Grow Lights 101 – Part 1

Grow Lights Made Simple
Part 1

In the world of home gardening, no subject is more needlessly complicated than grow lights. In the next series of lessons, I am going to demystify grow lights. After these lessons you will understand how to pick the right lights to grow seedlings indoors.

Lesson Resources

Download the Grow Light Lesson Summary

Excellent book – Gardening Under Lights by Leslie Halleck

Photone App to Measure Light with your Smart Phone

List of DLI requirements for different plants

Article explaining why you should care about PAR, PPFD, and DLI

Maps showing how DLI values change with seasons

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