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LED grow light

LED shop light grow light

We decided to add another shop light to our new seed growing station.

This new one is LED. It was 35 dollars at Lowes and should last longer while using less juice compared to fluorescent.



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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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I've found that keeping the grow lights very close to the plants seem to make the plants grow thicker and stronger and not so leggy. Have you experimented with different distances of lights on plants?
Comment by NaYan Fri Feb 19 18:40:28 2016
Would you be willing to share the brand of light or a link. I have searched Lowes site and have not found an LED shop light in that price area.
Comment by RoseAnne Wed Feb 24 10:45:11 2016





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