T5 GROW Lights vs T5 LED Garage Lights - Microgreen Lighting Comparison

[@Christopher-rb4my]

Great work as always. I'm new, so perhaps I simply don't understand, but I was curious as to why your comparison used three T5 LEDs against two T5 fluorescents. I'm assuming these are each 48" lights. Just wondered why the two fluo were centered over the crop versus the three LEDs spaced evenly across the shelf. Thanks very much.

[@OnTheGrow]

If a reply is still needed here, please ask again!😊 Christopher 😉Hello again from "On The Grow"...We apologize for not being timely on your last request or comment!!! We've been blessed to have so many welcoming responses as well as questions from the "MicroGreen Community". 😄Fear not for the future...we have two new grow team members here to assist with all aspects of your grow needs and questions. Please feel free to jump back in to sharing and looking to us for assistance!!

[@mankybrains]

Watching just the opening of the video, the 20w looks pretty much the same as the 50w growth! I guess I'll be keeping the Barinas. Thanks guys!

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@snakes111b]

Hy i wanna go in microgrow.Can i make some money if i do good job?I have same 10m2 space in aparrment so thinking to start growing microgreen,oleaae answer,thanx!

[@Lou.B]

Great informative video! I also really appreciate your quantified, systematic approach!

[@jameshunsberger4241]

I have been researching what lights to go with so this is very timely and thank your for all the videos! One thing I noticed was the Sunblasters are rated for 10,000 hours and can not find anything from Barrina that lists the hours except for an Amazon Q&A where someone states they are 50,000. Can you confirm this? This is an important factor to consider as it puts the lifetime of the Sunblasters at a 1.14 years vs. 5.7 years for the Barrina's - @On The Grow would you have a good lifetime number for the Barrina's and would you agree with the lifetime consideration?

[@jameshunsberger4241]

I see the lifetime rating was discussed in "Microgreen Lighting: Fluorescent vs LED's - Purple Kohlrabi - On The Grow" Feb 12, 2020

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@OnTheGrow]

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[@RodFitzpatrick]

I was hoping you would show the light spectrum graphs of the two different lights.

[@charlestonbrown3383]

Two inches is the closest to go, with an oscillating fan blowing CO2, BadMF

[@charlestonbrown3383]

Check height daily raise when necessary, don't burn plants

[@mboowashafiq1496]

Hello ,,thanx for the good work,wanted to know how much PAR you give to your microgreens and how many hours do the light run

[@OnTheGrow]

We run our lights on a 17hours ON and 7 hours OFF schedule and have had great success with that over the past year and a half! We suggest using Three 20watt T5 LED’s per shelf. We look for a minimum of 6,000 lumens per shelf. We have used these for a while with great success www.amazon.com/dp/B07F2WMCP2?tag=onamzonthegro-20&linkCode=ic5&ascsubtag=amzn1.infl.us.product&creativeASIN=B07F2WMCP2&ref=exp_onthegrowfarms_dp_vv_d

[@neelangas4402]

"keep it lit" 😄 sure that one cracked me up 😃 Keep 'em coming guys, you're very informative.

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@willschmit436]

I bought T5 fixtures and bulbs -- after 2 years I replaced some dead bulbs with T5 LEDs -- I went to my dealer, and wanted more LEDs. Bulbs are impossible to find. LEDs are being phased out because they cause fires. Currently, I can't find anything that will fit my T5 fixtures -- $500 down the drain...

[@jenniferfisher1743]

Great side by side testing! I got confused about some of the stats. I am most concerned about heat output because my grow room is naturally warm due to the furnace that’s in the same room. Which light runs hottest?

[@OnTheGrow]

Fluorescent is definitely the one that runs hotter. The LEDs aren't bad at all on temperature.

[@chrisAk-ci2gr]

You are great , Thanks. Can grow Microgreen in outdoors Greenhouse under sunshine? Best Temperatur? Your tray dimensions?

[@seanham1699]

Quick question please... Why are you putting the weight on top during germination period?

[@timroberts430]

Coloration is a bit difficult to differentiate on the video. Looks good though.

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@mskuttinupwhitney3540]

😬💛 #KeepItLit 🥂

[@ashmeout]

thanks great content...you got a new subscriber...im planning on starting a grow....

[@JamesRogers-e6m]

What kind of light do I add for flowering stage

[@robertguay3773]

Red

[@heavymechanic2]

I grow bedding plants for my outdoor vegetable garden, was using T-12 fluorescent shop lights 6500K. Purchased some full spectrum white LED grow lights, a basic light meter shows the LED light is brighter but the plants don't seem to grow as well and a total loss this year as compared to past years.. I'm not sold on LED grow lights, paid $80/4 4ft lamps, after 2 months still have small seedlings, not RTU bedding plants.

