my eyeglasses under one lamp, 12" and 6". In 10-15 sec they started to darken, so they have some UV output. This is how I control my fan and lamps. I tried to send a picture. didn't work. I have 3 switches in one box that do everything. on on on off auto off Originally, the fan was 'auto' (timer) & 'off''. Then I realized the wind doesn't go away when the sun goes down, so I changed It to 'on/off'. Just moved 1 wire from the timer switch to the light switch.

@brucemills6755 7 ай бұрын

Good stuff. Never heard it explained so clearly. Thanks

@amyrichards1537 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining all this. Very helpful!

@---MaveRick---203 7 ай бұрын

I have a very strong, healthy indoor garden. The plants have strong sturdy stalks and dense foliage. My tomatoes plants have bunches of tomatoes that are ripening nicely. I'm starting my second planting on leafy vegetables. I'm transplanting my snow peas and pink celery into the quart sized Ziplock bags. My Wherokowhai Tomato plants are looking great, but they are a lot bigger than I expected. I will be transferring them and my dinosaur kale to the gallon sized Ziplock bags soon. This is my first year growing Wherokowhai Tomatoes, so I wasn't expecting them to be 2-3' tall. All together I have about 20 varieties of vegetables growing on wire shelf units. My biggest problem is they keep outgrowing the space I have available. Fortunately, since I use LED grow lights the plants can grow to touch the bulbs with very little problems. I have the shop type LED fixtures suspended from chains and I try to keep the light less than 4" from the top of the plant. My garden space is about 8x8'.

@goranbivol7138 2 ай бұрын

What is the name of light and wherw did you buy it?

@michele7417 7 ай бұрын

What a great resource! I will be watching again!

@Zuperman07 6 ай бұрын

I bought the $100 GE option last year that you showed at the end of the video. I also bought a small timer for it. I started from seed: peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, egg plants, squash, zucchini, wildflowers, and sunflowers and they all did great. Once it warmed up and after last frost, i planted them into my in-ground garden and my raised beds and everything did wonderful. I did harden them off to natural sunlight over about a 2 week period before planting them. I had the best garden around last year! I also had a nice compost pile that i added into gardens that im sure helped as well! I decided on that light after watching your old light videos MIGardener! Thank you for the info and trying to help people out instead of just trying to sell us something!

@user-vg8ez9cu6u 6 ай бұрын

What is the timer for?

@wvhunter1 5 ай бұрын

Did you remove the opaque screen on each fixture so the LED is not filtered through it? I also purchased this light and wondered if I should remove them so the LED is not filtered.

@slicktmi 4 ай бұрын

@@wvhunter1i always remove the diffusers

@marthathompson2012 7 ай бұрын

This is great information, important for people to understand!

@paulraia6624 7 ай бұрын

Very well done explanation of K and Lumens. In September of 2020 when I decided to get back into vegetable gardening and starting plants indoor I found that using clamp lights on a shelving unit with A19 Light Bulbs Efficient 14W, 1500 Lumens, 5000K worked well for me. I had a total of four to get my plants going and was satisfied with the results versus cost of equipment.

@peetri-vg4nd Ай бұрын

could you put up a video please. i just like to see your plants and setup. how good they are growing.

@marvinferdig 7 ай бұрын

Been growing all of my plant starts with 6 T8 bulb Troffers. Two stations 4x8 6 troffers on each station. 2 to 3 thousand seedlings they work great!

@Ylem561 7 ай бұрын

I use the GE full spectrum lights, been using for fish tanks since 2020, they have a 50 par flood light, a 2 ft led with 73 par, and a 4 foot with 52 par. Ranging from 45$ to 75$. back in early 2022 the 2ft ones went on sale for crazy cheap, and I got like 6 of them for 30$ each.

@BrokenGardening 6 ай бұрын

Never even thought about those fish tank lights. Thanks...

@joannamills4510 7 ай бұрын

The exact video I need. Thank you for all the information 👍🌱☀️

@rochelleduff9277 6 ай бұрын

This video was SUPER helpful. Thank you.

@tammyreyers1119 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for this teaching I really enjoy it. Do they offer full spectrum? I do try to grow small tomato plants and I have a couple lemon plants inside the house.

@dignit1620 7 ай бұрын

I’m trying to overwinter my lime and lemon trees! So I’m paying attention to this! I’m in SE Michigan zone 6a/b.

@jenniferdutton2469 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic! This is just what I needed. Thanks!

@lidip8700 7 ай бұрын

Awesome video! How about showing a How To on propagating plants in our garden for next year's seedlings. I'm currently keeping Amish & Cherry tomatoes suckers alive, from plants i grew from your organic seeds last May in my garden. Some have actually produced fruit when the roots got b so massive, I fed them hydroponics solution!!

