[babsh]

I have a tiny business selling seedlings from my home each spring. Someone on Craigs List asked if I wanted to barter some plants for a full spectrum LED grow light (wholesales price $176). I know nothing about them.

I've been doing this for 10 years and have always just used a few fluorescent bulbs in a workshop fixture. It works just fine, but my plants do not really get thick stalks like I see at the nurseries and depending on the weather here in Minnesota, they can get leggier than I like before the weather cooperates so I can begin to put them outside in my cheap greenhouse.

I know nothing about lighting and when i dug around a bit on the forums the conversations got far more technical than I could really follow.

So....can someone tell me, in simple terms, if this light would be beneficial to me, or is it total unnecessary overkill? Will it help with my thin stalks? Make my plants greener (they are always pretty light green).

Thanks in advance. Barb