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@StopWars420]

Thanks for your story vmf. I'm currently debating hps vs led because everyone who is willing to give an opinion says led still isn't good enough to match hps but most KZbinrs are sponsored and selling leds.

[@888cromartie]

Probably due to the spectrum and lack of UV.

[@robertguay3773]

for seedling I just use the blue grow sunblaster UV cheap and easy. Also fits on the nano dome without melting it.

[@Zonatapio]

Awesome experiment but for the taste test the bags directly behind each "blind sample" are clearly labeled (you can easily read "led" on the right bag, in front of the led greens. Also I'm unnecessarily bothered that you couldn't average 295 and 305 without a calculator.

[@shazzy84]

Thank you! What a beautiful experiment. Keep it up!

[@alisonw5246]

Will these T5's grow good for regular veggie seedlings? Also at what point to you fertilize with an organic fertilizer. I know these are microgreens not veggie seedlings. Thanks!

[@jwstanley2645]

Another great microgreens video. Looking forward to your take on houseplants.

[@OnTheGrow]

Same! We are still trying to get to that! Jw Stanley We are so excited to announce that both our Microgreens master book and our first cookbook will be available very soon!

[@juanvelasquez4682]

Keep checking the street, pull that stranger in for another video! haha.

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@user-uu1ql5bf4v]

4000k clf o t5 is the best ever.

[@mghuertas]

Awsome thanks for sharing

[@ErwinvanHolten]

Thank you for these useful videos. How many hours do you keep lights on/off on a regular 24h cycle? 18/6?

[@sergey.m.]

17/7

[@randomregistrations9341]

Lah-sin-ah-toe :-)

[@KevinLaPage-ff6bj]

lol good vid and definitely keep it lit!

[@_Lush_]

Any thoughts of anyone on the Barrina equivalent brands in Europe that one can order? Hard to find Barrina over here thanks!

[@robertguay3773]

Ant T5 will work just fine. if the light is to weak they will stretch just lower the light. if they are to powerful raise the light.

[@jamescampbell1060]

Great video, but some slight scientific vocabulary correction. PAR has no units of Intensity but refers only to Photosynthetic Active Radiation [400 to 700nm] PBAR is Photosynthetic Biologically Active Radiation. You are thinking Photonsynthic Photon Flux Density [the umols per second the light source emits sort of similar to Lumens in a sense] or PPFD which is the density of the PPF at any measured point. PPFD is the number displaying on your PAR meter and not PAR Also your FL T5s were not Full Spectrum but 6400k often called daylight bulbs but are actually bluer than cool whites. Your LED T5s were 5500k also bluish but warmer or redder than your 6400k bulbs. Bluish light is probably excellent for sprouting since blue limits stretching. Your decision to equivocate the light by average PPFD was a good way to make the comparison more equivalent. Seems that your LEDs had a PPFD average of 75 compared to 65-70 ish for the T5 so the LED were more uniform in coverage and slightly brighter for a lot less of an operating cost.

[@fledgling5616]

wow i feel dum know

[@OnTheGrow]

Cool information! Thank you so much for the support James Campbell!! We are going to be making new content soon! 😄 James Campbell We are so excited to announce that both our Microgreens master book and our first cookbook will be available very soon! Please visit our new website https;//0nthegrow.net

[@Priceygames]

Can you do timelapse

[@ashmeout]

master guide would be great

[@barbsvoboda9634]

Is the T5 Led good for growing flower seedlings? I just grow flowers no veggies

[@OnTheGrow]

They will work for starting seedlings, just don't know about flowering well.🍃

[@OnTheGrow]

We are not really sure about the flowering phase!! 😀 Barb Svoboda Again...we really benefit from your support and nice compliments!!! Have you visited our newest website... www.onthegrow.net ...we are so proud of the help it provides!!!

[@robertguay3773]

they will get really tall and weak.

[@dannac_8888]

12 pack of bulbs in Amazon, no... The hood takes 2, duo, ✌️

[@OnTheGrow]

? Not sure what you're referring to. A bit more information please 🌱🌱

[@JazerMartinez]

Tickle the roots

[@thehyperpainter5485]

Awesome experiment! Question! What's the temperature in your grow room? I'm curious, since you mentioned how fast these kales germinated. I've been struggling with germination time so I'm trying to figure out a way to reach that 3 day sweet spot.

