Your Opinion on Grow Lights

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,134

  August 2014

  I think they're far to expensive to buy and run for anything other than a commercial grower - also if you've got plants growing at the rate that needs that sort of light, then surely they'll need heat too? Sounds to me to be unsound environmentally and pocket-wise.

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• loony gardner Posts: 107

  August 2014

  Oh ok... I'm new at this so i guess i got carried away when i saw adverts of grow lights on Amazon
  
  So they're not feasible, eh Dove?

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• fidgetbones Posts: 17,617

  August 2014

  Expensive. I think they get used a lot by people growing certain crops in the attic.

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• loony gardner Posts: 107

  August 2014

  Lol Fidget really?
  
  I guess the 'attic farmers' can afford the expense

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• dan0021 Posts: 4

  July 2016

  They're not THAT expensive unless you're talking about LED lights. That said, it does depend on how big your greenhouse is. If you need a lot of lights, your power consumption will increase dramatically, but the heat from the lights will heat up your greenhouse, so you'll save some money there.

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• Clarington Posts: 4,949

  July 2016

  What is it you need to grow through winter? If you're hoping for a self sufficient garden and never visiting the supermarket again you'd be better off growing seasonal appropriate fruit and vegetables.

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• Clarington Posts: 4,949

  July 2016

  loony gardner says:

  Lol Fidget really?
  I guess the 'attic farmers' can afford the expense See original post

   I confess I thought the same as Fidget when I saw this post. Attic gardeners however have dubious methods for going around the electricity meter to help keep profits high. Not quite growing your own fresh salad is it!

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