river rat01
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so how many grams per watt are you getting?
i'd like to know more about the yield capabilitys of these lights.
i'd like to know more about the yield capabilitys of these lights.
LED Marijuana Blooms
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Darkangelaudio@
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Very excited about these...going to watch your progress closely... they look the dogs!
canna cola
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Great work.
What is the spectrum graph that you are basing your research on and what spectrum is your lights outputting?
What is the spectrum graph that you are basing your research on and what spectrum is your lights outputting?
Haha, Hydro, LED is an uphill battle for some it seems. Folks are very skeptical. I'm glad some are out there putting out the work and doing the research.
I should do a little re-reading but what I was curious is what someone else asked for, which is GPW but I dunno if this is actually a fair comparison.
Some think your trying to say led is BETTER then hps or mh. LED's are better at heat and power consumption, now it's a factor of getting the results we all want and this is what people have a hard time taking in, how will it function against the light there already running and thats where some get discouraged. Some are afraid to re learn something they think they know.
I should do a little re-reading but what I was curious is what someone else asked for, which is GPW but I dunno if this is actually a fair comparison.
Some think your trying to say led is BETTER then hps or mh. LED's are better at heat and power consumption, now it's a factor of getting the results we all want and this is what people have a hard time taking in, how will it function against the light there already running and thats where some get discouraged. Some are afraid to re learn something they think they know.
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Nice one.. Seem you got your info straight... Which one is best for MJ, the 30 or 60 degree STD? You mentioned 60 before, so I guess this is it, but wanna be sure. Seems to yield nice, please post more pics, as more pix properly means: more customers
Hydro-Grow-LED
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The fans reduce the temperature of the heat sink board, that the LED's are soldered onto. It keeps the operating circuitry and components, at a temperature that doesn't exceed 105 degrees F. By keeping the operating temp lower, it helps maximize the life of each LED. If LED's get too hot, it can reduce their life span. So even though there is not a ton of heat created, it is still important to keep your chips cool.
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deepforest
yeild??????? all this wavelength nanometer cooling efficiency talk doesnt mean bollocks if you arent producing squat
Hydro-Grow-LED
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If you want a grams per watt rating, you're going to have to wait until the official test done by the researcher we've managed to get. The last thing I want, is anyone telling me at the end of the test, that what I did was biased. I want people to see true results, from a well-respected third party grower. Yes, I have two grows on here, 1 by myself, and 1 done by a friend, but people still want more. When our plants finish, I will definitely post yield results, but that's still weeks away. There are very few marijuana growers in the world that would disagree with our researcher, which is why he is doing the watt to watt comparison from start to finish. 954W of LED vs 1000W HPS. It's exactly what all of you are after: seeing what LED does vs the lights you all currently use. Anyhow, all I can ask is that you stick around in the next few weeks for our Professional test. For now, just watch the ones we have going, and wait for the data
As of now though, our yield is on track to be extremely high. We are expecting no less than a full pound from the two largest plants in my friend's room (1/2 each), with some of the smaller plants coming in around the 4 oz range. All in all, we'll get fare more than a pound out of the 504W of LED that we're currently running.
MMAJAY
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With decades of grows behind MH and HPS i believe everyone here is glad to see something new. Hopefully as time goes by the proof will be in the pudding. Most of us will most likely wait until prices get lower on the LEDS and we see good yields of dank talked about bud. It will take several reputable growers giveing the thumbs up before this new grow method is accepted. Myself i ain't 100% sure if it will rise to the top or another light system of another kind will lead the way. LEDS are takeing over in many applications and time will tell if it will take over in growing bud.
Hydro-Grow-LED
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The degree you use affects like intensity and the ability of the beam to penetrate. When you reduce the angle, you also reduce coverage area. The 60 degree lens, is made to penetrate plants up to 3' tall. If you grow plants taller than 3', the 30 degree is recommended to drive the light further through your canopy. I'll be taking more pictures in the upcoming days to post updates.
MMAJAY
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Thx for the explanation. I know heat will kill circuits all to well. Rest assured you will have a ton of onlookers. PLZ don't let mine or anyones comments think we are doubting you. Myself i am very interested and i hope you do well with this test.
