Philips, the big electronics manufacturer, has just opened a research centre in the Netherlands that will study the optimal LED lighting requirements for different food crops, in particular, ‘leafy vegetables, strawberries and herbs’ as well as ‘wheat and potatoes’. It is pretty clear that different plant types have different lighting requirements for optimal growth. Even

[easyazon_cta align=”right” identifier=”B00DSIRLYE” key=”small-light” locale=”UK” nw=”y” tag=”ezaz-21″] The QueenshinyLED brand of grow light is probably one of the more common ones that you will find on Amazon. The company behind the brand is the Shanghai QunXin Tradng Company which sell a number of different QueenshinyLED grow lights which vary in size, power and wavelength clearly

NB: No longer available 2014 Update: Although the characteristics of this light are one of the better ones out there, a couple of recent reviewers suggest that the constituent LED grow bulbs on this batch being sold here in the UK may not last more than a few months, which may in part be due

A quick word about G8LED grow lights from Dormgrow. Although this is a US-based seller (which acts as the direct distributor for the G8 LED Lighting Company), so not as accessible as other LED grow light sellers from the UK, they do ship to the UK with the correct UK electrical plug. But the main