**ULTIMATE LED TEST** *Grow LED Hydro* VS *Blackstar* VS *Hydro Grow LED*

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Setup:

3 4x4x7 Lighthouse tents, each running its own 6" inline

Medium: FFOF soil
Pot: Smart Pots
Nutrients: Dyna-Gro
Strain: LA Confidential
Tents: Lighthouse Hydro
Fans: Lighthouse Hydro

*LIGHTS **UPDATED**
Lighthouse Blackstar 500
VS
Grow Led Hydro Spectra 300
VS
Hydro Grow LED Penetrator 336X

Lights will remain stationary 55" above the floor during the entire grow.
Feed will be mixed in a 5 gallon container to ensure each tent receives equivalent nutrients.
Lights will be on electronic timer to ensure all tents receive fair amounts of light.
Clones will be cut from the same mother to ensure uniform genetics.

[align=center]*Clones are in cloning.. count down til the grow*
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Blackstar LED (Lighthouse)


GLH LED (Grow Led Hydro)


Penetrator X (Hydro Grow LED)

GrowBigTV Reviewed by GrowBigTV on 10-22-2011. **ULTIMATE LED TEST** *Grow LED Hydro* VS *Blackstar* VS *Hydro Grow LED* http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m486/WeJuana/IMG_0340.jpg Setup: 3 4x4x7 Lighthouse tents, each running its own 6" inline Medium: FFOF soil Pot: Smart Pots Nutrients: Dyna-Gro Strain: LA Confidential Rating: 5

[DogtowN]

OK, sign me up.

Looking forward to seeing how it goes for ya!

Usually these "comparisons" fade away before coming to fruition. Here's hoping yours is different! Sounds like you're giving them a level playing field. :thumbsup:

[emilya]

ok growbigtv... I am watching too. I am building lights here myself to do a similar experiment to get an idea of LED light levels that are needed in the flowering room. I am very interested in what you are doing here and will be watching careful to see the difference between these two lights. Thank you very much for doing this.

[GrowBigTV]

I have been doing threads on other forums with this grow and was was unaware the post was approved on here (: I'll be updating much more regularly from now on.. and now, will be catching this thread up to date.


I wanted to give a short review of the equipment I am using, excluding the lights.

On a 5 Star Scale:

EZ-Clone 30: 4/5

I really like this thing! Its a lot better than a clone dome and there has been little to no wilting of the clones since I put them in there.

I rated a 4 star because the lid does not seat 100% and water will accumulate and a little will jump out ever once in a while.


Tents (Lighthouse Hydro 4x4x7): 5/5

These are my first tents, but I do have to say they were extremely easy to set up, and would have been a 1 man job aside from needing a second person to help lift the mylar up and over the frame. They have ports and pockets with removable mylar patches and came with a secondary mylar liner for the bottom.

I rated 5 star because if you consider the price, it's a steal of a deal.


Fans (Lighthouse Hydro 6" inline): 5/5

Fan-tastic.

I rated 5 star because they move air like nobodies business and haven't given any issues or reasons to complain at all.

[GrowBigTV]

[align=center]Blackstar: 301 watts


Hydro Grow LED: 334 watts


Grow Hydro LED: 360 watts
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I'm going to get this thing rolling. All 3 of these moms came from the same mother plant, cut at the same time, fed with the same nutes, under the same light to date, and are really similar in size to make it even better.

I took an extra cutting which is in the cloner, so instead of transplanting these form their 3 gallon pots to larger, I will just start over with the clone and turn it into another mother (:

This first run of flowering may also show a difference in yield between pots, as I am using 5 and 7 gallon smart pots for the comparison grow, and these are in 3 gallon standard plastic pots.

This means all vegging will be done under the same light in a different tent before the plants are entered into their respectable LED flower tents.

Going to 12-12 on Friday in their own tents, flushing hard until then.

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Day 5

Blackstar 500


Penetrator 336x


Spectra 300



GROW SETUP


Red dots represent the carbon filters I just added to upgrade garden.


I put the carbon filter cans between the small 9" gap in the back tents to maximize space.


Showing the 9" gap I have to work with.


If it was not for the side pockets on the tents, I would be unable to transfer plants from tent to tent (especially ones the size of the LA con moms).


EZ Clone machine fits perfectly in the 30" gap with 2 240s over top.





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DAY 7 Update

Blackstar 500

Bud Site:


Spectra 300

Bud Site:


Penetrator 336X

Bud Site:

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Grow LED Hydro
Spectra 300

Bud Site:


Hydro Grow LED
Penetrator 336X

Bud Site:


Lighthouse Hydro
Blackstar 500

Bud Site:

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2 weeks of veg and then onto flower.

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