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first led harvest
- Thread starter bf74
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BurmeseDragon
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Robust!
I am still not convinced it is better, but I do know, I am about to buy one of the new Samsung LED tvs.
Persistance
Member
Very nice LED grow OP. I've always been interested in LEDs, friend of mine combined 2 LEDs to his HPS garden and I guess with all the spectrums theyre going nuts and getting ncie and thick...
Your buddy is on to something, the same thing is happening to me, I firmly believe the added spectrums just completely saturate the plants with useable light.They seem to grow out, not up.
420oclock
Member
That's the $64,000 question. I'll replace my HPSs the day someone shows objectively that grams/watt is worthwhile.
Not here it isnt.Theres no doubt hps is the better option, if you have that option-stick with it by all means.It's not about replacing an hps system, its about providing the urban dwellers that live in small apartments, like me, a viable option for providing themselves with a steady supply of dank. Cfl's didnt cut it for me- the higher wattage ones 250-150w get a little too warm for me.Makes me feel uncomfortable when I leave the apartment. This summer, I learned from last summer, is going to be all led.It's either that or hit the ave for nicks, and 20's.Even dealers I've grown up with are charging 20 bucks a gram for the good shit! Dog eat dog in the city I guess. But until I get that big piece of property on the outskirts of town, I'll continue on with the led option. peace
hello bro 
Ive never seen that great led grow before, so i got few questions for you. How many ufos you use? Whats your box size? I can see at yours pictures also some other panels - can you tell us something more about them? (where you got them,price etc.)
please excuse me my poor english.
stay safe
Ive never seen that great led grow before, so i got few questions for you. How many ufos you use? Whats your box size? I can see at yours pictures also some other panels - can you tell us something more about them? (where you got them,price etc.)
please excuse me my poor english.
stay safe
have you looked at the grow panel pro? we currently are running it with 9 budding plants underneath, coming along nicely... the gro panel pro is 300watts of led, 300 1 watt led bulbs... how many ufos u got in there?
two in each tent - the veg tent is 100% led-clones vegging away.Couple himalaya golds-the ufo's-1-630nm-1-660nm-2 45w glow-panels( the 45 watters with the .5's work great for side lighting) the flowering tent has a exhaust fan vented 150w hps-1-tri band spectrum ufo(illuminator) and 1-660nm all red flowering ufo-1 50w 660nm red .5w diode panel-36w-cool + warm white 1w diode cree leds. I like to mix and match ( usually depending on weather temp) between the 2 tents.By summer I'm100% led-1 tent purely for mothers and clones-1 tent for flowering properly rooted clones. Really it looks more and more like I'll be switching to this method permanently.Good to see another led grower. peace
pricey units ay? the 300watt was $1800... trying to build my own got all the supplies for roughly $300 not including bulbs... trying to figure out which colors i want to use, and im going to set it up so i can swap the bulbs out.. kinda like a grow blueprint and a bud blue print! led is the wave of the future for sure, im attempting a 500w led panel
really nice results...you got me looking again on ebay for what there worth here...
a mate of the net bought some panels...he had too much stretch with is seedlings and i think has scrapped the idea....will have to show him this thread i think thou i think he will be bumed out he already bought the pannels.HH. =]-~
a mate of the net bought some panels...he had too much stretch with is seedlings and i think has scrapped the idea....will have to show him this thread i think thou i think he will be bumed out he already bought the pannels.HH. =]-~
looks too be probly the same ones maybe i just looked at?...are yours 90 w?...these ones are just under $300 AU$...free postage from china....bit pricey for me still i think ....think i will have to as planned get a couple 100w cfl globes...im thinking getting both ...grow and flower... for wattage and spectrum .HH. =]-~
And thats the ticket man, the combo of the 2 is the only way to go.I'd imagine even a very small hps 70w and I think they go smaller-would fill out those misunderstood "wasted" wavelengths put out by an hps.Dont get me wrong, I was still very happy with the results of the pure led grow, but adding a low wattage hps (I"m starting to think more and more about cfl's now that summers coming) really got me the results I was looking for.I think very soon your going to see commercially available units with many spectrums, as this science progresses we'll probably understand more about alot of things pertaining to our craft. Many spectrums, combined in the proper ratios, will be the future.Red and blue work very well for veg-with alittle white led the results increase dramatically.Advances are happening very quickly now, stay tuned. peace
Yes my ufos(4 all together) are 90w.Keep watching e bay auctions.But the best ufo I have is also the priciest-369US. Thats the illuminator- the added orange really makes a difference.
