Selling 600w to go LED, need help with PAD/rauber technique

[Permabaked]

I'm getting rid of my 600w HPS because I'm moving into a studio apartment and don't want super high electricity bills. Normally I can yield about .6-.7g/w. Because of the high cost of LED's I know I'm going to have to seriously downsize in terms of wattage so I want to maximize my yield potentials by manipulating the photoperiods. I'm going to be constructing a few of my own panels and was looking for input as to how I could successfully make a veg chamber and a flowering chamber both using the PAD method. For my veg chamber I'd normally use 20 hours on 4 off and 12/12 for my flowering chamber. I'm planning on building my own LED panels using information I found on greenpinelanes forums and want to build them specific to this style of growing. Knna, dogznova, weezard, anyone want to help me out real quick?

Permabaked Reviewed by Permabaked on 08-08-2010. Selling 600w to go LED, need help with PAD/rauber technique I'm getting rid of my 600w HPS because I'm moving into a studio apartment and don't want super high electricity bills. Normally I can yield about .6-.7g/w. Because of the high cost of LED's I know I'm going to have to seriously downsize in terms of wattage so I want to maximize my yield potentials by manipulating the photoperiods. I'm going to be constructing a few of my own panels and was looking for input as to how I could successfully make a veg chamber and a flowering chamber both using the Rating: 5

[khyberkitsune]

I'm getting rid of my 600w HPS because I'm moving into a studio apartment and don't want super high electricity bills. Normally I can yield about .6-.7g/w. Because of the high cost of LED's I know I'm going to have to seriously downsize in terms of wattage so I want to maximize my yield potentials by manipulating the photoperiods. I'm going to be constructing a few of my own panels and was looking for input as to how I could successfully make a veg chamber and a flowering chamber both using the PAD method. For my veg chamber I'd normally use 20 hours on 4 off and 12/12 for my flowering chamber. I'm planning on building my own LED panels using information I found on greenpinelanes forums and want to build them specific to this style of growing. Knna, dogznova, weezard, anyone want to help me out real quick?

Just don't post about it on greenpinelanes, they don't like posts about cannabis grown under LED there.

[Permabaked]

Yeah I noticed that's why I took it to cannabis.com haha

[Dogznova]

How much of the Martian 24hr flowering Method have you read up on..

[tikiroom]

24 hour flowering method??
Please do explain.

[Permabaked]

Not enough to understand the PAD light factors. Is that how you determine the amount of infrared light to give for the Pfr to convert to Pr? It gets confusing because people use different bulbs for different spectrums and I want to do it strictly LED and I don't know what ratios/wattages I need to use for optimal plant growth. You guys have more experience than I do so I was hoping you guys could help me shorten the experimental stages of this and give me your recommendations.

[Weezard]

At your service brah.
I'm seeing that you've done your "homework".
So.
What can I do for ya?

Weeze

[Dogznova]

The 24hr Martian Method is for quality .... It's much harder to make it work for quantity (bulk)... The 600w HPS will do much better for bulk IMO... The Martian Method requires three timers synchronized properly (not as easy at it seems). and three spectrums Red,Blue and 730 IR.. The problem is, to get the bulk of that 600w HPS it will cost you an arm and a leg in led's. I have the same questions as you do about how much wattage to use per spectrum... When Sal and Temporal Photonics comes out with a turn key system, then the 24hr Martian Method will catch on..

Until then if I was you and wanted to go LED... I would look into some of these new full spectrum 3w led units out on the market.. I have a 300w unit from a company that is producing just as good as my 400w HPS setup with aprox 120w less.. I flower with this unit using a standard 12/12 flower.. Very simple and top notch meds IMO..

LED's are the future of growing no doubt about it.. Its just at the current moment its a lot easer to use a full spectrum LED light on a standard 12/12 type of flower..

If your interested, there are a couple of LED grows going on right now (on another site) that show the future of a full spectrum standard 12/12 type of flowering...I can PM you the link if you want...

BUT....The current problem with these full spectrum LED units is... THE PRICE!!.... But someday they will be priced right.... Remember when plasma tv's were no less then $5,000 and now one can get a good one for $2,000... So led's will come down in price...

Below is a pic from my current grow... 28 days into flowering..:thumbsup:

[Dogznova]

Here is two more.....:thumbsup:

[Dogznova]

24 hour flowering method??
Please do explain.

If you search on Martian Method you will find enough to read for aprox three days..:thumbsup: