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    Will these LEDs be ok for seedlings?

    Hey, I'm just beginning to grow and my first seedlings are developing leaves. We have 12 hours of light here so I need an extra 6 hours for the vegetative stage. I have some LED bar lights. They are like the long fluorescent bulbs, but LED. They are 18 watt, "day light" 6400k, 1800 lumens. Will they work?

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    Just dont get them to close to the plants, if they are to close they can burn, same with older plants as well.. 18 watt is not much. Last year I put a home LED bulb in the garden to reveg with, I think it was 7 watts at 6500k and did not need to be right on them. I may need to do that again this year.

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    • Ratho71
      Ratho71 commented
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      Is there anything wrong with 18W? Can I use this light through the vegetation stage to flowering? Thank you for your help.

    • gbauto
      gbauto commented
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      It should be OK for a seedling light strip. There are much more efficient and cost-effective DIY options that I'd choose before trying to cobble together enough of the tubes to give you enough light to flower.

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