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09-28-2010, 06:29 AM #1Senior Member
Low wattage, high lumen, big yield.
I run a 120w LED on my veg room, and LOVE IT!!!! Overall I had spent over $400 on my 400w MH that I was running, and it did good, but I had to take a bite of the LED apple,..... So I dropped $350 for an LED....
I'm Glad I did too. For Veging, LED completely stopped stretch on my peppers, which have since exploded into lanky bushes under natural sunlight. For the MJ the veging stretch is about 1/2 to 1/3 of what it was before,... fan leaves are the same size, and growth is just as rapid,... it just doesn't stretch! AND it's 1/3 the power draw for that part of the grow!:jointsmile:
I am flowering under HPS tho,.... and will probably continue to do so because flower is where LED falls off. There is a defined decline in yield vs HPS for smaller grows like mine, and hypothetically yours. I've spoken with a couple local growers that have done LED flowering, and they agree that the yield was less, but they insist that quality was better for the same strain, I'm not sold on that yet, and can't afford a side by side.
My current grow costs about $100 a month to run, just in extra power, extra water, soil, nutes, ect. And I'm only running a 6x5' space for all stages!canniwhatsis Reviewed by canniwhatsis on . Low wattage, high lumen, big yield. Hypothetically speaking... If one were to grow weed for legal medicinal purposes, but one does not have HPS, HID, or MH electric bill money, what type of lighting would one need, for 4 plants that will be 3 to 4 feet high? Are CFL or LED options, if so which type or brand would be best? Do these lights have the right amount of lumen and the right wavelength for growth and development? For vegetative state, on a 24 hour light schedule, what type of lighting could one use that would Rating: 5
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