LED Grow Lights in January's Issue of the LED Gardener Newsletter

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The Skeptics

Scientists have

been researching

the potential of LEDs for over 50 years.

Like all

ideas

that promise radical change, they

were greeted with technical

challenges and

skepticism.

ompanies like SolarOasis and Albeo, were born

in almost every niche of

lighting

. Made up of

scientists, researchers, and engineers that realized the potential

light emitting diodes. With

over a century of lighting research to draw from, they

determined to overcome the obstacles, and

presented

the public with

LED

products

that

meet todays

standards

of practicality

The p

eople

are mobbing

towards the light of

the

future.

But even with the undeniable advantages of LEDs

in led grow lights

and

massive global interest,

they

have not

eluded

the skeptics.

I am reminded of a parallel

story.

took place over a

century ago...

In the face of daunting technical challenges and skepticism from leading

scientists

and

engineers, Edison and his team of experimenters and machinists

found the

solution to the

decades-old problem of creating a practical incandescent

lamp.

The light

bulb was the

culmination of nearly a

century's worth of work and

research on electrical

lighting systems, most

of it done

by other inventors.

Edison's contribution to this field

was to synthesize all of the

past

work done on

electrical lighting and to solve the

lingering problems that had

prevented these

other inventors from creating a practical

system. In December of 1879, Edison

gave a

demonstration of his new invention.

word spread to the general public,

Edison's lab was

mobbed by visitors who

flocked to

see the light of the future.

Thomas Edison's invention of the light bulb was not universally well-received.

In the

late

1870s, a British Parliamentary Committee assigned to investigate its

value

described the

invention as "good enough for our transatlantic friends... but

unworthy of

the attention of practical

or scientific men."

This quote from H.G. Wells comes from

around the same period...

"New

and

stirring

things are

belittled because if they are not

belittled, the humiliating

question arises,

'Why then

are you not taking part in them

' ".

--AL

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Crop Control

The morphology of a plant refers to its form and structure. The form (tall and leggy,

or short

and compact) and structure (long or short, distance between leaf internodes,

wide or narrow

leaves, thick or thin stems and leaves, etc.) are related to the quantity

and

quality of light a plant

receives. In nature, a plant which sprouts below a canopy of

leaves

from competing plants, and

thus receives a reduced quantity of light, tends to

grow taller

by increasing the distance between

leaf internodes in an attempt to extend

itself above

the overlying leaf canopy.

The same growth pattern is seen in plants grown under artificial lights which are

receiving

inadequate light, or a poor quality of light, or both. These plants will quickly

grow very tall, with

large distances between the leaf internodes. Stems will be thin and

soft, leaves narrow and

thin, and the amount of chlorophyll produced is often low,

leaving

the plants a pale, sickly, green

color. When plants receive enough artificial light

of the

correct light

frequencies,

they tend to be

much shorter, with smaller leaf

internodes, and

more branches.

The stems will be thicker and

stiffer, the leaves wider

and thicker, and

the color of the plant will

be a deep, healthy green.

There are other aspects of plant morphology that are not often considered, such as

the

taste and smell of a plant, which are also affected by the quality of light received. The

LED Grow

Master

led grow lights

are designed to not only improve the look of plants

grown under them,

but also make sure they retain the same smell and taste they would

have if grown under full

sunlight.

--CEO Solar Oasis

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A Bigger Slice Of The Pie

In the spir

it of the season, I recently visited two startlingly different gardening supply

stores

for the

first time. One was your basic nursery type.

They carried plants, Miracle

Grow, lawn and

garden

ornaments, and gardening tools.

In the half an hour I spent

wandering, there

were at

least two dozen

other shoppers wandering the premises.

The employees were busy

answering questions, and

customers of all ages were

chatting with each other about commonly

admired plants. It was quite

festive, but I did

not find the treasure I was looking for

so I

continued my quest.

My next stop was the local indoor gardening supply store. I spent an equal amount

of time

this establishment. Only one other customer entered. He whispered in a

hushed tone to the

young

man behind the counter who proceeded to hand him a bottle

of nutrients labeled "

Super

Bud" or

something of the sort. The

customer

paid and

avoided eye contact as he walked

hurriedly

from the

store. I

continued to

scan

the shop

for a perfect gift for the greenthumb in my

family

(mom)

. This

was

the moment that I

realized LED Grow Master lighting

gives

indoor

gardening shops

across the

country a

much

broader market.

(The moment may also have

been inspired by the unnatural

amount

of time I spend reading, writing, and talking about LED

Grow Master lighting.)

For the first time, we have plant light

ing

that will fit over your book shelf or

counter

top

Lighting

that is safe and durable- for the true "hobby" gardeners. I'm talking about

grandmas

that want to grow

orchids in

dreary corner of the study without 1000 watts

and a climate

control

system. Anyone that

doubts the size of this market need only step

away from the indoor

gardening shop and into the nearest

nursery, or check out the

statistics on our aging

population. On the other end of the spectrum- look at

the new

trend of gardening in schools, or

the increasing number of architects and builders

incorporating gardens into new buildings and

homes. The LED Grow Master line is the

first product

that avoids the burn, fire, shock, and

mercury poisoning dangers that have

been barriers to these

markets. Or maybe you can look

into the solar powered

communities that now have a

viable

plant

lighting option.

These are only

a few of the

many new markets opened up with this technology. The

pie just got

bigger. Get

your

slice now

. -AL

January 1, 2007 Volume 2, Issue 1

In this Issue

The Skeptics

Crop Control

A Bigger Slice Of The Pie

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