The outlook of LED GROW LIGHTS

One of the most recent innovations in this field is the introduction of LED technology. LED grow lights , like older types, provide the necessary spectrum to plants, but do so through a method which is far more energy conserving than any previously known. This, along with a number of benefits which are limited to LED technology alone and the steady reduction of the cost, has made LED lights one of the most preferred types of grow lights in the world today.

the market for best LED grow lights is set to grow rapidly in the next six years, moving from $395 million in 2013 to about $3.6 billion in 2020. Indeed, the major part of this growth will be driven by increased demand from restaurant and home owners who are becoming increasingly conscious of the deleterious effects of fast foods, etc. ,and wish to replace eating out habits with home-grown foods using efficient lighting technology and advanced automated indoor farming processes.

As noted above, these lights are witnessing a phenomenal growth in the indoor growing industry. Full spectrum LED grow lights use diodes to produce the necessary light, which allows engineers to control the light spectrum in much greater detail than is possible for other types of bulbs. They typically come in arrays of small LEDs, which can be fixed over plant grids as per convenience. This implies that while you can purchase readymade arrays to fix quickly, you can also order individual LEDs to arrange according to the grids you are creating in your indoor garden. Furthermore, since they produce little heat as compared to light, they can be placed quite close to the plants without risk of the latter drying up. Despite these advantages (which will be explored in greater detail below), the price of LEDs proved to be prohibitive for growers for a long time. Only recently has this changed, and though they may still be costlier than incandescents, they are now well within the budget of the ordinary grower, which goes a long way in explaining the trends forecasted by the WinterGreen Research LED Grow Light Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2014-2020.