Growing strawberries indoors using hydroponics

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@z3287642

what PPFD lighting you used in growing them?

I don’t have the details on PPFD, nor a meter to measure it, I just used a LUX meter and a conversion factor - but its very unlikely that it exceeded 400. I agree with @Adamsmasherz about nutrition being more important - I think the reason I had so many blooms is because I likely over fertilized and stressed the plants.

@Pierre Sorry I missed your question.

Here are some details on my build:

LED grow lights

Its not too difficult to build your own if you are into DIY. I have build about three grow lights using Samsung FSERIES GEN3 4000K light strips and when ran at 90% of max they are rated for 165 lumens/Watt which converts to ~2.7 µmol/joule - basically about as efficient as you can get. My most recent build was: 6 x Samsung FSERIES GEN3 4000K (SI-B8T261560WW) strips (~$10 per 2’ strip, $60 total) Meanwell HLG-240H-24A LED power supply (~$50 on eBay) Aluminum C-CHANNEL 3/4x9/16x1/16 - 96" ($1…

https://ledgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3873#p3873

These days I’m using 6 x 22" strips (F-series 22" F562B 4000K) running at ~90% max current (powered with a HLG-240H-24A) and hanging 8-10" above the plants for a 8x2’ growing area. But I mainly use this for starting seeds and keeping my Meyer lemon alive during winter.