What I wish I knew about grow lights before I started gardening

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Starting seeds or growing vegetables indoors? Here are my grow light recommendations. Plus my deep-dive tips on: full spectrum light vs blue/red only (blurple!); the advantage of LEDs; light efficiency in terms of power (wattage) converting to usable PAR (photosynthetic active radiation); and more!
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GROW LIGHTS
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00:00 the problem with blurple lights + disclosure
01:32 why full spectrum light is best
02:37 what I learned from using cheaper lights
03:42 why I chose ChilLED Tech lights
04:23 Growcraft X3 Mini
05:18 design and build quality
05:55 understanding light efficiency
06:57 choosing the right specs for your plants
07:47 which model to choose: X1 Mini or X3 Mini
08:09 growing food indoors

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6 авг 2024

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@TrueFoodTV 3 года назад

Get 5% off your ChilLED purchase using coupon code TRUEFOODTV. Go get it, lovely people!

@Chilledgrowlights 3 года назад

Excellent video Nicole! Thank you for trying out Growcraft and I am glad to hear you as well as your plants are enjoying the rays ;) Happy Growing! -Austin

@bvolt70 3 года назад

Great channel and video, as usual. And what a great surprise! For years, I’ve loved ChilLED: from their gen2 boards forward... Vitale is a smart and genuine guy who took a great idea and turned it into a great business. Great team-up!

@Chilledgrowlights 3 года назад

@@bvolt70 Thank you for being a long-term follower! Vitaly has been a great inspiration to me at work but also in other aspects of my life. He is a very smart but also giving guy who helps give ChilLED the personality it has today. Again, thank you and I am glad to hear you enjoyed the video :) -Austin

@danielloedolff9229 3 года назад

Please dont stop making videos. Our whole family are enjoying interesting facts about how it grows

@mvadu 3 года назад

Thank you for that very clear disclosure in the beginning.

@TrueFoodTV 3 года назад

You're very welcome

@TheBarefoottedGardener 3 года назад

Seconded. It was very clear what you were presenting and why. Also, I'm glad you didn't take their word for it on their marketing statements, but you could've made it clear what they claim, vs what you tested. You muddied the waters on that slightly for me. (At the 4:26-ish area - you claim that it's the most efficient constant current driver on the market, and unless you've looked at literally every possibility, I'm not sure you CAN know that? It might've been better to say that's what THEY claim). All that said - it's a pretty good looking product. Thanks for sharing it with us :)

@simplysimple7628 3 года назад

I cannot agree more about growlights. Totally changed the way my seedlings grow. Long and spindly seedings are no more. Strong and stalky is the best. Total game changer. Especially in the climate I’m in.

@louismiscione6349 Год назад

Brilliant and beautiful. Oh my!

@taiyarixochachavez2761 3 года назад

Great review!! How thorough you are in your research has kept me hooked on your channel. I have just recently started using grow lights since I moved into an apartment with poor light, I bought a couple full spectrum led shop lights at Walmart because they were cheap and I didn't know where to start with artificial light but they surprisingly stimulated a nice amount of growth for my orchids, but these lights you reviewed will be future investment of mine! I can't even imagine the amount of growth my plants would put out during the winter months with these!!

@benjaminbrewer2569 3 года назад

Excellently done. You know you got sales skills sister. I really want to get some of those grow lights now.

@daveoatway6126 3 года назад

Ms Jolly, I have enjoyed your videos for years in the field - learned a lot about olive oil especially. I was looking into grow lights so this session will be helpful. Are you doing any videos about aquaculture or other approaches. I will have to find your home garden video. BTW your approach is really excellent and up-beat. Very enjoyable. Delightful!

@renah8081 3 года назад

This video answered a lot of questions I had a couple years ago, just starting out with grow lights. So helpful and informative.

@nothingok1221 3 года назад

Your channel deserve to ten million subscribers because you are doing your best.

@DannerPlace 3 года назад

Great video! I've kept an indoor herb garden for several years. I'm going to buy these lights. Thank you for the information.

@Dale-ko9kc 3 года назад

Love this lovely Nicole :) I can't wait to grow indoors.

@chetanbharadia891 3 года назад

Super content!

@TrueFoodTV 3 года назад

Thank you!

@spicemasterii6775 3 года назад

Learned quite a lot from this video! Thank you.

