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LEDTonic
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Приєднався 19 бер 2019
Our mission is to provide you the right tools to either succeed with your first grow or take your growing to the next level.
Along the way, we have helped beginners, professionals, people with full-time jobs, and maybe even your neighbor. Moving forward, our goal is to provide and give you a better understanding of gardening, indoor growing, and creating life.
Grow with competence and confidence🌿
Along the way, we have helped beginners, professionals, people with full-time jobs, and maybe even your neighbor. Moving forward, our goal is to provide and give you a better understanding of gardening, indoor growing, and creating life.
Grow with competence and confidence🌿
Comparing Reflective Materials For Grow Room & Tent: Mylar, Alu Foil, Panda, White Walls
How much light do various materials reflect? How good are they for indoor grows?
When growing indoors using grow lights, we want to maximize the emitted photons from the lamps. To prevent photons from getting wasted, we want to use as reflective materials as possible on the walls of our grow space. Grow tents are typically fitted with reflective mylar but how good is it really at reflecting light?
DIY inclined growers sometimes build their own grow rooms and dress the walls with reflective materials. We've seen Panda Film, mylar, white color, (mylar) emergency blankets, and aluminum foil is used. But which material reflects light most efficiently?
In this video we measure our LEDTonic Q2 LED grow light and the PPFD light footprint it emits when the walls of our grow closet are dressed in the above-mentioned materials. We compare the reflective properties to using no walls and also white walls.
The light intensity is measured with an Apogee MQ-500 quantum sensor.
Skip to 05:38 for results.
LEDTonic Q2 36W LED grow light:
www.ledtonic.com/products/q2-led-grow-light
Our results are also presented in our blog:
www.ledtonic.com/blogs/guides/comparing-reflective-materials-for-grow-room-tent
www.ledtonic.com
support@ledtonic.com
When growing indoors using grow lights, we want to maximize the emitted photons from the lamps. To prevent photons from getting wasted, we want to use as reflective materials as possible on the walls of our grow space. Grow tents are typically fitted with reflective mylar but how good is it really at reflecting light?
DIY inclined growers sometimes build their own grow rooms and dress the walls with reflective materials. We've seen Panda Film, mylar, white color, (mylar) emergency blankets, and aluminum foil is used. But which material reflects light most efficiently?
In this video we measure our LEDTonic Q2 LED grow light and the PPFD light footprint it emits when the walls of our grow closet are dressed in the above-mentioned materials. We compare the reflective properties to using no walls and also white walls.
The light intensity is measured with an Apogee MQ-500 quantum sensor.
Skip to 05:38 for results.
LEDTonic Q2 36W LED grow light:
www.ledtonic.com/products/q2-led-grow-light
Our results are also presented in our blog:
www.ledtonic.com/blogs/guides/comparing-reflective-materials-for-grow-room-tent
www.ledtonic.com
support@ledtonic.com
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DIY Grow Room Closet (Wardrobe) Build & Setup - Grow Tent vs Closet
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Converting a closet into a stealth grow box is a DIY project most people can do themselves. A grow closet with LED lights has some pros and some cons compared to the traditional grow tent, which we discuss in the video. A grow room closet can be made very simple without much fuss. The most basic and essential features a grow closet needs are: 1. Light (see links at the bottom) 2. Air circulatio...
Microgreens Timelapse 8 Days - Radish and Broccoli Grown With LEDTonic Q2 LED Grow Light
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How to grow microgreens indoors, you ask? It's super simple! Most items you already have at home. As shown in the video, all that's needed is a tray, soil or other grow medium such as coco coir, and seeds. The tray can even be substituted for a food container or an empty ice cream box. Since the microgreens seeds are ready for harvest in about a week, they do not need any nutrients. The seeds s...
3000K vs 4000K LED Grow Light: Effect On Indoor Herb Garden (Basil, Dill, Lettuce)
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Does 3000K and 4000K Color Temperature (CCT) Have Different Effect on Basil, Dill, and Lettuce When Growing Indoors? When growing herbs and vegetables indoors, growers face the dilemma of which LED grow light to choose. Grow lights come in all shapes, sizes, and hardware, including different "CCT", or color temperature, which is measured in Kelvin, K. Generally speaking, the consensus in the gr...
LEDTonic Q7 320W LED Grow Light - Unpacking, Assembly, and Hanging Instructions
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A Presentation of LEDTonic Q7 LED Grow Light. Our newly released Q7 lamp is a high-end and high-performance indoor LED grow light designed for high-light plants, eg. medicinal plants. The lamp has a dual quantum panel design and is fitted with 832 Samsung LM301H diodes, 3500K. The panels connect with 5' (1.5m) cables to a 320W Mean Well driver and 1-10V dimmer. Overall the lamp gives impressive...
