Best LED bulb?

Best LED bulb?#409171

By Astral_Revenant -  Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:21 pm
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- Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:21 pm #409171

I'm growing a pitcher plant with a sundew & venus flytrap. Which led bulb would be best for optimal growth? That is all. Thanks for reading, have a nice day!

Re: Best LED bulb?#409172

By Panman -  Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:29 pm
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- Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:29 pm #409172

What type of pitcher plant are you talking about? Generally speaking I have only heard of Sarracenia rosea being grown indoors with lights. The biggest problem that you will find with trying to user artificial lights with that selection of plants is that pitcher plants, even purpureas, are much taller than a typical sundew or flytrap. That means that the light source will be farther away from those plants than it is from the pitcher plant. If you have to have them growing under lights, then you will need to have two different setups, one for the sarr and one for the others. Since you used the term "bulb", I am assuming that you are talking about a screw in light? If so, I don't think you are going to find anything that will work well for any of those plants mentioned.

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Re: Best LED bulb?#409173

By Astral_Revenant -  Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:41 pm
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- Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:41 pm #409173

Thanks for the reply! Alright, I'll find the right bulbs then. For now, I'll use the led bulb I have for now. I thought a stronger one could be better.

Re: Best LED bulb?#409174

By Panman -  Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:41 pm
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- Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:41 pm #409174

What are you presently using?

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Re: Best LED bulb?#409182

By specialkayme -  Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:08 pm
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- Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:08 pm #409182

I've had good success with this:

https://www.amazon.com/GE-Lighting-9310 ... r=8-5&th=1

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Re: Best LED bulb?#409193

By Astral_Revenant -  Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:48 pm
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- Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:48 pm #409193

Flowers & Fruit or Seeds & Greens? Thank you for the help.

Re: Best LED bulb?#409215

By WONE -  Mon Apr 25, 2022 11:47 pm
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- Mon Apr 25, 2022 11:47 pm #409215

Seeds and Greens model works fine. The flower/Fruit one contains more red light in its spectrum to aid in Fruit/Flower yield. However, their 'balanced' Seeds and Greens model contains a fair bit of red too.

Re: Best LED bulb?#409233

By specialkayme -  Tue Apr 26, 2022 1:50 am
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- Tue Apr 26, 2022 1:50 am #409233

Astral_Revenant wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:48 pm Flowers & Fruit or Seeds & Greens? Thank you for the help.

Seeds & Greens would be better (although you could probably use either).

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Re: Best LED bulb?#409246

By MikeB -  Tue Apr 26, 2022 3:52 am
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- Tue Apr 26, 2022 3:52 am #409246

A SANSI full-spectrum LED bulb, 24W or 36W, would work well, too.

Re: Best LED bulb?#409388

By Astral_Revenant -  Wed Apr 27, 2022 7:45 pm
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- Wed Apr 27, 2022 7:45 pm #409388

Thanks for the help everyone, I went with the seeds & greens. Does anyone know a good thing to buy(Like a metal stand up pole), to attach an aluminum clamp light to it?

Re: Best LED bulb?#409392

By specialkayme -  Wed Apr 27, 2022 8:04 pm
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- Wed Apr 27, 2022 8:04 pm #409392

I would wait until you get the lightbulb, then go to lowes or home depot and look.

The bulb is heavier than you think it would be. I got a desk lamp (like you see in the Pixar movies) for mine when I got it. The bulb was too heavy for the lamp to keep up (plus the light would have been too close anyway). Eventually I went with this https://www.lowes.com/pd/allen-roth-76- ... 1000865718, mainly to appease the Mrs. Even still, the bulb is heavy enough that the lamp at full extension is a little top heavy. Works great though.

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Re: Best LED bulb?#409394

By Astral_Revenant -  Wed Apr 27, 2022 8:15 pm
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- Wed Apr 27, 2022 8:15 pm #409394

Thanks! I'll see which lamp works best!

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