BDL News and Press

We did a side-by-side grow test to show how different light intensities and different spectrums affect your final harvest. We often get questions about what light should be used in a 4x4 foot space, and this test shows how light intensity affects yield. In one room we set up 3 4x4 foot bays with the only difference being the light. Each bay had .... Read More

For almost 2 years, Black Dog LED's original PhytoMAX series of lights were the most complete-spectrum LED grow lights available. They have been superseded by the new PhytoMAX-2 lights which deliver greater than 50% more light per watt to your plants, while still keeping our UV to IR Phyto-Genesis Spectrum®, delivering unparalleled yields. For 7 y .... Read More

The best LED grow lights are now available in Europe! Black Dog LED is pleased to announce local European distribution of the PhytoMAX line. Black Dog LED Europe will provide the same excellent customer service and expert support Black Dog is known for in North America, as well as free shipping to all EU countries, Norway and Switzerland. We ha .... Read More

The best LED grow lights just arrived Down Under! Black Dog LED is pleased to announce local distribution of the PhytoMAX line in Australia. Black Dog LED Australia will provide the same excellent customer service and expert support Black Dog is known for in North America, as well as free shipping within Australia. We have sold many grow lights .... Read More

Black Dog LED's PhytoMAX® grow light series has been awarded ETL certification by Intertek, a leading independent testing laboratory, allowing all commercial growing facilities nationwide to utilize this leading line of LED grow lights. ETL certification attests to the safety and quality standards the PhytoMAX series is built to. Many cities, c .... Read More

The PhytoMAX 200 may be the smallest light we offer, but it can still give incredible yields! The video below showcases a super-compact cabinet grow, where we were able to get 196 grams from a 215-watt PhytoMAX 200 in under 3 square feet of growing area. That's almost a half pound of top-shelf Blue Dream! The PhytoMAX 200 small LED grow ligh .... Read More

Trying to find the best LED indoor plant lights on the market today? HowToGrowMarijuana.com has just named Black Dog LED the best LED Grow Light of 2016. The PhytoMAX 800 was evaluated along with 10 other LED grow lights, and Black Dog came out #1 among all models they reviewed! They point out our efforts to educate people about growing with Black .... Read More

A commercial Cannabis grower in the Denver metropolitan area recently performed a test grow pitting PhytoMAX 800 LED grow lights against 1000W single-ended and double-ended HPS. The results are astonishing: 25.5% increase in total yield - more than 60% higher grams per watt - compared to single-ended 1000W HPS 14.6% increase in total yield .... Read More

On the weekend of November 11, 2015 Black Dog LED attended the Marijuana Business Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. BDL founder and owner Corey Drew was approached by a Las Vegas newspaper to learn more about the company. The reporter was drawn to the Black Dog LED booth by the new PhytoMAX 1000 LED grow light on display. The reporter wrote, "Bla .... Read More

PAR lighting meters can be incredibly useful tools when growing plants, but as with any tool it is important to understand their limitations. All PAR meters are made with a sensor that counts individual photons ("particles" of light). These sensors aren't perfect though, and record some wavelengths (colors) of light better than others. Spect .... Read More