How to properly finish what you started Black Dog LED is hosting its next free, hands-on workshop on Saturday October 24th in Boulder, Colorado from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. Most beginner growers think the work is over as they get close to harvest. What many growers learn after it is too late is that you can ruin months of hard work in your garden in .... Read More

For almost 3 years, Black Dog LED's Universal Series of lights set the standard in the LED grow light industry. They have been superseded by the new PhytoMAX lights which combine the latest in LED technology with our more than 5 years' experience designing, fixing and growing with LED lights to create the best LED grow light available. The Unive .... Read More

Black Dog LED was recently interviewed by NakedToke.com where we discussed the new PhytoMax line of LED grow lights. We talked about PhytoMax's new design improvements including higher efficiency, improved spectrum, and larger yields. Other topics discussed were: BDL's research and development process Our mission to always work to improv .... Read More

Determining the ideal LED grow light setup for your grow depends on a lot of variables: Plant / crop: Light demands Photoperiod (day / night hours) Growing area: Size Shape Your goals: Vegetative, flowering or both? Economize vs. maximizing yield Active growth vs. maintenance By selecting the app .... Read More

It's important to never overload your electrical circuits, as they can overheat and create a fire hazard, or trip a circuit breaker and stop important equipment in your grow. To ensure you're being safe, you need to check what is plugged in already, and how much the circuit can handle. If you have any questions or doubts about your electrical setup .... Read More

Gardening with LED Grow Lights rather than HPS or other outdated technology is proving to be one of the biggest advancements for indoor gardening in decades. Growing plants with LEDs is becoming increasingly common, but practical ways to get the best results when using this new technology are still being discovered and shared. Swapping out old HPS .... Read More

Black Dog lights don't have a color temperature, and to understand why you need to know what "color temperature" means. The correlated color temperature of a light source is a measurement of the average hue or color of light as it appears to the human eye, in terms of what temperature (in degrees Kelvin) you would need to heat something up to gl .... Read More

Black Dog LED lights were recently recommend as the best light to use for aquaponic growing by PolyGuarden (polyguarden.com). They cite Black Dog LED's true UV diodes as a huge advantage over other LED and traditional lights. PolyGuarden emphasized how important UV is when growing food in an aquaponics set-up, and said Black Dog has the "best an .... Read More

UV light for plants are split into 3 categories based on wavelength: Ultraviolet A (UVA) is from 320-400nm and comprises about 3% of the photons in natural sunlight that make it through Earth's atmosphere. UVA lights for plants do not damage DNA. Ultraviolet B (UVB) is from 290-320nm and makes up less than 0.15% -- less than 1/5th of 1% -- .... Read More

A Black Dog LED Platinum XL-U light was recently tested along side a standard 1000w HPS lighting set-up by the Colorado Bud Blog. According to Chewberto420, the blog's author, "Black Dog LED's Platinum XL-U Light is an all out Winner in every aspect." The Black Dog LED light performed better than the 1000W HPS in efficiency, operating cost, f .... Read More