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When to Use Yellow Lights 570–
590nm
Yellow lighting is a strong choice when
it comes to promoting long stems and
encouraging germination in your
cannabis plants.
Yellow lights are actually very versatile,
as they also work well during the
When to Use Green Lights 495–570 mn
The green light spectrum helps flowering stage. At that point, they can
slightly increase bud production.
encourage plant growth overall.
Importantly, this part of the light If you mostly keep your cannabis plants
spectrum does a better job of penetrating under HPS lighting, you can expect
into the plant compared to red and blue them to feature gold or yellow hues,
lights. possibly even within the buds. This is
Ideally, you will want to incorporate just a result of the lighting and should
some green-spectrum light into your not affect flavour, aroma, or quality.
grow lighting to get the benefits of this
colour. If you cannot afford a light that When to Use Violet Lights 380–450
mn
only has the green spectrum, then opt for
a fluorescent light that includes a small Most of the LED grow lights on the
market for cannabis will have a slightly
amount. Luckily, only a few LED lights
will not have any green spectrum in purple tone. This part of the colour
them. Every other light should have at spectrum helps encourage the growth
least some. of fatter buds, which is always ideal.
It is also important to never overdo the Growers should strongly consider
opting for a mixed spectrum light, such
green light spectrum at the expense of
other lights. While green lights are as one including purple. This will
improve the light’s penetration into the
incredibly helpful for plant growth, your
cannabis plant requires some of the other plant, providing it with more energy.
That increased energy, in turn, results in
colours even more to thrive.
larger yields and stronger growth.
