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10 years ago

Hi!

I graft nut trees and have expanded my operation where I no-longer have room in my greenhouse and need lights indoors. LED's are very new to me but they seem to be the trend.


I have several questions:

First and foremost I do not want flowering lights but vegetative only. I would like white light to be emitted for vegetative and not to have what for me would be annoying pink light.

My grafts/the buds will unfurl leaves only and not flowers. Ok, that's number 1 on my list.

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This is the area which is 8' long and 2' wide:

As you see I have easy access in the rafters to hang lights and getting power to them will also not be a challenge.

Grafts are tented to retain humidity in addition to scions being waxed. Bottom heat beneath.


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Now the lights. I have read reviews about LED's on Amazon and the power they actually produce from what is claimed. There are horror stories where people are getting ripped off. This is where I need your help.

This operation of mine it appears to me would likely need (2) lights at appx. 600w each to do the job, possibly (2) 1000w lights but I really don't think I need that much wattage.

My third question is what about (1) 1000w or (1) 600w on a light track system that's 6' long?

These LED's come in all shapes and forms. I see them as long rectangular (seems to be the right fit for my operation) or a perfect square/circle. I also see them with tons of chips per light or one very bright bulb. Just for an example, the long rectangular light(s) may have (3-4) or (6-8) single bulbs or an entire "board" of single chips. I don't know what I need.

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Could you please help?!

Thank you,

Dax






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