Choosing the Right Grow Light - Pepper Geek

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In this video, I discuss all the important factors you should consider when shopping for a new grow light. We prefer LED grow lights for the many benefits they offer. However, I also touch on a few other grow light options that are commonly used.

Grow lights help give peppers and other plants a great start from a young age. Sunlight through a window will work in a pinch, but may lead to weak, leggy plants that ultimately underperform in the garden.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:38 Recommended lights
0:57 Different form factors
3:10 Benefits of LEDs
5:12 Drawbacks of LEDs
6:00 Features and stats to look for when buying
12:40 How high should lights be above plants?
14:24 Warranties
14:51 Timers
15:07 Other types of lights (HID, fluorescent, blurple)

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[MightyGreedo]

2022 will be the first year that I start seedlings indoors. So this info was very helpful. Thanks!

[patrey]

Very nice.
I suggest a digital timer so when there is a power interruption they stay on cycle when power returns.

[UncalBertExcretes]

I've been using a 150w 3500k led flood light from the hardware store, cost like 50usd, cheap to run and grows plants like a champ.

[vkdowdy]

Just wanted to thank you for the recommendation! In a sea of grow lights, I didn't want to buy the wrong one. I purchased the larger Vipar Spectra P2000 and just love it! Your code worked like a charm for a discount. Purchased on Amazon, it was very well packaged, easy to set up, with quality ratchets. Love the dimmer it looks like such a quality fixture.

[sstimac]

I've been using a few TS 1000 lights by MarsHydro for a year and a half with great results. I've got 13 pepper plants in a 4x4 tent under them and they do well.

[mohamadalrefaei]

The best channel around that really helps with pepper 🌶 I have growing 2 types on our weather. it's very tricky, but the info's I got from this channel was helpful

[nml]

Pepper Geek! Fantastic breakdown Calvin! Very clear and thorough. Thank you! 🌶

[Theking]

I actually enclosed a south facing screened in porch with 6 mil plastic and created a greenhouse. I added a grow light to help with solar nutrient. So far the peppers are going crazy! I have a small milk house heater keeping it warm. Thanks for the info.

[benf]

The guideline I usually follow for indoor fruiting of peppers is: if people grow cannabis with it, it will fruit my peppers/tomatoes. Seems to be fairly accurate. I saw someone mentioning the Mars Hydro lights, the TSL2000s work great for an average 6' folding table of seedling trays. With the adjustable drivers, they'll easily support your plants to 12", which is usually about transplant time for me. Having a short season, sometimes my super hots need started in JAN...

[Oorlich]

I own two HLG 300L R-spec for an indoor tent, highly recommend them. If you're looking to do indoor grows, these are some of the best, and your peppers will love you. They stay very cool, their PPFD rating is great, and their coverage is true. They also offer the 300L B-spec, that eliminates the red spectrum completely. which means they're fantastic for vegging.

[sickofthebs]

Loving my Viparspectra p2000. Cheap and it has great reviews from every community I've seen. I'm using it in a 2x4x5 tent.

[jimmyvgames]

I don't know if this video has made me smarter or if it has confused me. I'll watch it again tomorrow and maybe take notes...thanks for the info, you've been a tremendous help

[keff]

I think I have that exact ViparSpectra xs1500. I used it to grow.. something else. Worked well though and now will be used for some peppers!

[toomasvendelin]

I'd recommend to also have a tool to measure the actual power, since the specs most of these "ghost brands" give at amazon can be confusing. Some show the actual wattage, some the wattage of a tungsten bulb that would produce same amount of light.

[TheNetsrac]

I'm thinking of buying a LED grow light for the coming pepper season, and this video had a lot of useful information
Thank you very much 👍
Cheers from Denmark

[CurieBohr]

I use Mars Hydro for my lettuce, kale, chard, Tatsoi, Bok Choi, etc.

For peppers, I ordered Spider Farmer lights. New to growing peppers. Fingers crossed.

[mel_steves_gardening]

I bought a viparspectra p2000 and its awesome!!! Highly recommend viparspectra lights. I bought it because we had such a cold and wet spring last year and I had to keep my 20+ pepper plant starts inside in 1 gal pots so I got it to hang over until I could get them outside and I wouldn't buy anything else. I'm currently starting my onions, lettuces, spinach and dwarf tomatoes to grow inside and I ll use my viparspectra light when they get big enough

[aussiejeff]

I have found a smart plug works well as you can adjust timing and if you're lucky, power. They're cheap, but if your WiFi isn't great, it can drop out

[UrbanGardeningWithD.A.Hanks]

You can also combine lights to customize what you need. I made my own daylight lamp with 3 LED headlight bulbs mounted under an aluminum track (I only had to buy a transformer and 3 H4 plugs). It's 6, 500K for color and a combined 25, 000 Lumens for brightness (imagine 3 off-road headlights in a 2x4 area). Then I added two skinny, cheap full spectrums on each side to give a warmer hue for true sun color. It's just like a sunny summer day in there. I have it set to 18 on/6 off.

[rexluthor]

They sell wifi outlets for 4 for 20.00 at Costco. Really easy to set up and more diversity than those mechanical ones. Just my 2c. Thanks for your videos. Love em.