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Working well for seed starting!
I purchased this light set with the mindset of starting seedlings and getting a head start on the 2019 growing season. I have started five different types of hot peppers with these lights and the ones which have germinated are doing very well...a few dozen other pepper, tomato and annual flowers varieties will be added too!
I planted the seeds on 12/8/2018 and in just a few weeks I have multiple, healthy looking plants. These lights put off very little heat, at 12 inches of height, no leaf burn on anything. I am not going to try and fruit/flower anything, just starting a variety of plants indoors, keeping them alive and growing, then transplant them outside when the season arrives.
Another set is in my future since they are performing so well and I plan to update this review as time is spent with them. I am very pleased thus far with my purchase.
Update:I've uploaded two more pictures of the progress in growth of some hot pepper plants. Today is January 24th and every plant is thriving with these lights...I added a second set of lights after about a month with the first set since so many sprouted and I didn't want to let them die off. I have around thirty seedlings/plants now growing well under these lights! More updates will be added as time goes by...
Update:February 24th and the pepper plants are still doing well, some are starting to produce flowers which is not what I need from them yet. I am pinching off the buds as they arrive because I don't want them producing peppers until being transplanted to the outdoors. Gladly, the lights are completely functioning too...no burnt out led's. I've added more pictures of the plants growing underneath the lights. More updates will be coming...
Update:March 25th...the lights and my pepper plants are both still doing well...two more pictures added. I can't pinch off flowers fast enough to make the plants just have vegetative growth, so I let them flower. The lights are on a 14/10 cycle. I have added some reflective Mylar to help disperse the light more as I've outgrown the footprint these lights dispense. I have 32 total plants growing and they are around 14"-16" tall, the weather here is almost ready for transplanting outside. I'm happy with the performance from these lights, especially considering the price for a set. Another round of tomato and pepper seedlings will be started to continue testing these lights next weekend!
December 2018 · Patio Lawn and Garden · verified purchase