Blew all my other grow lights out of the water
Review by Emma R. on 4 Apr 2022 review stating Blew all my other grow lights out of the water I am not a newcomer when it comes to growing plants indoors under lights. I have a vast collection of orchids, as well as a diverse variety of houseplants and fruit and vegetable plants, all growing indoors. I got a Vita bc I needed a a grow bulb whose light would not be blinding (like the typical LED grow lights) and visually unappealing because it was going to be put in a lamp in a bedroom. I had a different grow bulb in that lamp before, one that was producing growth for the plants it shined on. However, 2 days after putting in the Vita, there was an explosion in growth amongst all the plants (and not the leggy type growth where plants grow too tall bc they are desperately trying to get closer to the light source). I couldnt believe it, so I experimented by growing strawberries and 2 different tomato varieties from seed (a total of 6 plants, 3 under the vita and 3 under my best performing grow light under which my orchids consistently grow and flower). I used my Apogee PAR meter to take PAR measurements to make sure the test plants under both lights were getting the same PPF (umols/s), and both lights were on the same timer schedule. All the seeds produced plants, but the ones grown under the Vita completely dominated. After 5 weeks, the ones grown under the vita were 3x bigger, and were robustly thriving in a way the other plants were not. I moved the test plants from my other grow light under the vita, and their growth exploded. After 2 days, the tomatoes had grown like 6 inches, the new stalk that grew from the old stalk was 2x thicker, it looked like I had grafted a healthy tomato stalk onto struggling root stock.
Im now replacing my grow lights one by one with Vita's. They are 100% worth every penny, and are actually an incredible value given how well they work, how aesthetically pleasing their light output is, and the fact that they are manufactured in Pennsylvania.
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