LED Grow Lights and Their Differences

A LED grow light can also be called a plant light. It is constructed of an artificial light source. It

has a design that is to sustain and grow plant lifewith an electromagnetic spectrum. The uses

of and LED device are in areas that have low or no sunlight. It is used for plant life when there

is no natural sunlight the plant needs to survive. The LED light projects a quality of light that

mimics that of the sun and the outdoors. The type of device that is used is based on many

different factors. What the light is to be used for and the type of plant it is to be used on are

some of the factors. There are a number of bulb types for a LED device. They include:

Metal Halide Bulbs

Spectrum Blue Lighting

Sodium High Pressured Lighting

Spectrum Red Lighting

Metal Halide bulbshave a little blue light in them. For this reason they are normally the lighting

that is used during the first stages of growth for plant life. They are produced electrically by an

electric arc. It is produced with a mixture of metal halides and mercury that is turned to vapor.

The use of metal halide bulbs and lamps were established in the years of the 1960’s. They have

an estimate of 75 to 100 lumens total for each watt. They also are known to contain two times

the lumens as a mercury vapor bulb and around three to five times the amount of lumens in

incandescent bulbs. The production of metal halide bulbs gives off a white colored light. These

are also the types of bulbs that are used in the headlights of a vehicle.

Spectrum blue lighting is used for greater growth in vegetation. The lighting is the color of the

sky and is mainly used after the vegetation or plant life has started to grow. It is one of the

most used bulbs used in the world today.

Sodium High Pressure bulbs give off a discharge of gas. It is highly resourceful and efficient in

giving off light source to help with the progression of vegetation. They have a spectrum of light

that is much broader than normal lighting. They are known in comparison to mercury vapor

lighting to give off much less pollution into the air. They are smaller that low pressure lighting

lamps and also include mercury in their make-up. They start by giving off a dark pink glow in

color. After warming sodium high pressure bulbs tend to produce one of three different colors.

These are a bright white or bluish white color or a pinkish orange color. They carry about 100

lumens per watt and can carry up to 150 lumens per watt. They can be found in a range of

wattage from 25 watts to 1000 watts per bulb.

Spectrum Red Lighting is a form of LED grow light that is similar in comparison to Spectrum

blue lighting. This type of artificial light is used mainly for the production of flowering in plant

life. Although other lighting is more proficient and better for the growth of the plant itself

spectrum red lighting is used to produce the blooming of the plant life.

The sun has been the main source of sunlight for vegetation for thousands of years. With the

coming of seasons the light source from the sun changes because the amount of time the sun

shines changes with it. This is the emphasis of a plant life’sconstant change from blooming to

vegetation. With LED devices available today giving off artificial lightthe plant can continue in

the growth stage even when natural sunlight is not available at the time. Although plant life

tends to adapt many times the destruction of plant life is due to not only colder temperatures

but the decrease in its light source. Today advanced forms of LED grow lights have been

produced and designed to distribute the different wavelengths that are vital for plant growth.

This is because it sends out the certain wavelengths that plants use the most. Because they

have perfected the different colors and spectrums needed they have become the best source of

artificial light for plants to use today.