@CookingwithYarda 3 года назад

Great advice ! Thank you for sharing ;-)

@libertykatrkm 3 года назад

Thank You

@michaelsylvester7272 3 года назад

Hi Nicole, Very interesting on lights , Thanks for sharing ☀️

@Vulcan1022 3 года назад

Thanks for the info, love your videos.

@praiseourfather9674 3 года назад

I use LED rest of year but hps does serve a purpose in winter. I get better yield on hps but led just grow better quality fruit. That is a amazing grow light I am definitely going to buy one

@AM-zk7pj 3 года назад

Simply anything that mimics sunlight!

@2snipe1 3 года назад

Ahhh, thank you! I was just research grow lights as I want to start my tomatoes early next year. Now, I know what to save to get the best lighting system. I was really worried about fires, this seems safe to have on all day.

@t_c5266 3 года назад

I did see another comparison with lettuce. The white lights blew the blurple lights away. Better taste, and more plant mass. Maybe it works best for weed or something, which is why it got popular. But Plants need light that mimics sunlight. Not darkrooms with blurple lights

@TrueFoodTV 3 года назад

Well said!

@bvolt70 3 года назад

At the time, there were no efficient phosphor-coated LEDs producing abundant white light: but red and blue LEDs were available and those happen to be where you find spikes in use for photosynthetic efficiency. Blurple produces as crummy weed as it does leafy greens - but it does produce and they’re (now) very cheap, so - as with all things in life: trade-offs.

@johnanter2349 2 года назад

I just watched your older video and ordered the heat pads and the grow lights that now you tell me are not very good. As soon as they are delivered I guess I’ll send them back.

@professorm4171 3 года назад

There's a guy on RU-vid who did an experiment growing lettuce on blurple and white light. White light grew more lettuce and the lettuce grew on blurple was bitter.

@TrueFoodTV 3 года назад

Brilliant experiment idea!

@professorm4171 3 года назад

@@TrueFoodTV The blurple & white light needs to be the same PAR for the experiment to be valid. You need to buy a pricey PAR meter.

@user-un2zs1dm8j 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!!

@musicbymark 2 года назад

I've had great success & lush plants with cheap LED 6500K "shop lights" from Amazon for seedlings. Never noticed any increase in my electrical bill. Do you think your plant seedlings grow faster? I realize my lights aren't as good when growing plant through lifespan.

@han_pritcher 3 года назад

I was wondering about these white full-spectrum lights and if they were better than the "blurple" ones, and now I know! With weather in the UK being completely unpredictable now, the temptation to get a system like this is huge. I hope you and your family are well Nicole.

@jakec5618 Год назад

Does light outside visible light spectrum influence plant growth? Such as in UV or IR frequencies. Sunlight emits more than just visible light.

@deniserivers4136 3 года назад

Thank you for this video.🌸

@elparaisodedenis 3 года назад

Hi Nicole, amazing as always, greetings from Serbia !

@TrueFoodTV 3 года назад

Hello there! Thank you!

@lorrainehuntley6604 3 года назад

I wish I had seen this last year before I bought cheap lights. Grow lights are tough to figure out. Thanks for the help. I'm hoping it won't be too expensive to get these from Washington state to Vancouver Island, Canada. They sound great. I like that they have lots of info. Thanks for the geekiness!

@Chilledgrowlights 3 года назад

That's OK, many people make the same mistake! The grow light industry can be tricky to navigate and contains a plethora of misinformation from shady companies. We have many customers in Canada and if you add the fixture you'd like to your cart on our site and enter your address you will get a live update on shipping options and expenses. Also, feel free to shoot us an email at service@chilledgrowlights.com. -Austin

@joeymusacchio9816 3 года назад

I've been using proper full spectrum white 3500k and 5000k plus far red/infrared 660nm+760nm, there is plenty of green light in Samsung lm301b+ lm301h diodes. Dimmer is important as well. You need a light that gives the proper DLI & PPFD, tomatoes 🍅need about 600 micromoles m²×second tested with a quantum sensor or spectroradiometer. Love your videos. Kinds of plant you're growing 🤣! Chilled! I like that they are using led bars to give better average PPFD to the canopy.

@GROWNGAS 2 года назад

Nice rig growzy! 🖐🏽🐻

@mancavegamingandgardening9901 3 года назад

Cool ass lights, but the prices make it hard to replace my 4x8ft T5's for starting seedlings.