Basil Plant Timelapse 48 Days - How to Grow Basil From Seed To Harvest at Home
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Basil Bonanza Pt 1 - 48 Day Timelapse of Growing Basil & Topping for Cuttings Can you grow basil indoors in a pot or container? Does basil grow back after cutting? How long does it take to grow a basil plant? How big does basil grow? These are some of the questions we get so we decided to do a video with helpful tips and show you! Basil is an easy herb to grow indoors and it does not require mu...
Soaking Tomato and Pepper Seeds Before Planting. Necessary? Worth It?
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Should seeds be soaked before planted? Why is this technique recommended by some? Is the result the same regardless of species? Water is needed to activate seeds and start the germination process. Soaking seeds in water starts this process, but how beneficial is it to soak them, and for how long? Let's find out. Music: Blue Marble - Shine Time is precious! Clickable timestamps: 00:00 Introducti...
Dwarf Tomato Plant Timelapse 88 Days - Tomatoes Grown Indoors with LED Bulb
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This time, instead of testing and tinkering, we've recorded an 88-day time lapse of a tomato plant. We set out on a mission to see if we could grow a tomato plant indoors with LED bulbs and as few tools and equipment as possible. We used a 5.7W LED bulb with 36 degree focusing lenses as light source and gave the plant 24 hour photoperiod (0 hours of darkness) after the first couple of days. Alt...
Me encantaron tus videos, el de la comparación de los materiales reflejantes me fue muy útil y de mucha ayuda. Veo algunos comentarios negativos y la verdad espero no los tomes en cuenta porque la mayoria de las personas quieren criticar de forma negativa el trabajo de otros cuando ellos no hacen ni aportan nada. Es una pena que ya no hayas creado contenido nuevo desde ya mucho tiempo atrás porque creo ibas por muy buen camino y tus videos iban siendo cada vez mejores. Espero volver a saber de ti y tus aportaciones en youtube ya que pocas personas hablan de forma tan detallada y minuciosa del manejo de la iluminación en las plantas. Te dejo un abrazo fuerte. Por cierto te escribo en español para que tengas presente que personas de muchos lados en el mundo podrían estarte viendo y encontrando la información que necesitan para sus proyectos. Andrea.
I just have the regular silver Mylar they use for emergency blankets hanging from my drop ceiling grid with duct tape for a makeshift grow room that is 8 ft x 9 ft. I have a heat run coming out of the ceiling in the middle of it so it provides air flow blowing out and keeps it at a nice 70 to 75° when the lights are on and 65° when they go off. My plants are doing incredible!
Aluminum foil for the inexpensive win
I'm growing Basil in a hydroponic 27-gallon container. What is my best option for lighting? I'm using GE Grow LED Light Bulb, but my Basil is not doing good and keep getting worst.
My friend I need your help with a plant I have I I can't figure out how much par I'm giving out bcuz I'm using around 9 diff bulbs all with did specifications!!!!!! So figuring out the numbers is hiring my head I need your intelligence!!!
How come you didn't test mirrors?
Would cardboard be abit better then panda black 😂?
As long as it is better then panda black I might aswell jus make a cardboard grow tent
On the intake side at the bottom i use a car cabin air filter to get rid of any pathogens and unwanted insects or damp or dusty air from entering the grow area cheap and effective for 3.95 euros you cant go wrong its like an air sock
Do you have fans behind your intake vents pushing fresh air in or just the vents letting air in from room ?
This video just went into my video cannabis toolbox.. thank you for sharing!
Wow! That was amazing! So helpful! Thank you!
hi, what about using corrugates roofing sheets covered with aluminium foil (ridges of sheets horizontally), that would reflect in more directions back at the plants ??
Thank you bro, you helped me a lot 😊🤙💖
Great video, thanks for doing this precise experiment!
Thank you for this valuable video. I soaked sunflower and calendula seeds for 24 hours and i got a very poor germination rate. I guess a hour of soaking will be better.
Growing in the closet, Now I can grow beautiful magic tulips, I already smoke them and they taste fantastic!
What was the smell like while growing?
@@edboxall4242like cannabis indica
😂 cheap space blankets are not easier to clean unless you mean just replace them😂 but fr foil is easier to clean my setup has 90 something % mylar space blankets n honestly tin foil is better in some ways but same can be Said for mylar like how tape sticks to mylar miles better to the point where I can use half as much tape n be stronger then the foil 😂
amazing video!! thanks to share with us
This is indeed a very valuable video. Thanks!
