Grow Light PAR38

Seeing as how popular indoor container gardening has become - and, accordingly, how lucrative it now is to sell indoor grow lights - it is a bit difficult to find a light that you feel at all confident will actually be effective for your indoor plants. I’ve scrolled through what seems like countless products that purport to emit awesome spectrums that are totally sweet for plant growth (and, oddly, seem to feature the exact same “wavelength graphs”), or that tout their (sometimes slightly deceptively calculated) wattage - despite the fact that a fixture’s wattage tells you near to nothing about how useful a light will be in aiding a plant’s growth (wattage is, put simply, a measure of the amount of electricity used to run an electrical device, not a measure of that device’s energy output). It’s been a confusing and sometimes demoralizing search (well, as demoralizing as online shopping can honestly be), and I’ve felt very much in over my head I’m trying to choose a product that won’t be a waste of money or harmful to my plant friends. I am reviewing this particular product very positively, not simply because it works and is bright and has seemed to be very helpful in my attempt to keep a fussy dwarf orange tree alive over the dark cold winter, but also because I appreciate having been given the kind of information a consumer actually needs when trying to find a good, effective grow light. You’ll see the term “PAR” right in the title of this product, front and center; PAR, or Photosynthetic Active Radiation is essentially a measurement of light emission within the photosynthetic range of 400-700nm, which is the area of light that plants use for photosynthesis, or to grow. This is a really valuable specification to have in selecting an effective grow light, and I can’t imagine why so many of the other (often even more expensive) grow light fixtures for sale here don’t include this information in their listings. Hopefully, I haven’t come off as overly pedantic, I don’t mean to lecture anyone on the science of plant grow lights (admittedly, I know very little myself!), but I do remember my first searches for a good, solid grow light fixture and how frustrating it could be to feel that I wasn't getting any really useful information from so many of the products I found. I spent quite a bit of money on fancier-looking, often more expensive but ultimately less useful lights before I found this one, and I hope that this information is helpful to you, prospective buyer! I wholeheartedly recommend this bulb to anyone who needs some bright, direct auxiliary light for their indoor plants. One last point: this bulb is quite heavy (not really suitable for gooseneck/clip on task lamps), so keep that in mind while making your decision.

Hey there, just wanted to share my excitement about this awesome product I've been using for about a month now – it's seriously amazing! My plants are loving life and thriving big time. I mean, within just a week, I noticed new growth popping up all over the place. Even my indoor orange tree, which was craving some good light, started sprouting new leaves after just a couple of weeks with this bulb. Sure, the bulb itself is a bit on the heavy and bulky side, but pair it with a cool light fixture, and it works like magic. The light it gives off is bright and white – perfect for my little green buddies. Mine's tucked away in a corner, yet it throws enough light to keep all my plants happy. I've tested out different brands and lights before, but none have given my plants the same boost as this one. You bet I'm gonna grab another one when the time comes! 🌱✨

I think I didn't actually need a new bulb as it turns out. My Black Knight was developing green in the new center growth but I believe it was actually just being blocked by one of my taller Pachyveria. Regardless I don't have a lot of space to create a strong or efficient light set up for my table of succulents and I learned in my first go around that most single bulbs or wands on Amazon seem to be advertised unfaithfully to their real life performance. There's only so much a single bulb under $40 and under 50w can output so your expectations must be realistic for what can be achieved in this range. There's a lot of fancy looking multi-colored LEDs claiming extremely high PPFD beyond their capabilities. This bulb claims PPF 50 with no PPFD claim, which is the more important measurement. At 6-12 inches it seems to have a reasonably good PPFD based on the condition of my succulents after 3ish weeks. I am running it for ~14 hours a day because I get little to no natural sunlight in my house or even in my yard for that matter. My last bulb also had no PPFD measurement but advertised " about 1000umol @12" ". It was one of the pink/purple type LED supposedly optimized for non-vegetating plants. It kept my plants in decent color and not stretching but the coverage area wasn't great. This one so far seems to be a little more effective than that one was, possibly due to being full spectrum daylight. My Black Knight is looking a little more dark and all the green is gone, still nice and compact in the center, wish I thought about taking pictures before. Also the other bulb had a cooling fan while this one does not, so that's a big plus in my opinion. I got a new succulent in the mail that was poorly packaged and bent. I have it on the edge of the light area and it's beginning to stand up normally after being watered. I'm happy with the purchase, it works for my limited space and it's nicer to have the daylight color over the pink/purple. There's no outrageous claims for output beyond the wattage capabilities. Update 8/31/22 I'm struggling to find the right height for this one. I don't think it's actually any better the one I had before, which leaves me to be of the opinion that all bulbs in this similar price range probably have similar output. My variegated Platyphylla has turned from green with red stripes to almost solid red. But my most compact echeveria (some Laui hybrid) that has done the best for me so far has lost some of its form at a 8-12 inch height. The bent succ never corrected but I think that's because the shipper actually killed it, I'm not certain there was anything I could do in this case. But I do rotate all my succs on a regular basis and they aren't straightening up very well.

Actualización: Tras dos años y muchas plantas más después he decidido comprar un segundo foco ya que las plantas del lado derecho tienen uno de Amazon Basic (que como lo dice su nombre) es muy básico pero no suficiente ya con tanto y comparando con el GE. La verdad recomiendo mucho el producto y agrego una foto de cómo va todo por ahora. Me ha servido tanto para plantas de ornato como carnivoras así que con toda confianza, la calidad es muy buena, no se arrepentirán. Original: La verdad la potencia de la lámpara es más de la que imaginaba, no es algo malo si lo que buscas es ayudar verdaderamente a tus plantas. El peso del foco es bastante, aproximadamente medio kilo pero la garantía que ofrecen es debido a la calidad e ingeniería detrás, ahora veo que lo pude comprar por unos 200 pesos menos pero ante la urgencia no quise esperar, una planta comenzaba a enfermar por la temporada y la escases de luz. Estoy satisfecho con la compra y en unos meses procuraré actualizar la información, pero de momento lo considero un gran producto que cumple lo que promete y esto con apenas haberle dado quince días de uso.

I haven’t had this for very long, but I feel a lot better knowing that my expensive houseplant now has some supplemental light as we enter into shorter days. I’ve read multiple reviews on the GE grow lights and all positive. It is heavier than a standard light but I had no issues hanging it.

Very bright! Using it for a calamondin orange tree, which is growing great.

La luz es muy intensa sin ser molesta, la acabo de implementar para mis plantas de interior que tienen poco acceso a luz solar y al parecer se encuentran bien espero tener mejoría con el uso continuo

Para el desarrollo rápido de mis plantulas