@Chilledgrowlights 3 года назад

A few important factors to consider aside from the better spectrum and higher intensity are how long a high-end LED light will last and the long-term electricity savings. T5s are inefficient in comparison and need to be replaced typically within 9-12 months. T5 bulbs also aren't very environmentally friendly and can often incur disposal fees. With this all being said T5s can be a great stepping stone and entry into the indoor gardening world. -Austin

@mikecreeftank2560 3 года назад

@@Chilledgrowlights That being said how long does your Led's last ? And do they decline in par/spectrum yearly? T5's need to be replaced but your getting new bulbs every year.

@DurzoBlunts 3 года назад

Ahem, there are alternative brands and countries of origins for similar lights. Kingbrite LEDs based out of Shenzhen has been at the leading edge of this LED revolution.

@Chilledgrowlights 3 года назад

@@mikecreeftank2560 Exact lifetime depends upon usage but for many, it's at least 5 years, even when pushed hard. LEDs do degrade over long periods of time, however, it is only a fraction of the rate that Fluorescent, HPS, or CMH bulbs do. -Austin

@silverspikeprospecting 3 года назад

Excellent educational video.

@TrueFoodTV 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

@calnative4904 3 года назад

I use 150 watt equivalent full spectrum daylight led bulbs, they work great and are inexpensive.

@SmartRaviTelugu 3 года назад

😍😍😍😍😍😍Woo good Technology😍A lot of this technology more useful 😍😍😍😍😍😍😊😊

@mkbk 3 месяца назад

Heat could be useful if there is cold outside yes or no please tell me I am using 60 watt incadexenr bulb on my avocado seeds.

@Amnakakitchen838 3 года назад

Very very nice sharing 👍👌👍👌🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹❣️❣️❣️❣️

@Ed-jg3ud 3 года назад

Would have been more timely to produce this in January as indoor grow season started to catch the annual indoor grow light buying leak. But certainly a timeless video ongoing

@quitlife9279 3 года назад

Hey it takes time to get the experience to do the best video!

@gomezaddams6470 3 года назад

Thank you very much I'm moving up off grid. And I mean off grid! We only have two neighbors for so many miles it's four hours to town. I have 20 acres to work with it some of that's going to be left natural of course. But the seasons are serious so winter is cold below zero at night in the teens during the day period about 4 weeks and then summer is on top of you and you need to have some big plants and I'm certainly not covering Acres with things I bought grown already so my basement is going to look like the pictures of the person who made those lights if I can help it. I'm almost 60 so this is really scary. It's literally the wilderness, bear cougars you know. There's going to be a learning curve with a deer and the lower animals. Not meaning I think less of them they're just lower to the ground haha. It's just nice to know that I get to start my own plants that need to be big quickly summer is hot it's fast and there's four weeks of fall and the cold is there instantly it's amazing high altitude. I'm going to have to look into these more and see how they pull on the solar batteries Etc. Anyway thank you for the video oh, I'm sick but I'm a tough gal I think I'll just get stronger when I move up there. 🥬🥦🥕🥒🐾👣🐸🌱🖤

@davidbutton8497 3 года назад

Damm nice I remember you going to Europe I think it’ was you in the high hills picking lemons 🍋 a while ago thankyou 🌹💎🌹

@bvec97 3 года назад

I’ve been growing two different boxes with blurple lights in my living room for months! What do I do!

@teriwilliams4212 2 года назад

Thanks. I am wondering about the safety of any grow light as far as nutrition, radiation, cancer, things like that. Do you have any information on this?

@musicbymark 3 года назад

I use 6500k LED now with good results. Used 6500k fluorescent before LED were available cheap.

@praiseourfather9674 3 года назад

Hps is better in cold conditions. I would recycle The heat from my tent to the my heater vents carbon filter hot air and my apartment was warm and never needed to put o. Heat And my bill was lower

@evrenshistar5986 3 года назад

what kind of power source you use for those grow light?

@alanshrimpton6787 3 года назад

Nice. I wonder if i can get them in NZ. One thought, isn't the heat generated from other lights help with germination, especially if its the only heat source?

@dawnwr30 3 года назад

Well for what these cost they better be amazing lol. If you're someone who's growing commercially or growing for a lot of people all year round I could see investing this kind of money, but just to start some seeds to put in the ground a month later? I wouldn't spend this kind of money. I mean the regular sized one is over $1,200 and the mini is $300. The lights I'm using are LED full spectrum. I bought two of them each one has two rows of lighting 2 ft long and I spent $46 and change per light. I definitely recommend using full spectrum over the blurple, but you don't need to spend $300+ to do that. if you're someone who can't afford to spend that much there are brands out there that have full spectrum for a much more affordable price.

