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So is LED lights better than HPS ???
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Lost in a SOG
GrassSnakeGenetics
I do choose LED over hps and i grew under hps for 15 years..
not sure which LED's you mean Hubbleman, I'm having fair luck with these 'Corn' bulbs, just harvested a little LowRyder & I'm gonna try to bring in a plant or two (small grow chamber) of BOG's Sour Bubble.
available in spectrums from 2700K to 6000K
Ibechillin
Masochist Educator
I made a thread earlier today called Information About Grow Light Spectrum, PAR, Photosynthesis, Leaf Surface Temperature. Should help fully explain photosynthesis and the different types of grow lighting, Led is the most efficient Lighting.
Please read the thread, CMH is not the best.
Link To Thread:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=358147
Please read the thread, CMH is not the best.
Link To Thread:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=358147
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Lost in a SOG
GrassSnakeGenetics
Hps have a far more agressive penetration but its restricted to a relatively small circle under the lights. This can be rectified a bit with better reflective surfaces but there will still be a fireball essentially coming out of that singular very hot source of light or the best way in big grows you put your lights up high and have lots of them.
Different models of LED have different postives and negatives like penetration, a COB for example is a powerful single source of light so it will have better penetration than a board/strip of LEDs but will fall down in the same areas as a HID in that the light is more concentrated and not as evenly spread as a board.
I think the benefits of one over the other just come down a lot to how much you adapt your growing technique to get the best out of the lights and how you can spread them, if you have multiple, but also how well that form of lighting works in your unique growing situation because the height/temperature limitations make a pretty big difference to whether you can really get the best out of the light source as well.
Currently i dont need insane amounts of energy in the form of heat from my light and i also cant grow trees so LED is the only way. But im not going back apart from maybe a touch of cmh because LEDs just kick ass now theres no two ways about it. They're even much safer and wont explode or get worn down for many many many years.. whats not to love?
Different models of LED have different postives and negatives like penetration, a COB for example is a powerful single source of light so it will have better penetration than a board/strip of LEDs but will fall down in the same areas as a HID in that the light is more concentrated and not as evenly spread as a board.
I think the benefits of one over the other just come down a lot to how much you adapt your growing technique to get the best out of the lights and how you can spread them, if you have multiple, but also how well that form of lighting works in your unique growing situation because the height/temperature limitations make a pretty big difference to whether you can really get the best out of the light source as well.
Currently i dont need insane amounts of energy in the form of heat from my light and i also cant grow trees so LED is the only way. But im not going back apart from maybe a touch of cmh because LEDs just kick ass now theres no two ways about it. They're even much safer and wont explode or get worn down for many many many years.. whats not to love?
