guitarman7311
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Leds suk face it, Ive never seen a healthy plant grown under led. There all skimpy and sick lookin.
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KaliKitsune
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I grow herbs that don't require lots of light, more quality of light, just fine under LEDs. They're good for orchids as well, where quality of light is important because to get them to flower they need less than 10 hours of light a day, and any intense amount of light from an HID will hurt the blooms.
But for anything with dense foliage, yes, I think LEDs aren't the way to go. Penetration is important.
jordisgarden
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just wondering i grew a few plants under a 4 ft 2 tube floro and they came out great, i went out to home cheapo and bought three 100 watt high pres sodium lamps and placed them around my plants. will this help to encourage growth on the lower branches? the only dissapointment from the floros was that i thought the buds could have been thicker and taken up more of the branches?
KaliKitsune
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The HPS lights will help out immensely.
purpdaddy
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yes that will deffinitely encourage lower budspots and have a more "bushier" plant!And thats what you want.
drynroasty
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Looks rockin!!! I would eat off that...
Single White Pistol
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Yo, I use a 150W HPS. I'm almost a month into flowering and I keep a fan on the light. Sometimes the leaves are even touching the glass and it's cool, although you don't want that. As close as possible without touching the bulb or glass as song as you have a fan blowing the heat off the light.
Works for me. I just hope it's enough wattage.
Single White Pistol
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So, I'm about a month into flower... How bad is it to pull them out of the tent for a few minutes to water and have a look at the buds under incandescent lights? I water them in the bath tub and I want to have a look at the buds
greenacres
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no prob jus cant wait for that harvest huh? are they talking to ya ?
Single White Pistol
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Hahahahahahaaa!!! I love this shit. I really do. I'm on the edge of my seat everyday.
pastojibaro
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i was wondering if anyone has information on LED's for growing. i am going to have my first indoor grow and i want to match my outdoor production. Any information will be thanked
KaliKitsune
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NOTHING indoors matches outdoor production unless the indoor area is a greenhouse. Sorry, you just don't beat a giant floating fusion reactor. You can't.
LED will work for light vegging unless you get a bunch and position and aim them to cover the area that overhead LEDs don't penetrate to. If you do the lighting like that you can then have a fair bush. As for flowering, you will have a yield that just can't compare, you WILL have to supplement with something else.
purpdaddy
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Then if you cant go HPS,,,go compact flourescents! Thats the next best thing.They dont take in as much energy and you can get a nice harvest if you have enough of them.i used the 150w. replacements and they did just fine!
winkdogg420
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are you from the u.s.?? All the wobble lights i see are giant cfls?? I was wonderiing if wobble lights were different other places??
Winkdogg
KaliKitsune
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Up to nine with good proper training.
wesnile20
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KOO KOO yea imma look for them 150Watts right now i jus got 2 lil cool white. n one soft white GE n there all 25Watts so that ant enough.. imma go out n look for some warm white cause my plants big it needs to be n the flower stage budd n hairs appearing..but only cause i been giveing it more dark time im assumeing...right?