By AngelaJohn
Not a very long time ago, LED lights found their way on the market; low yields and miniature fruits were the cries from the general growing sector. However, thanks to these smart lights, the growing industry now experiences a renaissance with large fruits and makes it easier to achieve the best yields.
Today, the LED grow lights you find on the market offer much more comparable results to the other choice. Here, this refers to High-Pressure Sodium (HPS) lighting with just a fraction of the running costs of sodium. You may wonder how technology has evolved so much to provide HPS lights with a rival in terms of fruit size and yield.
LED lights are cheaper to operate and they last through years to come, thanks to their reduced consumption of power and the elimination of regular maintenance. With lights like HPS, the intensity also drops off over time and you will have to consider replacing the lights regularly to ensure you get the most out of them. Compared to HPS, LED lights do not lose their intensity and typically, they are bright until the end of lifecycle approaches with a general lifespan of about 100,000 hours.
HPS Lights :
For many years, High-Pressure Sodium lights have been around as the ideal light choice for amateur growers and professionals alike, and the key to their popularity is their incredible raw output of light. These lights produce a massive intensity of light, which is perfect for flowering. However, these lights also produce a great deal of heat and in doing so, the actual production of light is lower for the growth of plants. The growers who turn to HPS lights also use Metal Halide for the vegetative growth phase, since it offers a better light spectrum for vegetation.
This also means that most growers with HID lighting setups have separate flowering lights and vegetative lights with multiple bulbs that add to the entire cost of maintaining the light setup.
LED Grow Lights :
Compared to HPS, LED grow lights are truly a remarkable technology feat and by far, they are the most efficient type of lighting available. They are useful in some of the most cutting-edge commercial sales grow operations today. In addition, so many hobbyist growers turn to Dorm Grow lights for advanced optics precise spectral outputs and thermal engineering management to covert 100% of the power produced to power the growth of plants through light energy.
LED grow lights produce better yields while they consume less energy than their HPS counterparts do. These light fixtures also require less maintenance apart from the occasional cleaning. Often, growers just need one LED light system to start and finish their growing projects since they come with customizable light spectrums for the full growth cycle. These lights are also adjustable for various phases of plant growth.
LED Grow Lights as HPS Rivals :
In terms of their operation, the development of high power LED diodes and the advanced dissipation of light allows the LED diodes to run well at higher voltages, compared to before. The newest types of LED lights now come with a double fitted optical lens or the triple optical lens types, which intensify the light and they provide the perfect dispersion of light suitable for the boost in growth of both bloom cycle plants and vegetative plant cycles.
These smart lights now have the power to rival the output of light of HPS. However, the introduction of the specialized ratios and wavelengths combined with the high power of these lights makes these new LED grow lights much more effective. Earlier versions of these lights came with limited spectrums, namely red, blue and occasionally orange with better ratios and wavelengths available to cover a broad spectrum and include red, blue, yellow, green, orange, ultraviolet, infrared and 2700K to 7000K white.
In comparison to HPS lights, the wavelengths of these lights can now turn into specific ratios that provide large fruits, increased yields and the ability to tailor to the individual plant wavelength in ratios that provide control over the performance and control of the plants. These grow lights enable growers to target wavelengths to match the requirements of plants. HPS lights do not come with this quality.
In addition, the development of triple and double optical lenses enables the LED to grow lights to provide a better-tailored light, with specific magnification on the lenses, they provide the right intensity needed and coverage to utilize the LED light.
These lenses allow the lights to achieve high light levels, and the light can spread across specific angles and spreads evenly over growing space. The light penetrates effectively through the plant and down to the roots, branches.
LED Grow Lights are Here to Stay :
LED grow lights are here to stay. With further advancements in the future and due to more coming over the next years, the future for LED grows lights is quite bright. Even though high-pressure sodium lights were dominating the growing market for many years, the crown now slips and the LED grow lights may find that the crown is an ideal fit.
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