@Ezmoshe1 7 ай бұрын

Neat little video, fun info for the home gardener.

@MIgardener 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@swdw973 3 ай бұрын

I'm set with growlights, but have friends that are getting started and wanted to know what lights to get from the store. Thanks a bunch for doing this. Now I can just point them here, and you can get new viewers. 😉 One thing to keep in mind when discussing lumens and comparing different bulbs. A T8 bulb with 2600 lumens that's 3 ft long will give less light per foot than a PAR30 bulb at, for example, 1400 lumens. The amount of light per square foot area is often not considered.

@rogaineablar5608 7 ай бұрын

It’s important to remember that fluorescent lights degrade over time, becoming dimmer. The more often you turn them on and off, the faster they degrade.

@homesteadknowhow 7 ай бұрын

I use the 48" fluorescent mid-spectrum tubes in a dual tube shop light. I have trouble with them getting enough light at times. I try to keep my seedlings 1-2 inches from the light. I'm replacing them with LED tubes as they break. I found that a 48" led grow bulb tube is way better and I only need 1 per shop light instead of 2 flourescents.

@Leon-ph7br 7 ай бұрын

Tremendous video... have always wondered what is so special about grow lights! Thank you.

@MIgardener 7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@WisconsinEric 5 ай бұрын

I just got back from Home Depot in Madison and I was surprised to see a section devoted to LED Grow lights. They had a dozen or more options for grow lights. I am not a fan of LED's, I'm old school and prefer T5 HO's, but I helped my Father pick out a Feit brand 48" LED with 5,700 lumens at 6700k and 54 watts. It was priced at $70 and it came with a jumper wire to connect up to 4 of them together.

@YACABE 7 ай бұрын

I bought the 10-pack Barrina shoplights, 5000LM, 5000K, for like $19.99 on Amazon 2 years ago. Then a month later when I tried recommending them they were like $160. I just checked and they're on sale for $107. I wonder why the price hiked so much a month after getting them. 🥴

@GetFitEatRight 6 ай бұрын

honestly the 10-pack was likely an error. I've never seen these things for less than $18 each.

@lesterspicer8379 4 ай бұрын

Best Grow Light video I have seen. Great Job!

@taylorford6905 3 ай бұрын

Thank you I was looking for a good video explaining this great job!😁

@brichter4669 7 ай бұрын

I used the Walmart Hyper Tough 4' LED 5000 lumens shop lights for my indoor grow station last spring. The shop light has 2 LED strips and is very bright. The box should state daylight so you know the kelvin rating is high. I hung 2 lights on 2 shelves. My seedlings grew very well under the shop lights. A couple of my 4 week old tomato plants even produced fruit before transplanting them. I was totally impressed and glad I bought them.

@MoonMan1956 4 ай бұрын

Happy Leaf LED Grow Lights. Best grow lights I have ever used, and I have used a lot, even these hardware store lights. Guaranteed 5-year replacement warranty.

@GygaxxGrows 2 ай бұрын

I love the little 20 watt 20 buck full spectrum grow lights. Works great on my clones

@classicrocklover5615 7 ай бұрын

This is a fantastic video- thank you! ❤❤❤

@BrianM-44041 7 ай бұрын

Walmart has a nice 32w rwb LED for about 35 dollars that works well for a few plants that dont need full sunlight. I believe its made by feit electric and it has a nice long cord and a clamp for mounting included. Ive also bought an outside hps 70w barn light on clearance for 11 dollars there and an extra bulb for 10. Both work well for the price. As far as cfls you can get a pack of 4 x24w 6500k cfls and clip on sockets with reflectors relatively cheaply. About 5 dollars per bulb and 8 dollars per fixture.

@SmidgetPIU 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. I have my light setup already so I havent looked around at new options in a while. I didnt know about those high bay lights; pretty nice! I use the Barrina T5 4ft super brights. 6500k, 2200lm. Have 6 lined up next to each other per shelf. Has worked great for me. $50 for the 6 pack, just need to figure out your own solution for hanging them (they come with hardware for mounting). Keeping my eye on those high bay lights though!

@MIgardener 7 ай бұрын

Glad I could help! Happy gardening!

@perthian 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Perfect grow light advice. Now I know to look for 6500k first and then as high Lumens as I can get (and Lumens can be added together to increase the total Lumen output).

@JackCunningham-is7ef 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for great info. I’m expanding this year. I have a great 400sf bomb shelter that is constant temp. In your grow room do you use tables or rack shelves?

@rwally3able 7 ай бұрын

Thankyou and Merry Christmas!!!!!!

