Welcome Brynpav;

"any grower having compared yields between the most advanced LED and the simple HPS will attest to the compromise in yields"

I disagree!
You sound well educated but appear to be mis-informed;

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The middle "clone" is sun-grown.
Granted, all three are crappy, but that's my failing.
I'm not a good grower, but can't fault the leds.

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Led buds in forground, sun buds in back

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2 more weeks or so to go.


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Out for a "tan" just before the chop.

Perhaps more research is in order?

"there really is a much simpler way to go about it. "

Intrigued, please expand on that.

Aloha,
Weezard (A non-professional garage grower):rastasmoke: