My new plants are HATING my new t8 leds!!!!

[Gsplover11]

So i have bought from barrina before and im not knocking their products,they make great lghts at a very affordavle price,that being said,i bought these t8,2 foot leds.they are 24watt full spectrum.every time i put my plants under these lights they droop and just look incredibly unhappy,put them back under my 6500k white light barrinas and within 2 hours they are perked right back up!i did tgis 3 times so its this full spectrum light 100%.
The only thing i can think of is they dont likre the red spectrum!they acted the same way when i put them under my floraflex 700 watt led at 50%.its a full spectrum light.
Alk the hyoe of leds and im tginking i made a huge mistake here.im prsying tgat they are just a kittle too young to handle the full spectrum,im exchanging the t8's,but i cant return the floraflex which was not cheap.here is a pic of them under the 6500k,i dont have a oic of them undr the fulk spectrum,should have taken one. any led pros want to chime in here?
Thank you

 

[Gsplover11]

Oh,and they are on the bathroom sink cause im building a new grow room in tge next 4-5 days

 

[Stiickygreen]

I'm FAR from an expert...more like an LED hack. I'll start by saying that I grew for 25 years+ under HID.

Bottom line...while I own too many of them...I'm just not impressed with "LED". I've never seen so many "Cal-Mag" deficient plants in my life...nor have I ever grown such paltry looking things...until I switched to LED. I dunno what it is but IMO...there's something there (or missing).

Fortunately, I still have far too many ballasts/hoods in the shed...and I'm thinking...if I grow indoors at all (outdoor rules on yields)...I'm gonna switch back. I know that's off the mark for your grow...but I wanted to mention it cus I think a lot of folks are chasing light-driven problems these days but don't realize it. I only see a few grows where things look really dialed in. That's different than the old days. But I digress...

good luck with your grow!

 

[Farmer's Hat]

So i have bought from barrina before and im not knocking their products,they make great lghts at a very affordavle price,that being said,i bought these t8,2 foot leds.they are 24watt full spectrum.every time i put my plants under these lights they droop and just look incredibly unhappy,put them back under my 6500k white light barrinas and within 2 hours they are perked right back up!i did tgis 3 times so its this full spectrum light 100%.
The only thing i can think of is they dont likre the red spectrum!they acted the same way when i put them under my floraflex 700 watt led at 50%.its a full spectrum light.
Alk the hyoe of leds and im tginking i made a huge mistake here.im prsying tgat they are just a kittle too young to handle the full spectrum,im exchanging the t8's,but i cant return the floraflex which was not cheap.here is a pic of them under the 6500k,i dont have a oic of them undr the fulk spectrum,should have taken one. any led pros want to chime in here?
Thank you

I don't have any experience on this matter. Im curious, did you try raising the lights? Or were the lights not close enough? Could it have something to do with light distance from plants?

 

[Gsplover11]

It has nothing to do with light distance

 

[Gsplover11]

That would be more of a burn issue,and i dont think its intensity either as the t8s are only like 44 watts

 

[Farmer's Hat]

Very peculiar. I actually just bought some of those exact lights. Im setting them up on Tuesday. I will let you know if I have the same issue. I hope I don't have the same issue. Lol. Otherwise Im sending them back immediately.

 

[Star Dog]

When I swapped to led from t5s the plants looked like wilty and crap, I used 96w to replicate the 96w of t5s but that was way too much.

To get equall t5 output from led I only needed 33w or 43w of power, led has more output and less heat for the environment.

If you keep your temps up and dim it by 60/70% to star with i think you'll see a difference.

I've got a lot of complaints about led compared to hid with its silky spectrum lol.

Jfc it's been age's since I measured the output but it was either 33w or 44w and I think it was 33w?

 

[Gsplover11]

When I swapped to led from t5s the plants looked like wilty and crap, I used 96w to replicate the 96w of t5s but that was way too much.

To get equall t5 output from led I only needed 33w or 43w of power, led has more output and less heat for the environment.

If you keep your temps up and dim it by 60/70% to star with i think you'll see a difference.

I've got a lot of complexity about led compared to hid with its silky spectrum lol.

Do you think when the plants get okder they will do well under the full spectrum?

 

[Star Dog]

Do you think when the plants get okder they will do well under the full spectrum?

Yes I think they'll be fine with gradually increasing the intensity.

 

[Gsplover11]

I hope so...

 

[Gsplover11]

Time will tell