Can You Use Household LED Bulbs As Grow Lights?

Hey man! This video has more information in it then most places I've been searching online. Thank you so much! Also, would you mind answering a question? I have 6 led lights, each is a ufo flat surface led light that produces 21,000 lumens at 5000 kelvins. If I have these hanging at 10 ft, evenly spaced in a building that is 1500 sf, could they grow lettuce in 5 ft grow towers? You've got a subscriber!

Help! Is 'full spectrum' the same as 5000k? Can a 'full spectrum' bulb actually have a lower Kelvin number? I believe that even a 5000k build can have a narrow spectrum of light - if it is measured with a spectrometer, which I don't have. I am trying to light my painting studio in the best way... not growing plants. The difficulty is that daylight and 5000k may look the same to our human eyes but they will render color very differently. Any suggestions? - confused in Washington.

I grow beautiful plants with regular led lights

Can i use RGB as a grow light?

MICRO GROWING WEED 2×2 CONFINED SPACE CUTTING OFF PLASTIC COVER LED HOUSE LIGHTS RIGGING TO A 2×2 FT PLYWOOD 8 LIGHT BULB AND THE PLANTS ARE ALSOM ABSOLUTELY LOVELY

I have grown dense huge buds using 100 watt equivalent with mixed spectrums 3000 and 5000. I grew a plant that it's main cola was a half ounce so these lights work best in closets and best in grow cabinets and grow box's. They must be close for good results.

week1 to 9 $22.00 for 24 led Household LED Bulbs works great

Lol, I used 6 regular bulbs and the buds were airy and foxtails everywhere. And the potency was little to non existent. But it was fun.😊

This works. I've had so many successful grows. Besides the led bulbs, the last grows i used a few huge CFL bulbs on the sides of the plants, both for vegging and for flowering.

What a really grow light have that a normal led haven't
Just multiple spectrums
I have tested it with led panels
Using 3k 4k 6k leds together seems giving the same results like a grow light
Lets dont hide the truth leds gived us a totally new way to look at the plant's growth they are way less hot than hps and they are way more efficient exactly because they have alot more colour spectrums than the olds we all used to grow

To grow what? Cress, Lettuce? HPS is what all the commercial growers use in all countries.
Prove me wrong.

I can hear the diodes.

I have a quick question. I live in a house built in 1958 and there isn't very good natural light. The windows in my bedroom for, instance, are 18in x 30in and there are 3 of them. one on either side of my bed and one in a coved part of my bedroom (my house has an odd roofline). I want to install light panels or something similar to make it look like there are more windows than there are. Will regular LED light panels be ok, or do I need to create my own using specific LED lights? I am a plant lover and really want to have them in every room, but as it stands they are all in or close to the picture windows in my living & dining room. I know this video is over a year old but I am hoping you might still answer. Thank you!!

My main issue is the cost/benefit. Grow lights are massively over-priced, and I don't think most people, even those who use standard house lights, believe you can get as good of results with those as you can with grow lights; It's just that if you can get good enough results for your needs, the cost becomes a big factor. For example, aquariums can have fairly affordable lighting, at least until you get to basically ANY of the spot lights, which is the lighting I prefer. Those things are like a hundred dollars bare minimum just because they have the "aquarium light" label. Instead, I use cheap GE outdoor 90w flood leds with the caps popped off; These lights have a second lens touching the diodes such that with the diffuser removed, they become spot lights that grow well even at a 3 to 4 foot distance. Of course most of my plants are shade plants, and I get a bit of (very diffused) natural lighting, so that helps. Even if I needed two or three times the amount of cheap lights to equal the more expensive ones for par, it may well be worth it. The more expensive ones are mostly for all the bells and whistles, appearance of both the fixture and light temp, and yes, slightly better plant or coral growth (based on what I've heard at least; they're out of my price range). And don't even get me started on the rest of the aquarium industry...

you're only talking about the light. How about show some actual science.

Yo, what about mixing bulbs? i got one blurple 200 diodes and 9 phillips led bulbs (each 8.5-9w 806lm) from 2700k to 5000-6000k?

I grow tomatos with 30w 6000k floodlights with no problem. Absolutley no daylight what so ever and $10 a piece

I have used 6400k LED bulbs to start seedlings for the past 6 years. Before that I used Daylight 6400k CFL lamps, but the arrival of the cheap LED bulbs, together with a good drop in power used, pushed me to try them. My main crop is superhot chillies that require a long growing season, so I sow early in the New Year, so that the weather outside has stabilised to 10c at night, and the plants are ready to move into bigger pots in my little greenhouse. I see no deficiencies in the plants, and they thrive in our living room until it's time to go outside.

