Question about using grow lights with adeniums and other plants. We have adenium desert rose plants in Austin, Texas. At this time of year we keep them inside as it frequently gets down to 40F at night. We are concerned that they are not getting enough sun. Would you advise a type of grow lights that works best with these plants. I tried to educate myself and came away not knowing what spectrum if best. Thanks for your help
Answer: Adenium Rose Company is not using any grow lights except for seed germination. Having said that we are in the process of building a vertical growing facility in North Georgia (Zone 6a to 7). We will be using 100% LED products. The grow light fixture will have true full spectrum. The grow lights units we are using will have adjustable light intensity, duration and green/red balance adjustment on the light fixture.
Grow Lights Basics LED’s
We have spent countless hours reading about grow lights, their specifications and quality of the LED’s. There is no one size fits all. The basic LED light mixes are full spectrum, bloom and vegetation LED. Then there are various generations of LED (generation1, 2 3 etc.). Some cost a fortune and cheap. Some LED fixtures have adjustable intensity settings, red/blue adjustments, timers and much more.
The units we are using will have adjustable light intensity, duration and bloom/vegetation balance adjustment on the light fixture. They will have UV and IR light too. The uMol spread will controlled by making by light spacing.
Our vertical growing area will consist of units with 4′ x 4′ shelving units. Each unit shelf spacing will be between 30″ to 48″. The grow lights fixtures will be on a pulley system to give the ability to adjust the distance between the plant and light.
Once we get a better handle on the grow lights products used and time using them we will create several blog posts but that will be towards the 2nd half of 2020.