Going to start growing w/LED

[PlanoDro]

Do ya'll think 2 UFO's or Procyons with 1 400w HPS in a 4 x 4 will do well?

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I can only comment on adding LED and CFL. You may want to ask someone else about adding LED and HPS. I think CFL alone is a good low-cost solution all-around. If you aren't averse to the cost of LED lights, it's always a good thing to add in because it doesn't really heat things up and it definitely adds to the speed of growth.

Arguments have been made, and I think they are accurate, though I don't know from experience, that LED alone for flowering will produce more bud per watt, but is not at good as more traditional lighting light HPS as far as bud per calendar day of flowering.

For vegetating, LED saves you money on electricity with no significant drawbacks, and so does CFL and other traditional florescent solutions.

I hope this helps. In general, I think a lot of people switch off LED or at least add in an HPS or metal halide for flowering. But again this is just based on what I read, not on my own experience.

[TheFanLeft]

Looks like your plant recovered ok...when you plan on starting to flower that thing?

I picked up another Procyon from indoor agriculture, they've got another sale going on now, was like $550 shipped!

Looking forward to seeing how the LED/CFL combo works, I'm using them as supplemental lighting to my 600w...fill in the corners of my grow space.

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Well, I have been moving and I had to switch over to outdoor. At first because we were selling the house, and I put all the equipment away and put the plant on the back balcony.

After a number of days of being on the balcony it started seeing 12/12 and flowering, but doing just fine given the time of the year.

Right now it continues to flower and sit outside in natural sunlight. It's cheap and the plant is happy and flowering nicely. Worried about days getting longer though. Not sure how plant will respond to flowering as the days grow longer.

I did have some leaves yellow and fall off I think due to lack of water, but I think I got the water schedule back on track. It's been crazy since the move.