@KRscience 3 года назад

LED lights keep dramatically dropping in price each year. If they're too expensive for you now, wait a year or two. I finally switched from fluorescent to LEDs (grow light type) this spring and am glad I did.

@TrueFoodTV 3 года назад

Good advice, Ken!

@dawnwr30 3 года назад

You can definitely get affordable LED full spectrum. I paid 46 bucks for each of mine and I bought two of them. this brand however to get the size and amount of lighting that I have now, I would need to buy the regular size light from them and that is over $1,200! No way in hell I could ever spend that much for lights lol. Maybe if you're growing weed for a dispensary and making a profit or something lol, but just to grow some plants that you'll likely put outside soon after anyway, no ma'am. That's way too much money to me. Lol.

@karthik_sivakumar 3 года назад

@@dawnwr30 can you throw a link here to the light that you use, i am looking for something similar to help my seedlings before I transplant them?

@canuckkat 3 года назад

Where did you get your shelf?

@ptrain9020 3 года назад

I have been starting seeds and what not for years and here are my two cents on this video. Love the information however one thing that seemed to be ignored is the importance of the heat produced by grow lights. Context is everything. In my context, I start and grow my plants for transplanting in the garage which is not heated. So I need grow lights that not only produce at the 6500K range but produce enough heat that can keep the seeds warm for germination. So what I do is use VHO grow lights (Very High Output) I use a Mylar blanket taped to the grow light to trap as much light and heat. I use a small thermometer to aid in keeping a good germination temperature. So for me in my context, heat is important along with the higher end of blue light.

@TrueFoodTV 3 года назад

That's an excellent point, thank you for making it. I should have mentioned that I use heating pads beneath my trays until the seeds germinate.

@dawnwr30 3 года назад

Yeah if you're growing somewhere that's not heated I can understand but at the same time a lot of the non LED lights get super hot and can actually burn and singe the plants leaves I think that's what she was trying to say like those lights might give you enough output but they get very hot and if they're too close to the plant they will burn the leaves. As long as you have them enough of a distance away and yet you're still getting enough of the light from them I guess they're okay I use a full spectrum LED and for germination I use it heating pad once they germinate they no longer need that heat but I'm also growing indoors where the temperatures are fairly stable and don't get too cold.

@surendrans22 3 года назад

Love from India

@PankReview 3 года назад

It sounds good, but it seems so expensive otherwise it good for a snow area and rainy area, or best for 5-star hotels and restaurants.

@mihiec 3 года назад

I hope you could make episode with Monty Don from Gardeners World (British TV show) you are so unique and cool person! I wish to see you both talking about plants!

@bj97301 3 года назад

Omg chilled tech is the best. They got a smart mouse working for them 😉

@DurzoBlunts 3 года назад

GrowMau5 left them years ago I believe in 2019 last I recall.

@bj97301 3 года назад

@@DurzoBlunts oh really? That sucks. Wonder what he’s up to now.

@DurzoBlunts 3 года назад

@@bj97301 been wondering too, he went underground though. He used to be really active in the forums for LEDs over at RIU, Him and Pedro

@bj97301 3 года назад

@@DurzoBlunts hope he’s doing ok

@xaviercruz4763 Год назад

How can $900 for lights so small covering be justified for the food grown by the plants?

@rheanonjasmyne 3 года назад

Guess I'll just keep going to MY HEB !

@kiboshkooks 3 года назад

that original bluerpurple ligh as you called it looks like a cheap budget ali express light haha of course its not going to be full spectrium

@daniel1c 3 года назад

Good video, but was it just a big ad?

@dawnwr30 3 года назад

It seems that way being that the company sponsored the video and that was the ONLY full spectrum light she spoke of rather than showing different brands of full spectrum lights. especially considering this brand is super expensive. In comparison the regular sized lights they have (not the $300 mini which would only cover a few plants and it's also to much for how small it is imo) but the regular sized one is over $1,200! most people cannot afford to spend that kind of money to grow some seedlings let's be realistic here. I mean if you're pandering to marijuana growers maybe cuz they're actually making profits. but most of us are just planting for some veggies for our families and friends and not making a business out of it. Lol. I have led full spectrum lights they don't get hot they do a great job for me and I paid $46 for each light that comes with two rows of lighting two feet long. And my plants took off under these and even had blooms coming in with tomatoes on them. 🤷🏻‍♀️ .

