Quote Originally Posted by seventhchild
RUSTY put down the stick and stop being such a hypocrite.when growers found how well hid's produced flour's were discarded.........this is the same fate that will befall HPS/MH in time...
Hmm...a hypocrite...?

The first lighting I remember seeing in an indoor op were mercury vapor, but that was back in the IDK...mid 70's?. Didn't even hear of fluoro lighting till the 90's, which, for your information, fluoro's are still used to this day in many forms.

I have always kept an open mind when watching the development of the LED's, which I repeat, are not there yet. Yield, initial cash outlay and spectral inadequacies are often cited as problematic. So if you have to purchase an HPS to suppliment the LED's 'more compact' yield, why would I recommend anyone to spend all that cash for something that can't quite finish the job?

If this steps on somebody's LED-nazi approach, oh well. But most in here don't have the cash nor experience to be risking their meds on an unproven and unperfected piece of equipment. In other words, I will not recommend the LED's over the HID's.

The best I'll go, is yes. You can grow cannabis using some brands of LED's. If they are the correct spectrum, and you have enough cash to outlay, and if yield isn't a primary concern.

I can appreciate your intensity, but what is your goal? 1% more THC? 2% more CBD's? 8% more trichomes? 4% more CBN's? Since you are apparently experienced enough to play around, I say go for it. Perhaps you'll someday get out of cannabis that which you are seeking. Personally, I'm more than satisfied with what I grow and how I grow it. Another satisfied HID customer.

For the general membership, I recommend a watch and see approach.

I believe the yellow spectrum is absorbed and converted by the chlorophyll B pigments, but would have to double-check.