Quote Originally Posted by F1SEEDS
hi guys

ive a friend who knows a thing or two about led lights and he was telling me that untill the proper colour of diode can be made they will never be up where a hps is in terms of depth of growth and flower thickness!

peace and love
geeman
IMHO your friend is wrong. We already have diodes in the correct colour wavelenghts, and even had them back many years ago with 5mm diodes. The problem is getting enough photon flux energy from them. Mostly we are at 2 watt diodes, tho LedEngine (and other companies) have some 5w and even 15w ones. The next generation of hi power LEDs are on the way.

There are many advances taking place in the general light market place as municapalities and companies are headed to switch street lights and such to LEDs. That technology will filter down to us for horticultural use, but it will take time, since we are just a niche market.