Want to maximize the power of your indoor garden without maxing out your electric bill? An LED plant light is 80 percent more energy efficient than a HPS light, but still provides the best light for your plants. That means a 90 watt LED light produces as much light as 400 watt HPS light, which can mean serious savings to your electric bill. Running two 90 watt LED lights will cover two different 12 foot growing areas, but cost no more electricity than leaving the garage and porch lights on at night.

In fact, LED lights are also simpler, easier to set up, and don’t require any complicated wiring. This makes them not only easier to use, but safer as well. You can grow an indoor garden of fresh vegetables with peace of mind, knowing your gardens are protected against fire. All you need to do is plug the light in with no more fire risk than a typical household lamp. Since the lights don’t require a ballast, there’s no complicated rigging involved. They can simply be suspended from the ceiling above the plants. In fact, most LED lights come with their own simple mounting systems to make hanging the lights a breeze.

Not only is an LED plant light less of a fire risk, but it won’t even scorch or dry out your plants. Light efficiency greatly diminishes the farther away a bulb is placed from plants. Plants placed two feet away will receive a quarter as much light as plants placed a foot away from the light. Because of the high heat intensity of HPS bulbs, placing them too close can actually burn the leaves of your plants, drying them out and inhibiting growth. Thanks to their lack of heat, LED lights can be placed in direct proximity to the plants, getting the most growth impact from the light.

Yet LED lights provide the ideal lights that plants need. LED lights create the same spectrum that plants use for photosynthesis, making them ideal for not only starts and seedlings, but vegetative growth and flowering. It’s an ideal spectrum of light for growing the healthiest peppers, tomatoes or beans all year round.

LED is not only convenient, but also environmentally beneficial. They have virtually no carbon footprint. In fact, their use is undetectable, which is good for the environment. You can install several lights with no difference to your electric bill. They’re an ideal light for indoor gardens, making year round fresh vegetables a reality. Why go to the grocery store when you can enjoy fresh food throughout the year?

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