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What Are T5 Lamps Good For? Indoor growers love T5 grow lights because they are cheap, also energy efficient and run cool so they can be suspended just inches above your seedlings. This means you can setup your seedlings in a separate area from your main grow. This will help you cycle your crops so that you have seedlings starting as your main plants start to flower. The strange thing about T5 fluorescent bulbs is that they produce blue-spectrum light which is not ideal for growing. These lights just seem to work for small plants as they require less energy to thrive. What Are T5 Lamps Not Good For? They aren’t powerful enough to mature or flower cannabis plants. T5’s don’t have the power of light spectrums needed to flourish your plants. If you are planning on starting your plants with a T5 it’s a great idea but you are going to need to invest in a LED grow light if you really want to vegetate and flower your cannabis plants. If you choose to use T5, you’ll be smart to p...

QUANTUM BOARD LED GROW LIGHT The latest tech to get the LED grow light community all riled up has been dubbed “Quantum Boards” by the fine folk who designed them over at the Horticulture Lighting Group. These things have created quite a buzz across the usual forums that growers frequent, and for good reason. If you haven’t heard of them yet, you’re likely wondering what exactly a Quantum Board is and what’s so great about them. The Almighty Samsung LM561C LED These boards are built around the impressive Samsung LM561C diode. Boasting efficacy approaching 200 lumens per watt at low power, these diodes are incredibly efficient. Typical forward voltage for each diode is ~2.7-2.8V at 65mA of current. Absolute maximum current is rated at 200mA per diode. The main advantages for Quantum Boards are: Thermal management is much simpler. The board can be mounted to a thin piece of aluminum with no active cooling and the diodes stay nice and cool. More uniform spread of light. Compared...