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Light sources for winter (lemmy.world)
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Hi folks. I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for indoor light sources. I live in Colorado and we’re going to start getting snow here before much longer so I’ll have to haul my plants in. I was thinking about using a flexible LED strip for lighting over the winter. I just moved into this apartment a couple months ago and exactly one room gets sunlight on one wall from a west facing window so some supplemental light might be needed for my growing succulent collection.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’ve got some Barrina T5 1ft grow lights that everybody on IKEA Greenhouse Club recommends. I checked the PPFD with Photone, directly under the centre of the light strip: 72.9 at 20cm away, 47.5 at 30cm away, 34.8 at 35cm away. They’ve served me very well; I’ve got plants in a living room that get very little natural light but with these lights they’ve been thriving!

For other plants, I’ve got some GE grow light bulbs. These ones I’ve screwed into table lamps for my smaller plants. For these bulbs, the PPFD measurements I got were 300 at 10cm away 100 at 20cm away (directly under the bulb).