led for indoor plant

[mike31154]

Originally Posted by Seriak

Thanks guys I went and bought a couple of these bulbs. Man they are huge. The Chameleons require UVB which is not enough or the right K for the Hibiscus. I have a mistking mister that mists the cages 4 times a day so they should be getting enough water.

What bulbs are you referring to? My daughter has a chameleon as well. Not sure if she has an hibiscus in there, but I do know she has a ficus. She's using a fluorescent tube for UV & standard edison filament bulbs for heat & daylight spectrum. Plants seem to be ok, except Spike (the chameleon) is munching on the ficus quite a bit.

I asked her a while back if anyone in the reptile community was switching to UV LEDs for their critters. Having built a LED fixture for my tank using 10 watt multichip LED arrays, I could easily do something for her. Just need to know what UV wavelengths are required. The 10 watt multichip UV LEDs I've seen for sale are much more costly than the blues, whites & reds.

[sphelps]

Reptisun 5.0 is suppose to be 5,500K but you could also always switch to 2.0 as they should be 6500K.

[Bryan]

Originally Posted by Seriak

Anyone try using Leds to grow indoor plants. I just can't seem to keep my hibiscus alive. Thought I could use leds. Anyone researched this?

Well, there is a fair bit on on the net regarding LEDS and Cannabis. I am putting together a 26 x 3 watt mix of blue , red and white leds for a herb project. Had a previous set up with a mixture of 2x48" daylights and a mix of warm white and cool white 3 watt leds and the growth was very good. This project will do without the fluorescent and maximize the use of LEDS.

[reefgirl189]

Just thought I would post a pic of the beautiful flower I woke up to this morning

[StirCrazy]

I saw these guys at the home show here a couple years ago

http://www.ledgrowlightscanada.ca/le..._penticton.php

Steve