@daniel1c 3 года назад

@@dawnwr30 definitely, this is a Cadillac, a ford will still get you places. That kinda imvestment for what I'm sure is definitely a superior product but otherwise unaffordable for the majority is frankly rediculous

@SuperPussyFinger Год назад

Sold me on an X1 Mini. Top-quality gear.

@FJB-bl8xg 3 года назад

Why I Choose ChilLED Lights? I got them for FREE!

@NiX_aKi 3 года назад

Aquarium lights will work

@MiguelY22 3 года назад

Might be too weak for growing plants

@faysalahmedsany1832 3 года назад

Bangladesh 🇧🇩

@joeyt9259 3 года назад

Tell me you wanted to make a video catering to cannabis growing but still keep your channel family friendly hahaha

@joeyt9259 3 года назад

We all know cannabis lights are the top quality of indoor grow lights lol

@kanadadayasamak 2 года назад

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@dwaynekoblitz6032 3 года назад

I just want to see my badge. 😂

@TrueFoodTV 3 года назад

I want to see your badge too! 😉🙌

@ipissed 3 года назад

eBay $2 COB LED an old CPU heat sink, and power supply. Faucet to the closet. It aint rocket science.

@buttfunker 3 года назад

I love Nicole and her channel, but honestly, I've been growing food indoors for years just using $10 shop lights from Home Depot. You don't don't need full spectrum. You just don't. And if you don't believe me, just try it. Plug in a shop light and plant some seeds. You'll thank me later. Nicole, put me to the test.

@MiguelY22 3 года назад

Check out Mars Hydro for budget lights

@decosta5364 3 года назад

Hey you are cute

@valterzc8187 3 года назад

The best grow light is the sun light. It is free and doesn't use electricity.

@--Paws-- 3 года назад

I have my growlight in my bedroom, worse decision ever

@MiguelY22 3 года назад

Get a grow tent

@jaxamilius5237 3 года назад

why would they need any oversight over your content when u are willingly selling their stuff. a better content would have been to grow seeds under the blue/red light and then this chillgrow lights and show us the difference.... what a waste..

@yourguilty4465 3 года назад

Blurple are cheap Chinese led lights !!! Waste of money

@skylargrey8354 3 года назад

Wtf they are thousands of dollars

@TrueFoodTV 3 года назад

Ummmm... no, they're not. 🙃

@DurzoBlunts 3 года назад

Alibaba-> Shenzhen Kingbrite Lighting Co. -> Jerry Meng. get a less efficient light but affordable.

@dawnwr30 3 года назад

@@TrueFoodTV actually she's not wrong. the regular sized one is $1,259. I just looked them up myself out of curiosity. Now The mini is only $ 300 which for how small it is is still kind of high to me. if you're someone who's growing indoors all year long or growing commercially or growing marijuana for a dispensary or something you're getting money in return so it's worth the investment. but at the end of the day most of us are just starting seeds and just growing some extra veggies for our family or just do it for fun and we can't all afford to spend $1,200 on lights. I would have needed at least two of the $1,200 ones for as many as I have to cover them all. I'm sure they're amazing lights but there are other full spectrum LED brands out there that are much more affordable I get that they sponsored the video but maybe instead of making it more like an ad for just this company you could have at least thrown in some other brand names but I get it you know paid sponsorship got to make it look like they're the only brand to get..

@dawnwr30 3 года назад

@@lemonmerrengue way to assume how much someone spends on their phone. I wouldn't spend $1, 259 for a single grow light. I would need multiple of them and no way in hell I would spend that kind of money for lights to start plants that I'm going to put outside in a month anyway. And my phone's not thousands of dollars actually, my phone is $300. Plus most people who get expensive phones don't pay for them in full in cash they pay monthly on their phone bill making it affordable. not everyone can just drop $1,259 all at once on a light. some people that are growing for their family are doing it because they can't afford not to do it. so if you're already poor fancy expensive lights aren't going to be an option. There's nothing wrong with showing these lights but she should have also mentioned some cheaper brands for people who can't afford them otherwise this whole video just comes off as a big ad for this company only. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@NaniTreas1 3 года назад

WTF!! It's totally lame to have to rely on crappy, artificial lighting that wastes electricity. Nicole, you're smart enough to know better so, why don't you just grow your garden outside??! Duuuuhhhhh!!! Talk about wanting to be GREEN huh.