If I use a growth lightbulb to grow my plants do I need a special light fixture to attach to the lightbulb in order for the growth light to work or could I simply attach the growth light bulb to a regular light fixture that I already have at home?

HI can we use smart bulb as a grow light?

Can you put the camera closer to your face?

Ty but your brown btw where all shades of brown tones of brown ...look up your brown tone and truly wake our minds up

You fooled me I thought you were mexican buddy 👍🏻

Because grow lights are very expensive and unreliable.

Im currently using fecida 65w 600l and they cost 65€ and have full spectrum Red deepred and bleu so they are doing great! It's great it used a minimum of electric and have no heat on thé led and have iron casing and have vent build in!? Amazing i say that we used to use 2000w lights in thé past..

House hold led bulbs are the way to go, there cheap effective and they last for years, if you say they don't work, you have not tried them, you need to take the plastic dome off and you need to keep them about 12" above the plants, so if you want to cover a 4ft x 1ft you need to use 6 x 13w bulbs

NO you can't. plants will rot and die

Bro pop the tops off the bulbs and grow.. negative ass shit

All depends on what you grow, ??

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I use the Philips Hue system. Could I use these if I have them set for red and blue?

Trust me, if you said it at all, you’re not to White to say it. I see you my brother from another mother😊. You definitely have your sisters subscription and support, with that one line. Well, you also know your stuff.

I start mine indoors it's a bitch to grow outdoors in the Florida summers

It still bothers me a bit that all people who want me to buy grow lights are people who sell grow lights. But your explanations about the light spectrum were really interesting.

Grow lights= huge ripoff . I get 30,000 lumens from 3 led shop lights. All bud.

Uhh, the dome can be cut off.

Like... this theory's got back 😂😂

If you mix warm and cool light you will get a good spectrum ,use warmer lights for flower closer to sun set tone the better ❤

My next grow involves the following- I plan on using a total of 8 lights. 8- 4 Footers. One set is adjustable between 3000- 4000- 5000k, also the wattage is adjustable between 55 and 75. The other set which is primarily for vegetative, runs 40 w 6500k. In the middle part of the growing both of the sets will be on. I have faith that this will work well I cannot type down the entirety of this plan here LOL

Minute 5.... Just get to the fucking point

It really depends on what type of plants you are growing. I've found that 6000k-6500k color temperature works best on plants. I have lots of those LED household bulbs and the defusers can easily be twisted off, if the bulbs are 7w or over at 6500k with the defuser cap removed there not too bad. I've been using these to grow Pothos "devils Ivy" and they work good for that. They have also been good for some other house plants.

I have 4 6500 k led daylight bulbs is that be enough for 2 plants i have wrapped the setup with aluminum foil but seedlings looks to grow very slowly kindly some one will can give advice how much i have need more until flowering stage

Hey man, you know those Philips first gen CFL lights You mentioned? I just took one out of a lamp in my shop after 20-some years and replaced it with one of those filament LEDs that uses 1/4 the power but is 5x as bright, lol

A little information goes a long way. Thanks for the input~!

very informative

Been using daylight led lights to grow lettuce for 5 years and has given me more plant mass than of those grow light rip offs.

How about cutting the tops off and putting 3 100w equiv. Led bulbs at a ratio to 3-3000k 1- 2700- 2 6000k veg and 4 3000k 1- 6000k and 1-2700k bud cycle and with this ratio you would get a very realistic spectrum and as for photon density. Make it 50 w /ft2. Is that not the optimum amount that is required for a top notch lighting system. Do this and you will have a serious good system only lacking uv/low red spectrum. 75 bulbs in a 5x5 and that will set you up with all the light to have a terrific grow for $300 or less! Throw a 400w hps in the mix at week 4 of bud if ya really want excellent trichome production. You can manufacture a light with a consistent 1500mmols/ on a 5x5 and with Mylar walls you can go 6x6. $300 to light a 6x6 is cheap and you can make smaller but just follow the 50w/ft2. Rule. Hope this helps people see you can use regular led bulbs when mixed in the right proportions. Try it I promise you a successful grow.

For people who want to grow with household bulbs a little hack is to cut off the plastic diffusers exposing the bare LEDs. This greatly improves light intensity and throws a more downward beam which eliminates the hassle and cost of using reflectors.

You can. I've grown big plants from them

you need about 10 led bulbs without the plastic covers be careful it can shock you if you touch them