LED Noobs, STOP Buying China Junk

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PetFlora

PetFlora

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Guys, guys, guys, for umpteenth time

mj needs a FULL spectrum of light to give you its' finest genetic potential and bud result

That comes from WHITE leds, not a bunch of monochrome spectrums crammed onto a PCB

Most whites have all the blue mj needs

Once buds set, mj consumes mass quantities of red (600-650) @ 40% of the total wattage

Adding that to soon will cause stretch
 
Montanarobert1963

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I keep on seeing in all the forums that Cidly rebranded lights are cheap,suck at growing and will die right away, to name a few comments. I started seeing these comments after spending 800 + on an AgroMax Pro Series 340 watt unit. I am one that will read a bunch about something that I plan on buying but didn't do a huge amount this time and went with my gut after researching the HTG. I then looked more afterwards and see that they must be a Cidly product rebranded and was overcharged by a long shot if this is true..... Still not sure if you can custom order your own blend of spectrums in those pods I see in lots of lights but it looks it in the pictures you see. Anyway I germinated on May 1st fem seeds bought online and the popped in 24 hrs so started with the light up 48 inches and was to strong so went to t5 ho lights for 2 weeks....planted germinated seed pods in FFOF in 1/2 gallon pots for 2.5 more weeks under the agromax pro series....the growth in those 2.5 weeks was incredible so I transplanted again to 5 gallon pots.....9 total in a 4.5x4.5 tent I changed the lights to 12/12 at 5 weeks and the growth exploded again so I added side lighting....t5 ho in the corners and once I saw the buds coming out everywhere I just bought another AgroMax. Ok so now I've had the new light added for 1 week only....total watts in the tent would be 340 real watts x 2 and 216 watts of t5ho for corners that's 896 watts. I am now just rambling but this is the result so far with these so called cheap Chinese ripoff lights....at 9 weeks from seed being placed in the seed starter plug.....if I don't say so myself I believe in these lights
 

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jstone1633

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PetFlora said:
Guys, guys, guys, for umpteenth time

mj needs a FULL spectrum of light to give you its' finest genetic potential and bud result

That comes from WHITE leds, not a bunch of monochrome spectrums crammed onto a PCB

Most whites have all the blue mj needs

Once buds set, mj consumes mass quantities of red (600-650) @ 40% of the total wattage

Adding that to soon will cause stretch
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How much coverage do you get with the BML bars? I've looked at their site and I see the different beam angles but not much on how to pick. And I don't see any dimensions...about how wide are the bars? I'm trying to set up a stealth grow and I need to cover a 30" X 18" scrog.
 
PetFlora

PetFlora

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jstone1633 said:
How much coverage do you get with the BML bars? I've looked at their site and I see the different beam angles but not much on how to pick. And I don't see any dimensions...about how wide are the bars? I'm trying to set up a stealth grow and I need to cover a 30" X 18" scrog.
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You couldn't have looked very hard

Lots of pics and dimensions

Click on http://www.bmlcustom.com/custom-led-strip/

Be aware that the template equals 12', whatever you load will be multiplied by 3 for a SPYDR

SPYDR has a 3ft spine

6 @ 3ft bars (~ 4"w) can slide on the spine

Close for veg (min ~2ft), farther apart (max 3ft) for flower

If using a tent, you need 3 x 3 interior

They did experiment with a 2ft spine. Don't know whether it will go into production
 
REALSTYLES

REALSTYLES

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Well to re-open my point here's some pics of my shitty Chinese Mars II aka Black Dog knock off(Black Dog=$1800 Mars II=$600)
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REALSTYLES

REALSTYLES

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I use to grow for a dispensary my biggest grow was 20+ lbs on nine 1k lights. I can grow and haven't showed what I can do but now I have to. Like I said before I was in a car accident on 3-4-2014 so I couldn't flower the the first Mars 900w. Now I'm better and I quit the dispensary because the owner was an idiot. He didn't want to fix broken shit or get a better AC.
 
mc130p

mc130p

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Just because others have failed why should I?
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You shouldn't. You should try to learn from their mistakes so that you don't repeat them. Many of us here tried, so if you want to try as well, go ahead. But I'm telling you man, you're not going to reverse years of the same thing. Fluffy buds coming your way.
 
REALSTYLES

REALSTYLES

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The lights work I've seen Youtube videos with just the Mars I light from a guy named CO finest

Explain this!!!!
 
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