how far does the light reach.....ie if i have a 3 foot plant will it give enough light to the lower leaves or do they yellow and die off do to lack of light
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When the light worked it gave a decent depth and good saturation of the area. I would recommend using Mylar siding on your grow area to help with the saturation of light to your plants. I really do not recommend this light though. Mine stopped working with less than a month (2 weeks) of use.
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You'll get no good usable PAR light from those led panels. Check out the 250w cfl in 2700k for flowering 6400k for veg. Best and cheapest. If using led use black dog
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Hello there! This LED panel is designed specifically for flowering growth. Both this model and our High Output models are great for any plant growth, we just recommend you using a model best suited towards the spectrum of light you need (HO - vegetative/cloning and UV - flowering). The area that this light will cover depends on the size of the fixture and how high you mount it. If you mount this panel three feet high, it will cover 8.75 square feet and if you mount 6 feet high, it will cover roughly 15.75 square feet. This LED light is 16800 lumens.
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Hi, Loraine,There are no trees where my spotlights are located, so I ran an experiment. I went out last night with a small branch and waved it gently at different distances from the light (the light is mounted on a wall about six feet off the ground, and pointed at a 45 degree angle). It seems that, as long as the limb was four feet or further away from the light, it did not "trigger" the light. The light will pick up body movement further away than that, but not a swaying limb. I hope this is helpful. Regards, Tom
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With one plant growing, you can put the light anywhere from 1ft., up to 5ft. The closer the light the thicker the bush. Led's won't burn your plant. The lumens are another story. Some blubs produce 30/40lm. Others, the new generation can put out up to 100lm or more according to the data I've read. Might to check with vm innovations. Happy growing! Mike.
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It seems to do better with natural light but ive used plant lights on it too. You have to be religious about watering it though or it will die.
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These are great grow lights but they are small. I have two lights and that about does two big plants. If you want to start seedlings it will do a lot more but mature plants, especially if they are big, will need more of these lights. The plants love them though.
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36" or some plants will not grow well and the tank will be unevenly lit. You always want it pretty close to the tank length if you are using plants with your fish. My tanks have plants everywhere because I give them light and it not even very bright either.
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This light has those nm so it will help plants to grow. But it ready doesn't have enough wattage to cover enough area to feed the plant properly. I went up to a 7 watt bulb but it was still too low in wattage. You need at least 15 watts to get the proper color balance and cover most of the plant. like in my case grass seed for my cats in a planter. If you have several or a large plant you may need two 15 watt bulbs. Gives the whole plant better coverage.
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You get a nice spread of light I have mine at 8 ft apart. The metal is worth it's weight, good sun and rain proof material.
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Radiates about three foot radius, distance will depend on the light requirements of the plant. LED puts out minimal heat, so it should not scortch the plant. Have one light on 12 hr timer to supplement the Alaskan winter "daylight",So far so good, because my orchids are spiking blooms and orange tree has not dropped it's fruit or leaves. Good luck
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I have the same tank, with CO2 I run it for 4 on, 1 off, 4 on, and I keep the blue turned off. It is also off center so I cast a shadow past my drift wood for a med-low light area. With these lights I have to dose with fert like twice a week to keep up. Hope you've got lots of plants. With this light I have micro swords and dwarf baby tears growing, and some s. repens is thriving. For some reason though I can not get any species of java fern to grow it just sort of hangs on.
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I have this light for my indoor aquaponics system. You can see some pics of my system on my blog at www.whatisaquaponics.co but I have it close to my plants so it covers less than 2sq ft. Great light though.
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It is not very bright. i have focused the lights on a tree but the light hardly reaches the leaves. the max you might get is 2 feet
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Indoors is fine, but it needs light. Mine gets about 4-6 hrs of direct light from a nearby window. The other important thing is water. Don't let the soil be dry for more than 1 day, and don't let it sit soaking bottom up. As long as your room is not over 90f or below 60 that's fine. Mine still shows those tiny white flowers from time to time after almost a year.
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I have a 75 gallon tank with heavy plants. I have been using this light along with an extra strip light for six months now and the plants are growing just fine. The extra strip light is from the same manufacturer as this one, just a single strip of LED's. I have not tried just this light by itself But it wouldn't surprise me if it worked ok with low light plants.
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It does get warm so I suggest you place your plants at least 12" away from the lamp. This light has produced beautiful results for me. It is well worth the price, and will not only display your plant beautifully, but will produce new growth. I own several of these lamps and my plants are thriving. I hope this helps.
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I use mine for photos, but the Internet has plenty of info on what spectrums of light are best for specific plants and at what time to use them. I would think a full spectrum 'daylight' (6500k) would be better, but even You Tube may offer better info, and based on what you are growing.