oldmac Iā??m quite happy to get your inputā?¦WeeZard too if heā??s interested.
The reason to question the viability is that the 45watt LED equaling the 250W HID seemed a little bit much for me to believe too. 5 feet wide by 2 Ā½ā?? deep is 12 Ā½ sq feet. A 250W HID in the center with a questionable 250W LED at each end would be a theoretical 750W overall divided by 12.5 sq feet = 60W per sq foot. But then what would it be really, something less I imagine.
The whole thing could be resolved with (2) 250W HIDā??s side x side, but Iā??d like the heat and energy savings by combining the twoā?¦.(HID & LED). After seeing the pictures that you posted of using the two in the same grow I thought that you might have a better idea of what Iā??d really end up with.
As far as lack of penetrationā?¦I figured to SCROG it so that penetration wouldnā??t be so much of an issue. And the Jorge Cervantes book leads me to think that the lowered heat values would allow for getting the light closer to the tops.