The two most popular grow lights used in grow tents nowadays are LED and CFL grow lights. CFL lights are very effective form of lightning in grow tents. CFL (Compact fluorescent) provides both light quality and light intensity for plants to grow in natural environment. Even though, both LED and CFL type of grow lights are commonly used, both provide you with certain benefits as well as few drawbacks. Both are built on different technologies and produce different light quality and light output. If you want to buy grow lights for your grow tents and is still confused about buying a CFL or LED, below is a comparison that can help you in making a choice.
The major drawback of CFL grow lighting is there lifespan that is much smaller if compared with LED grow lights. The difference is huge as CFL can survive up to ten thousand hours while LED lights can survive for fifty thousand hours. On the other hand, light output of the CFL technology is much better than the LED lights in terms of grow lamps. The light output of a 42-watt CFL is three times better than the LED lights.
In terms of heat production, both LED and CFL grow lamps are equally effective. If you are buying a complete grow room kits for your grow tents, you may find that both CFL and LED lights are in the package. The use of both grow lights for heat production is slight different, as you may have to put LED lights at an adequate distance form your plants while you have to keep CFL grow lights at close distance from your plants in order to provide them with suitable heat energy.
We all know that plants require both, quality light and heat energy for their development and growth. Different visible lights play different roles in the growth of different parts of plants, for example, adequate blue visible light can help in growth of leaves of the plants while red visible light helps in growth of flowers in plants. Both, CFL and LED grow lights are optimized accordingly to ensure proper growth of all parts of your plants. Normally, CFL grow lights are built on the technology and wave lengths that promote vegetation and seedlings in the plants while LED grow lights are more effective for proper growth of all parts of plants. It is recommended to switch between the lights in your grow tents according to the development phase of your plants. An intelligent use of grow lights can ensure rapid development of plants in your grow tents.
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