Ok. Sorry for the second thread about grow lights, but this is about another grow light and its usage. Thsis one is a simple desk lamp with a full spectrum NOMA LED grow light bulb. I had seen something like this for sale online, but I picked up the lamp used cheap today online, and a local hardware store had the bulb on sale for just over $4 CAD. I had just wanted to give this a try because I do not yet have a grow tent, and did not want to set it up for just one plant that I am currently germinating the seeds for in a coffee filter. What I am mainly looking at is has anyone used something similar in a setup, and most importantly at what distance should this light be from the plant when it is germinated and has started sprouting. I am aware of the 18" - 30" for the larger purple grow lights such as the one that will go into a grow tent, but this one is different. Thank you in advance for any help and or insight into this.
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If they get leggy then not enough light so keep a watch 
Great, thank you for the input as it is exactly what I was looking for. I guess I could have been a bit more clear in what I said earlier. I had originally intended for it to be used to start the plant only and not fully grow it as hopefully I will be able to have it catch up to the rest that have already started a while ago in the window, then I will plant it outdoors. We still have feet of snow on the ground with more on its way, so I do have time!
That bulb is not bright enough and has a very low electrical efficiency (= rip-off). What you want are standard 17.5 W 2500 lumen 4000 K (neutral white) ones. I use these regularly for raising my plants indoor. You definitely don't need special spectra bulbs. A higher lamp would be much better to spread the light more evenly at a later stage. And you need several lamps. I use a combination of floor lamps and "architect"-style swing arm desk lamps.
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If you want a desk-style lamp I recommend this one: https://www.amazon.com/SANSI-Daylig...=1652320498&sprefix=sansi,aps,242&sr=8-5&th=1
Look it up on YouTube and see the results for yourself. This is not in the same category as most advanced grow-lights, but it will help keep your plant alive and growing.
Look it up on YouTube and see the results for yourself. This is not in the same category as most advanced grow-lights, but it will help keep your plant alive and growing.
Ok. Well, it has been a short while, but now my two little plants have started to show themselves, so hopefully tomorrow evening I will be able to hook up my light and see how it does. I am very interested.
And on another note, since space is limited, I also ordered one of these for fun. Going to try it out with a pepper at work on my toolbox. It is small, and easily concealable allowing me to try this in a workshop...... I can't see it really working all that great, but thought it would be fun to at least try!
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And on another note, since space is limited, I also ordered one of these for fun. Going to try it out with a pepper at work on my toolbox. It is small, and easily concealable allowing me to try this in a workshop...... I can't see it really working all that great, but thought it would be fun to at least try!
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I would avoid purple lights when you have limited space. It gets annoying after while. I would use dimmable LED panel and make a stand for it.
Example: https://www.ikea.com/fi/fi/p/jonaxel-runko-valkoinen-10429992/
Example: https://www.ikea.com/fi/fi/p/jonaxel-runko-valkoinen-10429992/
i would agree with Karpasruuti, i did the same. bough purple lights, and it started to get annoying as it lighted everything up so it looked like a purple disco. can even see the lights from the outside of the house, so i ended up building a box for the lamp so the light gets entrapped inside the box rather then lighting up the entire room of a purple color
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And you see progress better. No need to turn off the lights.
This would be quite nice: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002453743072.html
Not the best but if you want something cheap and get the "600W" model. It's 65W and pro has veg/bloom switch. Would be better than most cheap floodlights I may in the future buy something like that to early stages.
This would be quite nice: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002453743072.html
Not the best but if you want something cheap and get the "600W" model. It's 65W and pro has veg/bloom switch. Would be better than most cheap floodlights
I may in the future buy something like that to early stages.
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There has to be some older TS600s for cheap out there.