01-04-2020, 10:03 AM
In years past I have used our spare PV watts during winter for growing romaine using an intense LED light. (In summer we use the power for air conditioning). This year we are trying to do various vegetable seed starts and need a larger area than the LED light can handle due to the size of the seed trays. These are plants that are going to be planted outside eventually when they are big enough to survive the rats and cardinals so they can't be leggy where the wind and rain would punish them. We're not growing weed so don't need a vegetative growth solution. But we do need the lowest wattage solution possible so that we can run it off grid as much as possible.
When we used to house parrots indoors we used T5 fluorescents to mimic the sun as much as practical and I remember having to shop the weed grow stores to get them and they seemed to be energy efficient but that was at least 10 years ago.
Recommendations? Ideas? We've tried starting the seeds outdoors but the pest pressure is insurmountable.
When we used to house parrots indoors we used T5 fluorescents to mimic the sun as much as practical and I remember having to shop the weed grow stores to get them and they seemed to be energy efficient but that was at least 10 years ago.
Recommendations? Ideas? We've tried starting the seeds outdoors but the pest pressure is insurmountable.
