In This Issue The Sun: Nature's Perfect Plant Light? LED Growth Characteristics What LEDs Don't Have Featured Distributor Henckel Gruppen Aps www.henckel.biz jh@henckel.biz Located in Denmark, this authorized distributor has 30 years of business experience and is able to provide product support and service in English, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish. Educational Links Kids- Can plants see light? Adults- How plants see LEDs Magazine Care to Comment? The LED Gardener appreciates all the input we receive from our readers. If you would like to submit an article or pictures about led grow lights; or if you would like to comment on a current article please send submissions and comments or questions to angela@led-grow-master.c You are receiving this email because you subscribed at led-grow-master.com If you do not wish to receive this newsletter :Request your name removed angela@led-grow-master.com Contact LED Grow Master Global, LLC: Admin@led-grow-master.com Featured Product: The LGM3 Appropriate for all stages of plant growth. The LGM3 output is enhanced with extra blues and deeper reds. Encourages robust, compact growth and actively promotes blooming. Receive 10% off of your purchase of the LGM3 model in the month of November by simply mentioning that you are a reader of the LED Gardener. Order now. 1-866-414-7244 |
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The Sun: Nature's Perfect Plant Light? One measure of how well an artificial plant light works is how well plants grown under the grow light compare to plants grown outdoors in natural sunlight. Does this mean the sun is the perfect plant light, and that the artificial light that is most like sunlight is the best? Let's take a look at the good and bad features of sunlight. Without a doubt, the sun gives plants more useful light than any other light source. If there's some type of light a plant needs, it can be sure to find it in sunlight. Sunlight is the ultimate broad spectrum plant light. Yes, sunlight is also free, so it's difficult to beat it for growing plants. Artificial plant lighting sources vary in price, but none are as inexpensive as sunlight. Can plants use all of the sunlight they get? Actually, no, they can't. The reason plants have pigments to protect them from too much light is because they can't use some of it, but it can still cause damage. The noon sun in summer is particularly strong and damaging to plants. And not only does this extra light cause damage directly, some of it is absorbed by plants and converted to heat, adding stress to plants already struggling to survive in the hot summer sunshine. Beyond one end of the visible light spectrum is UV light. This high energy light causes sunburn in people and damages plant cells. Sunlight contains a lot of UV. Going past the other end of the visible spectrum we come to IR light. Infrared light also adds heat, another source of damage and stress for plants. All of today's conventional plant growing lights began their lives as general purpose room lamps, used for lighting indoor spaces for people. Because of the need for artificial grow lighting, all of these bulbs have been modified to enhance their light output to make them better able to grow plants. From the humble suburban incandescent bulb to the ubiquitous fluorescent tube, and the blazingly bright high intensity discharge lamps, makers of these modified bulbs claim their lights really "do the job" of growing plants without sunlight. The operating cost is high, they generate a lot of waste heat that has to be removed, and in the case of metal halide lamps they emit a lot of UV. New technology only recently available have allowed the creation of the next generation of plant grow lighting- led grow lights. Targeting only frequencies of light that plants can use, the LED Grow Master line achieves the dream of a small, cool operating, efficient plant light. CEO- SolarOasis *************************************************************************************** LED Growth Characteristics LEDs are an entirely new light source. The qualities of the light that is emitted from led grow lights are different than the qualities of light from traditional light sources. This is why the plants grown under the new light source will also have different qualities. Plants grown under LEDs will exhibit compact growth. The quality wavelengths emitted from the LED Grow Master line satisfy the plants light requirements and eliminate the need to "stretch" toward the lights. LED plants will show no signs of heat stress. Too much heat in your environment causes the roots to stop growing, flowers to wilt prematurely, "sun spots" to occur, leaves droop, and reduction in chlorophyll may leave white or brown foliage. Plants may survive for years in this stunted state but ultimately they will die. This issue becomes extremely problematic when growing in small areas under light sources that are sometimes 1500 degrees F. Take the rose for example- spotting and edge burning are commonplace under the sun and traditional white light sources. Miniature roses have been grown under LEDs with blooms that were picture perfect and unblemished, with some varieties having flowers that lasted for months without change. There are other positive differences that you may notice such as increased symmetry and deeper colors in your foliage. All of these changes are brought about by the unique blend of wavelengths incorporated into the LED Grow Master line of lighting. These are growth characteristics that were previously not possible. LEDs not only grow plants- they grow them better. Out with the old and in with the new. -AL ***************************************************************** What LEDs Don’t Have When we look at the way companies promote their products the norm is to list the added features. The way to understand LEDs benefits can be better described by the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery when he wrote "Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." Here is what the LGM line does not have. They do not have lead or mercury known for their toxic effect on humans and the environment. They do not have glass parts to break or cut. There is no UV and only trace amounts of heat. We have taken away the high voltage that causes shock and fire risks. We have taken away the need for ballasts and external reflectors. LEDs emit a focused light that does not scatter around the room like traditional light sources, eliminating wasted light that translates as white light pollution. We have removed the high energy bills and frequent replacements. We have eliminated the bulk. What the LED Grow Master line represents is plant lighting in a pure form. Light that is completely absorbed by your plants to promote healthy, robust growth with an efficiency that is unparalleled in grow lighting. Simplified to perfection.-AL |
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