Recent content by el forestero

Thanks for the advice, folks! Still shopping around and watching a lot of DIY LED videos, and starting to get my head wrapped around this pretty well. Will let you know what I end up doing.

nice plants! now I'm really convinced about 3500°k.

Thanks for clearing that up about the color temps, folks. I live on an exposed hill overlooking the ocean with insane wind blowing probably half the days of the year. Tears small plants right out of the ground and knocks over big potted trees. In fact I'm up now at 2:30am due to a wind storm...

Definitely food for thought, gjs4786. I'll have a look at some of the youtube vids comparing growth by flourescents and DIY LED setups and see if it's really worth it. Olive Drab Green: Yeah, they treat weed like hard drugs in Japan. But if you're caught they'll lock you up with their...

coreywebster and Randomblame: Thanks for the advice on the DIY route with LED strips. Looks like the way to go. The strips you suggested are 3500 to 4000K. I read somewhere that 6000K is better for growing because it contains the full spectrum of sunlight, so I'm curious why you recommend these...

Same guess here, the higher-powered T8s. I was thinking of running two to four bulbs, side by side. But I want to hear from the experts too. Sure, I could see growing them beyond seedling stage before planting them outdoors if that'd work out best. Tx for the ideas.

I live in a remote area of Japan. My wish is to grow plants from seed to seedling stage indoors under LED lights and then plant the seedlings outdoors. The indoor growing area will be 25cm by 120cm. There's a limited range of LED lighting I can order by mail. Japan doesn't have much of an...