LED grow lights... input please.

[roadrunner]

The SolarOasis LED's are really to expensive!!! And I wan't to control the LED's by myself (current, pulsing). And why do you think, they solved the problem? In my opinion, they doesn't have anough power, as I experienced for myself with the High-Power LED's. With the Luxeon's, the growing speed increased so much, even though the wavelengths aren't 100 per cent optimally.

Sorry, but I would be appreciate for helpful comments regarding to my questions.

roadrunner Reviewed by roadrunner on 09-13-2006. LED grow lights... input please. Hello guys, I'm exchanging eMails with a representative from a LED company. I asked him if they could produce a custom light for growing, and here's what he told me: Our options are as follow: 940nm, 850nm, 660nm, 630nm, 610nm, 590nm 570nm, 530nm, 510nm, 470nm, 460nm, 400nm and a total of 64 LEDs in the bulb. Rating: 5

[phytokind]

Well check out this thread from a different message board, I think that on about page three he says that he got like 3oz from two plants just using solaroasis, but he used eight bars, which of course cost a lot.

http://hg420.com/showthread.php?t=16360

[roadrunner]

Fuck, you are really a ppromoter ;-)

Well, I'm using only 10 Luxeons (forget the additionally High-Power LED's), and my plant is raising extremly! I don't need eight bars (and I don't have space for them), and I've paid only 60$ for my Luxeons.
And I know the SolarOasis-Growing-Thread, and if I compare the pictures (OK I know, the plants are in a different growing stadium), I really believe that my results could be better. But currenly I'm looking for comments or a solution for my climate problems!

[roadrunner]

my plant today. It isn't growing faster, but it is growing (light on time: 4,7%)!
I will increase the light on time and the frequency!

[gotuve]

I'm thinking about picking up some LEDS what would be appropriate for something bout 10'x'10 room?

[roadrunner]

Use Blue and Red Luxeon's!
Attached you will find an actual image where you can see what they did with my plant ;-)

[invision]

is it just me or do those plants looks shitty???

i wouldnt bother with LED its just not comparable to other lights

[LowVoltageNerd]

grow bar plus + 2ft T5.

[LowVoltageNerd]

Guess I have to keep my posts PG here. Got all deleted. Damn censorship. Anyhow, these pics out of sequence and are a week older than the ones i posted before it. I have started training the plants by tying them down. I will post some picks of that soon. Macro lens comin in the mail.

[Moose101]

is it just me or do those plants looks shitty???

i wouldnt bother with LED its just not comparable to other lights

Most of these grows are done with 100 watts or less. Speaking of which, I wanna see a grow that matches the wattage of these other lights. Any growers out there with deep pockets that wanna contribute something back to the growing industry? Use the same amount of plants in a plot and compare a 1000 watt HPS with 1000 watts of red and blue. Since blue isn't up to spec maybe 800 watts of red LED + 200 watts of blue CFLs, or whatever ratio is optimal. Maybe 200 watts is more then the plants can absorb, maybe it's not. I don't know. A small amount of UV in there as well. Not to much though, and not focused in one area.