LED GROW LIGHTS vs GARAGE LIGHTS - Microgreen Lighting - Turnip

💡Who's ready for another Light Experiment for growing Microgreens!? In this YouTube video we put the T8 Blurple Grow Lights against T8 Shop Lights to see which gives us better results with our Turnip Microgreens grow! Hope y'all enjoy this new video and have a wonderful weekend!👨‍🌾👩‍

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[lshrd]

As an amateur, I decided on the shop lights because if I decide the hobby isn’t for me, I can simply hang them in my garage and basement.

[brockdelorenzo]

I bought the cheap 6500k t8 shop lights. Love them. Micros look like these. I use the small green trays- cheap ones. Can’t be more happy. I also have 6500 led strips. They worked as well and were very narrow and easy to hang.

[adriennegaeta]

Try adding some reflective sheets on your walls, it will likely help with the stretching towards the light with the outside trays. They are super cheap and easy to put up.

[markpiersall]

With T8 you can sometimes improve results by mixing one cool white office tube with one warm white kitchen bulb. The contrast of differing hues is not so great as T12, however I still suspect there is a benefit. I am not sure the grow light tubes are better than a mixed pair. You might tape up aluminum foil or mylar on your ends to fill out the spotty growth. The dull side of the foil is the most reflective.

[charlieparagliding]

awesome thank you for the video, I was hoping you would do a video on this exact subject, perfect timing, I am about to get new lights :) this info will help me decide much easier now

[staceythurston]

Thanks for the light test. I have been kind of going back and forth trying to decide about iseing shop light which are better for my price range. Since I am going to be blending them into green smoothies think l'll go with the shop lights. Love yall's shows. I learn so much and am ready to give it a try again.

[joeybrannon]

Glad to know the difference wasn't that great. I pulled the trigger on the T8 shop lights 6500k. The 10 pack was on sall and they came with the reflectors. Planning on just using the rflectors on the very outside edges of the two outer lights.

[JebBradwell]

I've been watching a bunch of your videos with test results and I am curious if you have a master video with all the optimal results from your experiments. Would be cool to know how the best lights, best grow medium, best seed density, best water nutrients, etc etc etc all work out together.

[laurieschaetzel-hill]

And how many lumens? Will that matter? I see barring T8 with 5000K, 40 W and 5000 L. That seems like too much all around. I am looking at using T8 for indoor seed starts.. your thoughts? Thanks.

[tallcat]

Do a test with mixing the lights, two white lights with blurple in the middle & other two blurple with white light in the middle.

[psychorooks]

Yeah, it doesn't really make a whole lot of difference until you want them to flower and fruit. Good to know about the difference in texture. Thanks!

[erikmilburn]

It would be interesting to know what % of each light spectrum goes into the shop lights, as their supposed to be a combination of the full light spectrum, as in daylight light tubes.As a grow light with a pink hue has a combination of blue and red light spectrum.

[jackhansel]

yo, you're the man. Have you done anything on the 150W par 38 floodlights? There's 300w and some other W variations. I found for whatever reason it's the 150W that output the best light.

[itsmegiorgio]

I like how you are managing to cut down the videos time!

[jordannovek]

Gi, your videos are really enjoyable and full of great info I have a light question I bought a 6 pack of the pink full spectrum Everything is great but have you noticed that when plugged in a time or power bar they have a slight glow when off but when plugged in the wall its not there Thx

[LadyGoza]

Do you think a 4-light shop light would be overkill? They are 4’ long.

[GabrielLaforest]

Hi, what fixture are you using for the lights? I am searching everywhere and can't find good options. Thanks

[Mathchickey]

Thank you for this video. I am looking to replace my old old OLD fluorescent tube shop lights with LEDs. I just put in an order of the Blurples and can't wait to try them out!

[atlakatl]

Thank you for sharing this comparison experiment. It good to know shop light maintain a competitive status in other studies. One faction important to mation is if the soil compositon was the same in both. A soil with higher organic composted material will yield a higher than an inorganic one. Additionally, just as important will be your type of fertilizer; organic vs. inorganic. In my experience, watts, lumens and Kelvins has nothing to do with taste but plant growth and health.

[davidtutwilerjr]

Is there any problem turning the lights off at night in order to save electricity?