This is almost useless. What you are measuring is the light that hits the floor, not the plant. Take the emergency blanket vs the tent material. The emergency blanket only reflects light down to your meter, while the tent material is designed to reflect light up and to the sides as well. All that reected light that would hit the plant from the sides and even at the bottom of the sides is not measured in your test. Therefore, you need to measure all surfaces equally, sides, top, bottom. The bottom would also be covered with plants, so you need some low reflective surface at the bottom too. Cheers:)
Scrog ftw, all canopy in the same level, just like in the test.
I bought 2" foam insulation boards from home depot with the shiny foil on one side. Wonder how it compares?
This is so helpful! Thanks for doing all this work so we don't have to!
So soaking seeds before planting is good?
Growing in a wardrobe has one more advantage over a grow tent - *stealth* I had a similar setup many years ago, in a rented apartment, which was inspected (a brief look-around) every 3 months by a letting agent. A cheap 2-door wardrobe with a carbon filter, a cheap-ish 150W LED panel and 1 autoflower plant in a oxy-pot DWC, LST'd on a mesh net. Never had a problem. It was producing around 100g of dried bud every 2.5 months. My worst harvest was 90g, my best was 135g. The guy inspecting the property, each time was just a few feet away from the "growdrobe" and probably looked right at it many times, without ever suspecting there was a gorgeous weed plant in full bloom in there. This would never work with a grow tent, they are way too recognizable, even the smaller ones.
Holy. You need to make some tutorials on your growing style I just started my first 3 flowers, hopefully I can get even a bit close to those numbers👌
Nice
Hey dude just want to say that was a well done test and some good info to go along with it. I've seen another test to see how quick seeds can get to root, and it was less than a day, and once rooted the seeds were transplanted with 100% success rate. The starting of the soaking was different, with an alternation of going between very warm and very cool water, a few seconds for each and then put onto a tampon layer, which got warm water and a tampon layer on top that didn't have water pooling up that high, so it was moist but not full of water drowning the seed. He got to sprouting sooner doing it that way. I think I'm going to try 6, 9 and 12 hours for soaking in cups on a heat pad only to keep the water warm, doing the same in mild temp water, and then do the test of taking the seed back and forth between warm and cold water and then with all methods do the tampon thing I mentioned above so I have multiple ways of wetting the seed. Another person shows first putting seeds in the refrigerator for a time period before taking them out of the package to simulate winter, he also had a very high success rate, the soak time was shorter like maybe around 6 hours and he used tea. So now I'm being hit with ALL KINDS of ideas of what to try. What I know though is you need a controlled germination area, being able to maintain the temp and a heat pad under the trays as peppers want to germinate in warmer soil.
Exactly what I needed to know. Thank you!
crazyness. how is the cheapest option (other than white/not adding anything) the best?
Emergency blankets it is !
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How well do you think Holographic tape would work its reflective and it reflects every color. In theory it might increase light and the spectrum of light?
Anything that's pure white or silver reflects the entire spectrum to begin with, holographic tape would actually be less reflective. I can say that a thin coat of white primer on aluminum foil is impressively more reflective than primer on bare wood.
Thanks for the info. Just dropping a comment to show support ✊
Some questions please, I saw someone asked about mirrors already, but what if I used the most reflective only on the door and aimed the grow light at it ?? Thanks
what about bigger seeds
Swedish? 😁
thank you, so stick with the amount of aluminium foil one already has in their home even if you put it wrong it beats all others.
Cool build. Looks fun. I never get tired of unzipping my grow tent. I have a small wire frame shelf unit inside mine, so I can have layers too. Works well for me.
hey where u go?
Thanks for the video but this test isn't a very good one. I think to best see results you should do one under 3K, one 4K during veg and then change out the 4K for a 3K during flowe to se ethe true difference when compared to an ideal environment
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There is no substitute for real world data. You can't trust the vendors selling these products to give you the truth.
What about walls made of mirrors? Very informative video. Thanks for the content!
I love the more scientific nature of the comparison. I too would love to know if a mirror is a good idea or not.
Thatd be interesting indeed lol
@matyaskvapil7674 how would it concentrate by refraction off a even and flat surface?
@@unemployed_clown I've tried mirrors, and have not noticed any leaf burn. I don't have a light meter, but the light intensity subjectively seems much brighter with mirrors than with mylar.
I'm going to add this to a playlist on grow box/cupboard setups, great information. Thanks so much for posting! 🙏
What happened guys? Your website is offline!
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Color temp and actual photosynthetically active radiation aren't entirely correlated. There are two fairly narrow wavelength ranges of light that most effectively produce photosynthesis, one is blue and the other red. Different lights of the same color temp typically have different mixture of those wavelength. 4000k actually falls into what is generally the worst in terms of PAR being not especially high in either the red or blue wavelengths plants need but higher in the green part of the spectrum which is virtually useless to plants. 2700k is typically decently high in the red while 5500k and 6500k are good in the blue region.
great video
This information is semi effective for certain types of weapons also 😂