@dell177 5 ай бұрын

A few decades ago I built a 2x4 ft plant stand that was also 4ft high. It had 3 shelves and I could move the middle one up and down. I used two bundles of 1x3 strapping which was dirt cheat then. I used a pair of 4ft shop lights (per shelf)with cool white florescent tubes so I got a boat load of lumins and reasonable efficiency. I ran them off a lamp timer so they got 16hrs of on time a day. A couple of years ago I replaced the florescent tubes with cool white LED tubes which was even more efficient. I think I paid $10 per 4ft tube.

@thelasttaarakian 4 ай бұрын

I like HLG lights for growing… things. Expensive, but well made and the Rspec series is a game changer.

@xxburymeinsmokexx 4 ай бұрын

This is the way.

@JeffGoering 7 ай бұрын

I have the AC Infinity Evo8 grow light. Incredible light.

@michellewelch6013 6 ай бұрын

Yes, 10 varieties of tomatoes, onions, spinach, several flower seeds all started last week. The light looks ridiculous in my office but oh well. Have other seeds in line for their turn on the heat mats and under the lights.

@shadetree6981 2 ай бұрын

I've started a bunch of cannabis plants under two of the "Beyond Bright Lightwave" lights and so far so good. I'm going to have to come up with something bigger soon, but for starting plants they seem to work great for only rated at 21w each.

@karlb5732 6 ай бұрын

What would help with all these lights is if you took par readings at the top of your plants. Depending on what your growing would be how high you need to have the light above the plant. Don't for get the par or ppfd.

@anitahernandez1207 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the information. Some of us live in apartments without a balcony/patio. I tried growing leafy greens indoors on a table but I didn't like the gnats. I don't know where they come from. Maybe a wire shelf unit with netting around it and grow lights. At least some good ideas/education until a better moving option comes around.

@Talula72 7 ай бұрын

Likely the gnats are from your soil. Keep top of the soil dry, and let dry out well between watering. Bottom watering can also help

@anitahernandez1207 7 ай бұрын

@@Talula72Thank you

@patsella2460 7 ай бұрын

I bake my soil to 165F for indoor seed starting. Since I started doing that I have no more gnat issues. HTH

@jerrybessetteDIY 3 ай бұрын

For starting my plants, I use 4-foot shop lights, and hang a slivered plastic-fabric insulating sheet (found at Home Depot) over home-made pvc pipe rack to hold heat and light.

@CindyOrangeNeely 7 ай бұрын

Great video! Looking for grow lights back in 2022 drove me crazy! I have a small space to grow my seeds inside before they go to the greenhouse and I needed something small and simple. In January of this year I found 2 ft. Great Value LED grow lights at Walmart and they are absolutely awesome! My seeds germinated quicker and stronger and I was totally amazed at the difference in my seedlings this year than last year. I've also purchased some great grow lights from Amazon but the Great Value ones at Walmart are my favorite. I'm planning on buying more of those before they're all gone next Spring.

@epiphonium 6 ай бұрын

Amazon purchases. 1000w led grow light Veg, Gro or both $38, Seed starter tray 40 cell with vented cover and heated mat $24, Coco seed starting soil 4 Qt dry $13. Trying it out on Spinich, Lettuce, Arugula and Kale first.

@gangofgreenhorns2672 7 ай бұрын

The LED garage lights are the best lights imo, outside of maybe some HPS lights, but I've noticed them carrying HID lights less now.

@jeannettenapoleon2753 3 ай бұрын

Super helpful! Now, shopping will be more fun, thrifty and efficient!

@Avram1919 7 ай бұрын

Do a series on indoor growing this winter please

@georgiabrasher7636 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking all the confusion of grow lights!

@MIgardener 7 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@christiensgarden3325 7 ай бұрын

Outstanding video!! Totally needed this info!

@joannbaumann4028 6 ай бұрын

Michichgander here. I get the cheapest hanging flourescent lights from Menards. Cheap. Works. I hang from shelves or even form under the bottomof a bench.

@CamMcB 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for educating on grow lights and how to read the numbers Would have liked a price on the round hanging downward light at the end. Will visit the depot and look for it as I need a light for overwintered plants that sit in a corner

@ArchaicAnglist 7 ай бұрын

The low bay light at about 13:25? When the camera zooms out from the boxed unit on the shelf below, at about 13:40, it shows a shelf tag that reads $99.99.

@donnamatthews4250 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! This was very informative!

@jackhogston6119 7 ай бұрын

Excellent information. Haven't seen anything like this anywhere. Thanks for doing it.

@MIgardener 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.

@barbarabrown-ld4ei 7 ай бұрын

Very educational- awesome, thanks so much, it helps me a lot

@MIgardener 7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Happy gardening!

@dawnziemer7757 7 ай бұрын

This is awesome information! I have grow lights from Spider Farmer and they work really well but they are really expensive. I want to grow peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes and other fruiting plants. I've heard that you need red and blue in the grow lights to get the plants to flower so they can produce fruit. Will these shop lights work for fruiting plants?