I'm very happy to see the diversity of lights, to read of your struggles with gnats (although I'm sure you'd rather not be dealing with them!) and to see you're handling them with safer's soap and diatomaceous earth. Overall I find your gardening very exciting for an armchair grower. Brings back memories of my misspent youth LOL.
I've never used LEDs to grow anything, and my interest is growing faster than my garden, which is presently outdoors entirely, except for turmeric which I bring indoors during cool weather, as it does not tolerate temps below 55 fahrenheit (well). I'm happy to see you getting lots of experience growing under a variety of lights, even using desk lamps, so when I make my move I can pick your brain for your assessments of various types and brands.
I confess I was unaware you were growing other plants than cannabis, so when I saw the pic of the sunflower I almost had a stroke. Weirdest looking bud I'd ever seen! 0_o
Thanks!
Thank you kindly for the compliment!Hey @valued-customer,
LED technology has come a long way, to where 100 watt fixtures will produce results that took 1000 watts in the past. That is quite an improvement in the indoor cultivation arena.
We've chatted before about the negative aspects of this, like:
"What happens if the power goes out..."
Growing indoors is a fun hobby, but one must recognize how quickly everything could change.
I don't want to get on a rant about it because you understand deeply what I am talking about.
Growing outdoors primarily but having some nursery settings for plants that must be brought indoors at times is a great idea in my opinion, because you will not be crippled during power outages.
If I owned my own land I would be growing a giant garden outdoors, but this is easier for city living, even though it may seem more challenging in some ways.
Haha yes, it's weird looking and seems intimidating and stoic for a plant.
I bet it's going to be quite a flower.
I've never grown a sunflower before so this is exciting for me :)
Have a good weekend.