Every Verta-6F grow light is designed and engineered with 4,356 sq. in. of heatsinking. Heatsinking is crucial for long life stable performance by transfering heat away from the PCB components which prevents overheating, preserving the life of the LEDs and stabilizing the grow light’s spectrum thereby optimizing plant growth and reducing HVAC operational costs.

Then you have the degradation of the LEDs themselves: When LEDs get too hot, their efficiency or light output decreases while using the same amount of electricity, resulting in you turning them up to compensate for the degradation thereby consuming more power—–again, does that make sense? It will ultimately result in shortening the life of the LEDs.  And finally, ever hear the term color shifting?  Probably not. In all the years I’ve been in this industry I’ve never heard this term used before in the industry.  Not even once. It goes along with degradation that I previously mentioned, the more heat the more degradation.  Whether it’s HPS or LED… every light source degrades.

The problem is with growing crops is as the light source degrades it also changes colors.

Look, can we all agree that the spectrums you use to grow your crops are critical to your success? The spectrums your lights have been tested in grow facilities all have been proven to optimize your plants in various stages of their life.   Here’s what happens when they get too hot over too long. It’s called ‘color shifting’ or spectrum shifting.