Hydro-Grow-LED
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Trust me, I know where you are all coming from lol. Two and a half years ago, when I decided to look into LED, all I'd grown with was HID and CFL. I looked to the new technology with a ton of skepticism, and rightly so. Companies make claims all day long that their 90W UFO can beat a 400W HPS, but no companies ever prove it. A lack of proof, can lead us all to become skeptics, which is something I'm out to undo over time. The fact that no one proved their claims, led me to begin making my own lights, instead of buying one of theirs. What I found, is that there was no way the lights they were selling at the time (blue/red) could come anywhere close to a 400W. The first light I built was a UFO, using two reds, two blues, and orange, before anyone else had started selling a product other than red/blue. Even using those 5 different LED's, and 120 degree angle, there was no way it could compare (and I did the side-by-side back then too). Through lots of testing, and more development, I finally landed on a final product that is capable of playing in the same realm as the HID's, so I decided to begin offering it. I don't expect anyone to take my word for it, but I do ask that if you watch the thread, and if you disagree, that you do so in a respectful manner. Since I know my product works extremely well, I sought out a researcher who could provide unbiased results to the masses. He is a person who everyone on this forum likely knows, as you've either read his books, articles, or heard of him. He is definitely a skeptic, but extremely excited to see how LED's play out. Anyhow, if you want to take the two different grows I'm doing, as an example of what our lights can do, great, cause it's a good example! But for the hard-core skeptics out there, it will take our friend the researcher, to convince you fully, so I invite you to stay around for him.
Well at least you are going about this the right way. Honestly, if you picked a few growers from this site and/or others, and sent out some free samples in exchange for pictoral journal grows, this would yield you hundreds of thousands, if not, millions of dollars.
Spend $10,000 on sending them out to a few growers that are willing to do detailed journals, and if your product is solid, you'll make that back in a day!
Honestly, even having 1 super unbelievable reputable marijuana guy doing a grow doesn't mean that people won't think that you are paying him to embelish results. If you can get over a pound from a single 504watt LED fixture with ease, you have HPS beat by quite a bit. There would be no benefit to buying HPS fixtures and having to buy $70 bulbs every other grow.
Spend $10,000 on sending them out to a few growers that are willing to do detailed journals, and if your product is solid, you'll make that back in a day!
Honestly, even having 1 super unbelievable reputable marijuana guy doing a grow doesn't mean that people won't think that you are paying him to embelish results. If you can get over a pound from a single 504watt LED fixture with ease, you have HPS beat by quite a bit. There would be no benefit to buying HPS fixtures and having to buy $70 bulbs every other grow.
Since I know my product works extremely well, I sought out a researcher who could provide unbiased results to the masses. He is a person who everyone on this forum likely knows, as you've either read his books, articles, or heard of him. He is definitely a skeptic, but extremely excited to see how LED's play out. Anyhow, if you want to take the two different grows I'm doing, as an example of what our lights can do, great, cause it's a good example! But for the hard-core skeptics out there, it will take our friend the researcher, to convince you fully, so I invite you to stay around for him.
Good on ya! I anxiously await a report on this test grow. I'm very intrigued by your LED systems. (this tester isn't perhaps Ed Rosenthal is it?)
Hydro-Grow-LED
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dyno
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my boy just finished cropping up his 400w led grow panel pro he did 8 plants under it and pulled oz a plant for a little over an hp.
Hydro-Grow-LED
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So what would be good for a 2x2 tent?
A 126W would do great in a 2' x 2' tent. If you wanted more power, you could instead run 3-4, 63W units. I'm personally running 756W over a 2' x 4' aero tray (6, 126W units), but I'm kinda crazy like that. Each 126W has a 2' x 3' coverage area at 12" above your canopy.
Hydro-Grow-LED
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That's not much yield for 400W LED light. Then again, there are a lot of factors involved like spectral output, the correct ratio of spectra, viewing angle/light intensity, and spacing, that can affect how LED's perform. My friend will be getting far over a pound with 504W of our LED's, and up to 8oz each, on 2 of the plants. She has about 5-6 plants currently in the aero tray, with slots for 11. My garden has 9 out of 11 slots, with the last two being filled very soon. I'm expecting record yields on my upcoming crop, vs what I used to get with HID. At max, I ran 4,000W HID over my two, 2' x 4' trays. Below is a picture of one of many plants I grew under a 3,000W setup (2kMH, 1kHPS). The strain is strawberry cough x white rhino, she was in flower for 7 weeks at the time of the picture, and the bud ended up weighing 31-32g. The overall dried weight was a few grams shy of 8 ozs. She was on the outside edge of my system, where the least amount of light was received, but it shows you what I'm used to growing...
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