Grow lights for general living space

Post date: 2020-09-28 10:04:28

Recommendations for nice (color value, design, lack of buzzing sound) grow lights for general living space?

I have shop lights with 4 T9s of 2 each K3500 and K6000 bulbs and two existing set-ups with this and this.

The CFL reflector set up emits a terrible buzz, so I can run it at night or in a room I am not in. The T9 set up is in my office and where I do seed starts and overwintering of herbs; bonsai experiments; or propagation. Plants flower and grow beneath including rosemary, pepper starts, basil eggplant starts...etc. So the color values are good, but it is not something I want in my living room.

I need grow lights of both blue and red color values for different purposes:
-Floor lamps for lemons (both)
-Table top kind of lamp (either flowering or vegetative)
-Maybe a stand or something for orchids (flowering). Four phals, two oncidiums.

If you are interested the color values and spectrum details are here

"As a general recommendation, choose a full spectrum grow light with a color temperature in the blue range (5,000 - 7,000K) to promote vegetative growth and choose a color temperature in the red range (3,500 - 4,500K) to promote fruiting and flowering."

The thing is I want them to not radiate hideous light -- so I want to target the plant, not the room, and I really need them to not buzz constantly. And we are uptight about overbright LEDs.

The amount of advice that can be found about this is overwhelming so I really want to focus on a) it works and b) it's pleasant and enhances the room and experience of having houseplants.

Open to LEDs, CFLs, Sodium whateveritis, etc. especially if you too are persnickety about light values.

Do you have grow lights you like?

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