Why are LEDs perfect for growing cannabis?

Plants have a different use for a different wavelength. Blue light is mostly associated with plant growth as it helps the plant in springing leaves and growing. On the other hand, red light is the most important light color for flowering and stemming.

However, photosynthesis is not enough. Many plants need the natural change of light to grow. Natural change doesn’t mean a sudden absence of light. If you ever spent a couple of hours before the sunset in the natural light, you must’ve noticed that a change in light occurs gradually as the sun sets. So, if you are growing indoors you will need a perfect emulation of sunlight. You can’t just flip the switch and expect your plants to be happy with it. Remember when you were a kid, and your dad comes in and turns the light off? Did you like it? Well, surprise! Your plants hate that too.

That’s where LEDs come in handy. Since a LED lamp consists of many individual LEDs, you can buy one that has both blue and red light and just change the tone of light as the day goes on. Your plants will be happy and they will reward you accordingly. If you are a cannabis.

Why are those colors important?

First and foremost, we have to talk about brightness. There is a reason why apples from the side of a tree that had longer and better exposure to light taste sweeter. Light intensity helps with creating sugars in the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the main reason we call plants “plants”. That is the most important process in converting the energy of the sunlight to organic matter. It is very important to understand that plants experience light in a radically different way. While we see plain, regular, old-fashioned white light, plants can distinguish between subtle nuances. It is pretty much like the word for snow in different cultures: while some cultures that have thrived in warmer habitats have one word for snow, others that are surrounded by it on a daily basis (such as Eskimos) can have many many words for many apparently same shades of white.