Growing Cannabis With LED Light

Growing cannabis with LED grow lights | Dutch Passion Blogs https://dutch-passion.blog/growing-cannabis-easily-with-led-grow-light...
Growing cannabis with LED

grow lights
Growing cannabis easily with

LED grow lights
Expert home grower tips and advice
Growing cannabis with LED is becoming a mainstream alternative to
HPS. Although the initial purchase cost of an LED is still higher than
an HPS, the ongoing running costs are lower. LED produces less
heat than HPS and this affects many aspects of plant maintenance
and grow room design.
1 of 11 03/12/2023, 22:36
Growroom heat levels are

totally different with LED
A 600W HPS bulb wastes around 450W (75%) of the electrical
energy producing heat. A good quality LED light with a 400W power
draw would produce around 200W of heat despite having the same
productivity as a 600W HPS. So the best LED’s only produce about
half the heat of an HPS.
For some growers that will allow a signiPcant simpliPcation of the

grow room, such as no air conditioning in hot climates. Other
2 of 11 03/12/2023, 22:36
growers will be able to turn down air extraction rates or use smaller
extraction fans.
Traditionally many cannabis growers Pght grow room temperatures,

their grow rooms usually running 3 or 4ºC above the optimum point.
With LED grow rooms run naturally at a cooler optimum
temperature.
Why waste electrical energy to create excess heat from HPS lights
only to have to pay a second time to remove the heat. Growing
cannabis with LED is a better solution.
3 of 11 03/12/2023, 22:36
Calcium and Magnesium

dePciency
LED lights usually produce much less heat than a HPS light of
comparable productivity. The lower heat levels from a LED means
the leaves of a cannabis plant generally transpire (evaporate) less
moisture under LED compared to HPS.
The transpiration differences mean that Calcium and Magnesium

ions can be less mobile under LED and this may cause dePciencies
that you will have to correct with nutrient additions.
You may not notice this issue since soil (and many grow nutrients)
already contain adequate levels of Calcium and Magnesium.
Calcium/Magnesium supplemental nutrients are widely available in
any grow shop.
4 of 11 03/12/2023, 22:36
Growing cannabis with LED

Plant bleaching
LED power levels have been increasing signiPcantly over recent
years, and at the same time so have the LED eYciencies. Early
LED’s would convert 15% of electrical energy to light energy, now the
best LEDs convert over 50% of electrical energy into light and that
Pgure is rising.
When light levels are too intense the tips of the plants are bleached,
they look white instead of green. This can be a sign to raise the LED
lights higher, or to tie down the tallest branches of your plants.
5 of 11 03/12/2023, 22:36
Achieving the correct hanging

distance
These days LED is very powerful and hanging distance will play a
large role in the performance. The most common mistake when
growing cannabis with LED is that the lights hang a little bit too
close to their plants, especially seedlings which can suffer stress if
the light is too intense for the Prst couple of weeks.
One easy solution is to keep seedlings in the tent corner (which may
have lower intensity light compared to the tent centre), or just to
raise the light and allow the plant to ‘grow into’ the more intense
light as it stretches later.
6 of 11 03/12/2023, 22:36
Water consumption
Due to the lower ambient heat levels associated with LED the plants
may often show a reduced need for water consumption. Remember
that when watering, since inexperienced LED growers can be
tempted to over water their plants which reduces root growth and
subsequent plant growth. Cannabis roots need oxygenation to grow
fast, over-watering them reduces root oxygenation and reduces
plant growth and yield.
Taste and aroma

The best LED growers have found that the lower levels of grow
room heat and the cooler tent conditions with LED is allowing more
7 of 11 03/12/2023, 22:36
of the delicate terpenes and àvonoids to remain in the plants

tissues rather than being lost to the atmosphere in a hot HPS tent.
Anyone that has opened a tent with mature cannabis plants under
HPS light which has been running at high temperatures (e.g. 30ºC)
will have smelled the intense aromas that òod out of the plant.
Running your tent cooler with LED allows you to keep more taste
and àvour in your buds instead of losing them to extracted air.
8 of 11 03/12/2023, 22:36
LED lights are small and

convenient
Compare a bulky HPS light with a parabolic reèctor to a small
sophisticated LED. The HPS is hot and heavy. An LED runs cooler,
is often small and slim and won’t take up all the space in your tent.
People with small grow tents often Pnd LED is the best/only way to
produce cannabis.
The advantages of LED are becoming more and more obvious and
this is reècted in their increased popularity. With each passing
year the power and eYciency of LED continues to improve. They
are less expensive to run compared to HPS and run much cooler.
The combined benePts of LED mean that HPS is increasingly

looking a dated technology, producing a light spectrum that is not
optimised for cannabis and too much heat. LED, by contrast, does
not waste energy producing the useless orange/yellow/green
wavelengths.
LED only uses energy producing wavelength-speciPc useful light at

high eYciency and with minimal wasted heat/energy. Its a
technology you will see much more of in the future.
Buy your cannabis seeds online at Dutch Passion!
1 Comment. Leave new
Christopher Andrews
23/11/2019 05:14
I like this post. Very useful for me and totally related to me. thanks
guys.
Get more info, https://420expertadviser.com/stealth-grow/box-
9 of 11 03/12/2023, 22:36
cabinet-reviews/
Reply
Leave a Reply
Your email address will not be published. Required Pelds are marked
*
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next
time I comment.
POST COMMENT
10 of 11 03/12/2023, 22:36
11 of 11 03/12/2023, 22:36

Growing Cannabis With LED Light

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Growing Cannabis With LED Light

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Growing Cannabis With LED Light

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Growing cannabis with LED grow lights | Dutch Passion Blogs https://dutch-passion.blog/growing-cannabis-easily-with-led-grow-light...

Growing cannabis with LED

Growing cannabis easily with

Growroom heat levels are

For some growers that will allow a signiPcant simpliPcation of the

Traditionally many cannabis growers Pght grow room temperatures,

Calcium and Magnesium

The transpiration differences mean that Calcium and Magnesium

Growing cannabis with LED

Achieving the correct hanging

Taste and aroma

of the delicate terpenes and `avonoids to remain in the plants

LED lights are small and

The combined benePts of LED mean that HPS is increasingly

LED only uses energy producing wavelength-speciPc useful light at

Buy your cannabis seeds online at Dutch Passion!

1 Comment. Leave new

You might also like