LED grow lights... input please.

[SnSstealth]

they are doing great....check the thread
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whiskeytango

SnSstealth Reviewed by SnSstealth on 02-14-2008. 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

[Opie Yutts]

Where's the reservation again?

[HARDDON]

Here is the skinny on these LED for growing your tomato plants gang...

You need at least 4 panels of 96 LED's (BLUE) and this works awesum for fresh cut clones.

FOr anything else, veg or flower stage, the LED setup will work but you will get very slim harvests.

LED's will be the future for almost all lighting in the future (say 3 years) but for growing tomatos and getting the most out of your efforts, stick with what is proven and tried and tested.

Right now, they will not produce big fat thick tomatos.

[Opie Yutts]

You need at least 4 panels of 96 LED's (BLUE)...

Thanks for the help, that clears it up.

Just a couple things though, would that be the 3 watt or 1? Or I guess it could be 96 each 10 watt LED's, or perhaps the 500mc ones. And I guess the dispersal angle for those is 60 degrees. Oh wait, I suppose they could be 360 degree LED's, but then again they could be the 6 degree ones. And I guess your thinking of 6 inches distance from the plants, but then it could be 36 inches, or 2. Was that the 460 or the 440 blue, or maybe the 412? Or were you going for some carotenoid, thus the 480?

LED's will be the future for almost all lighting in the future (say 3 years)

I agree, that sounds about right.

[SnSstealth]

lol......i dont know about that many man...ours are growing great...i dont think we are lacking at all in power or light amount, just spectrum.....IMO
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whiskeytango

[SnSstealth]

Here is the skinny on these LED for growing your tomato plants gang...

You need at least 4 panels of 96 LED's (BLUE) and this works awesum for fresh cut clones.

FOr anything else, veg or flower stage, the LED setup will work but you will get very slim harvests.

LED's will be the future for almost all lighting in the future (say 3 years) but for growing tomatos and getting the most out of your efforts, stick with what is proven and tried and tested.

Right now, they will not produce big fat thick tomatos.

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Is it illegal to talk about growing tomatoes?...lol

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[Opie Yutts]

i dont think we are lacking at all in power or light amount, just spectrum...

I hope you aren't lacking in anything. I want to see a nice fat haul at the end of your grow. I guess we'll find out at harvest.

[SnSstealth]

as do we........lol
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whiskeytango

[Opie Yutts]

For those wanting to pulse your LED arrays, why? Plants don't have eyes to trick.

[physicsnole]

For those wanting to pulse your LED arrays, why? Plants don't have eyes to trick.

https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/tsharkey...ght%201995.pdf

Even better efficiency this way.