One of the things the current growlites cannot provide is the ability to luman the bottom branches and light the buds UNDERSIDE of the plant.

I thought that a LED that was shaped either like a horseshoe, or hinged,(kind of like a donut birthday cake) that would lay around the base of the plant,(or connect to the rim of the planter) and would either shine upwards, or have probes that encompass the LED "ring",could be adjusted up into the branches where the light is not penetrating....there's way too many buds not getting enough light down inside the plant.

With the low heat the LEDs give off, I think they would be a great canidate to create a light that could be placed right beside the plant without harming it.

you should post this in the 'LIGHTING' section ... besides, why would you illuminate the underside of a plant ? ... does Nature do that ?

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Well, no nature doesn't do that.....but neither does she grow things inside as a rule.

I grow indoors so maximizing each plant yield is a must(can only have 3 mature plants at a time), and there's alot of little buds that aren't getting the light they need. I'm thinking that an LED light that "canopies" basicly the whole plant, even the underside AND in throughout the branches would do exactly that.

If anyone has tried this, i'd like to know if it was successful or not. I would like to try it, and in fact am going to purchase a few LED panels and modify them in the best possible way to get 360 degree lighting....

here is the site I was looking at...

450 High Power Red Lamp LED Plant Grow Light Panel::Gardening Equipment::TheLaShop

Hey CmeSmoke,

Do yourself a favor and skip those panels. I don't think they will do very much except cost you money and make you think LEDs don't work. Even with putting them low or to the sides of a plant as supplemental lighting they are so weak, IMHO it is not worth the effort.

Cheap panels like that are based on weak 5mm LEDs, that have even less penetration then most LEDs used today. Probably better off with a UFO knock-off.

Thanks oldmac any tips I get ,i'll use. Thats what I was thinking about those particular lites, they might not be strong enough.... thats why I responded to this thread. To see what product was out there and how to improve it. Share an idea or so...

Do you think that if I could get light down inside the plant safely will allow the buds down in there to grow better? I would think that lighting those hard to get areas would greatly enhance the yield.

Man, I've got SO many buds taking off inside the plant it's crazy! and I only topped it once....(which is growing stunted, by the way)....

Maybe the author will respond.

A problem with that is that cannabis points its leafs towards the light.

But may be a multiple layer light might be an idea. Only 15% of light penetrates through the top layer, no matter what kind of light you use.
If the leds don't get too warm, you can give most of the plants the max amount of photons.

Now, which leds are the coolest

I cleared out about all the sucker leaves down inside and around the girl, and she likes it quite well....even though,I can see the possibilities of having LEDs close to the bottom branches, as Bubbleblower stated "max amounts of photons.
I was thinking adjustable at least...for me, growing out of buckets, something that clips on the rim and I can raise as needed, maybe a few "T" bars with a half dozen or so(whatever is effective) LEDs embedded in them.

Hi ayhoung,

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Good luck.

i just tie my little ladies down.as soon as i finish veggie stage i take a piece of yarn and make a small hole in the side of my containers,run the yarn around second top most set of leaves and lay them down horizontally.i still clear at least the bottom 2 sets of leaves and a waterleaf here and there.talk about bushin out,HOLY COW!
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Ive developed a 150 300 and 600 watt led grow light with a full spectrum including 440nm and 420nm and more. You should hit me up.