[@OnTheGrow]

🙂Hello theHyper Painter ! Our space stays between 75-80F degrees in the Summer (Best Germination Temps) and between 67-73F in Winter and our humidity around 50% or under. We also have one large fan that circulates the majority of the air and small computer fans on each shelf of each rack. All fans are running for 24 hours of the day. We do not pump carbon-dioxide in the space and the space only exchanges air when we open the door a few times throughout the day.

[@ArmageddonAfterparty]

@@OnTheGrow 23.8 °C to 26.6°C in the Summer (Best Germination Temps) and between 19.4 °C to 22.7 °C in Winter. For all those slightly irritated by this Fahrenheit nonsense. Like me.

[@jenniferfisher1743]

A seedling heat mat is a game changer. The soil will always stay 15ish degrees cooler than the air temp because of the moisture in the soil. Water is a naturally cooing. A seedling heat mat heats to 15 degrees warmer than the air temp to worm the soil. An inexpensive tool that last for many years.

[@Eric-gi9kg]

The LED's won Hands Down. The upfront cost is Nuts for the flouro's...which I knew going into this.

[@OnTheGrow]

Thank you so much for the Feedback Eric Nay! We appreciate your support! Eric Nay Thanks for watching! Eric Nay 😀We are so excited to announce that both our Microgreens Master Book and our first Microgreens Cookbook will be available very soon! 😃Please visit our new website at 0nthegrow.net for info and early sign up!!! Eric Nay 😉Hello again from "On The Grow"...We apologize for not being timely on your last request or comment!!! We've been blessed to have so many welcoming responses as well as questions from the "MicroGreen Community". 😄Fear not for the future...we have two new grow team members here to assist with all aspects of your grow needs and questions. Please feel free to jump back in to sharing and looking to us for assistance!!

[@jacoblloyd5218]

Do the Amazon led t5 light strips work?

[@robertguay3773]

probably not and would be a pain to set up. the strip lights are good for running along stairs. you just need cheap t5 units a pack of 8 is around $100 for microgreens. The stages that use more powerful growlights are much later in the cycle.

[@allenjeng3506]

Great video. Thx. Would you compare your existing lighting fixtures with Spider Farmer SF-2000 LED grow light?

[@OnTheGrow]

We will check into it! 🙂 😀 Allen Jeng Again...we really benefit from your support and nice compliments!!! Have you visited our newest website... www.onthegrow.net ...we are so proud of the help it provides!!!

[@robertthegrowguy7115]

If your just looking for a basic light ocean state job lot has a great 4 foot led shop light it's a bright white which is great for average vegetation and 20 bucks

[@charlestonbrown3383]

Shop.lights waste energy, use T5'for plants, bullétproof

[@charlestonbrown3383]

Don't be cheap, twenty bucks is wasted money with the wrong fixture/tube

[@jamesdeblois878]

Great video do you think if she ate equal amounts the test would have been different larger mouthful means more flavor more crunch. Winner had less on the tray at the end?

[@OnTheGrow]

Possibly, but we think Mandi's taste buds are super charged! And, sometimes you have to taste twice to be sure! So judging by what is left on the tray is not always accurate.

[@shannonphilpott214]

I live is zone 11 I get about 13 hours of sunlight a day right now high are 71F lows are 62F. Do you think my pepper would grow faster if I have them outside or if I have them under my professional grow light that I keep on for 18 hours a day. My goal is speed as I want to produce the fastest growing seedling to sale to other growers. Kind regards

[@OnTheGrow]

Thank you so much for the support Shannon Philpott!! We are going to be making new content soon! 😄 I'm leaning heaviest towards the indoor controlled lighting as well as higher temps...62F is too low!!

[@robertguay3773]

A little late. You do not want plants under the lights to long if you are transplanting outside. when grown inside the plants get very weak and will need stakes if it goes out side and maybe even tying branches. Keep them short inside they grow fast as soon as you get into the sun.

[@stuart3448]

Hi

[@OnTheGrow]

Hello!

[@jeanneblackwell5123]

what does the purple color indicate?

[@OnTheGrow]

🙂Thank you for watching JEANNE BLACKWELL!!! 😄 Glad you enjoyed it! Those are a different bulb from the normal 20watt light that you see in the video.

[@katrinawebbheim3772]

Are grow light t5 bulbs producers of UVB?

[@Nico-zj3cv]

Also interested in knowing how much UVA/UVB lights the sunblaster produce. I have a 3ft shelfing unit set up in the living room but there is no 3 ft Barrina LED T5 available in the UK (only 4 ft ones), my only choice of 3ft grow lights with power cord seems to be the sunblaster T5 but am scared of the harmful (at the very least skin ageing) UV lights!

[@OnTheGrow]

Just use 2ft LEDs! Anything around 18 watts, use three per shelf. If you can get around 24-36watt you only need two per level. Aim to get them in the 5000k-6500k in temperature will work great!

[@Nico-zj3cv]

@@OnTheGrow Thank you for the reply and suggestion, I watched so many of your awesome videos and I know you recommend 6000lm per level for 45cm deep shelfing, would it be the same or shelfing 36cm x 90cm? I will look into 2ft lights in the UK, can't seem to find anthing bright enough at the moment so likely to buy 3ft Barrina from amazon US. (paying VAT and shipping cost on top ! ouch)

[@strykerace]

Do you keep the lights on 24/7?

[@OnTheGrow]

🙂We run our lights on a 17hours ON and 7 hours OFF schedule and have had great success with that over the past year and a half!

[@jacob106106]

What house plants are you going to experiment with?

[@OnTheGrow]

That is still undecided! We have been so busy with our books! jacob bedard We are so excited to announce that both our Microgreens master book and our first cookbook will be available very soon!

[@ivacheung792]

Random woman 😂. Love the Halloween decorations!

[@OnTheGrow]

Lol, thank you so much!! We are trying to incorporate some of the Halloween spirit into the room :)

[@RASDB7]

What’s the anti fungal.

[@OnTheGrow]

🙂 Thanks for asking...Visit www.onthegrow.net for a complete listing of our grow products!!!

[@garrettmineo]

Can you recommend a reasonably priced PAR tester? Thanks.

[@OnTheGrow]

😀 Garrett Mineo Again...we really benefit from your support and nice compliments!!! Have you visited our newest website... www.onthegrow.net ...we are so proud of the help it provides!!!

[@charlestonbrown3383]

Good ones aren't reasonable but worth it long run

[@robertguay3773]

If it is for micro greens just raise or lower lights till they grow the way you like them. if the light is to far the plants stretch more, if it is to close they stay really small.

[@terrinr.2024]

have you created a spreadsheet for all the light experiments you have done? It would really help to create a better assessment. At some point you need to pick the best light haha

[@OnTheGrow]

So many lights !! A clear winner would be a dream! Thank you so much for the support Terrin R.!! We are going to be making new content soon! 😄

[@KamiTenchi]

You're awesome

[@OnTheGrow]

😀 Kami Tenchi Again...we really benefit from your support and nice compliments!!! Have you visited our newest website... www.onthegrow.net ...we are so proud of the help it provides!!! Kami Tenchi We are so excited to announce that both our Microgreens master book and our first cookbook will be available very soon!

[@KamiTenchi]

@@OnTheGrow Well this is something I gotta see. Thank you so much

[@rkh7360]

How long can diluted hydrogen peroxide be kept?

[@OfftoShambala]

If it’s kept away from light and excessive heat and it’s kept in an enclosed bottle, it can last a few weeks, possibly a month or more... I use diluted peroxide often, in a spray bottle and I’ve had cuts in my hand and used it after not adding any solution again after it sat in the bottle in a dark cupboard and it did its thing on my cuts. I know for a fact, light will weaken it... but I’m only guessing about the heat.

[@rkh7360]

@@anitam3183 thanks a ton

[@rkh7360]

@@OfftoShambala thank u

[@rkh7360]

@@anitam3183 one more thing, what concentration of hydrogen peroxide do u use n how do u dilute it?

[@rkh7360]

@@OfftoShambala one more thing, what concentration of hydrogen peroxide do u use n how do u dilute it?

[@justbill62]

If this is her first time seeing microgreens, how can she smell the brassica flavor.

[@OnTheGrow]

Lol, that’s a good point!! 😂

[@OnTheGrow]

Nakano We are so excited to announce that both our Microgreens master book and our first cookbook will be available very soon!

[@Runboy7426]

If you wanna be "average" go with the led. Oompf costs $$. If you want to stand out above the rest you gotta pony up. Would like to see the test with the reflectors on the Fluorescents. Sun blaster is not the most affordable or best option for Fluorescents. Great Test!!

[@OnTheGrow]

Do you have some other Fluorescents you could recommend from Amazon? Makes it easier for me to share with everyone if it is from a big source like that. I haven't looked into fluorescent lighting in so long :)

[@Runboy7426]

@@OnTheGrow I haven't looked close lately for single lamp T5's but it appears it is the same china fixture being sold by all of these companies and even for reptiles. Here is on - www.amazon.com/dp/B06XP98QBZ/ref=twister_B06XPR1WD3

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@OnTheGrow]

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[@hotdogsarepropaganda]

amazing indepth video! I love that you compared them side by side