First LED 2 montths veg

First 2 are my Blue Berry, others are Head Band and Cherry Pie. Whatcha guys and gals think?

They look real purdy

have you done previous grows without leds?
how does the veg/growth differ? faster? slower?
have you noticed healthier plants or any deficiencies?

havent really noticed anything different other than my utilities bill and i have no fear of them being too close to the girls.

karousing said:

They look real purdy

have you done previous grows without leds?
how does the veg/growth differ? faster? slower?
have you noticed healthier plants or any deficiencies?

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LED's grow OK plants. I've gotten good yields and healthy plants. Most LED's are a multi spectrum and can be used from veg-flowering.

This multi bulb also helps it stay vigorous through growth having such a full spectrum.

However I've never seen a monster under LED. HPS/MH for now will always be the best. I use T5 myself, no need to fuss with air and high bills with simple lights.

would it be best to use mh/hps with t5/led sub/sidelighting for the full spectrums with targeted areas for maximum performance? including a flower initiator (730 nm used to induce the sleep cycle approximately 2 hours earlier then normal)

probably im not fully committed to these led ima add a 1000W HPS to the mix during flower

My 4 girls love the my 300w led vegging, going to do a hybrid hps setup just for flower this go round

karousing said:

would it be best to use mh/hps with t5/led sub/sidelighting for the full spectrums with targeted areas for maximum performance? including a flower initiator (730 nm used to induce the sleep cycle approximately 2 hours earlier then normal)

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Woah someone's getting hardcore!

Scientifically speaking, "yes". As long as you provide equal amount of nutrients, C02 and H20 as you do light.

Plants need all 4 of these things to grow, missing one will incomplete the cycle and your wasting the others.
This is how you "super-grow" by overplentifying (my word) these 4 ingredients for growth.

Lights from above don't get to the lower leaves. That's why you sometimes see reflective material around and under the plants.
So lights on the sides would provide penetration of light to places not able to from above.

MH/HPS are the best if you have the money for them and their cooling; but if you want to save money and time, you can just trim them and tie the branches out for maximum exposure and do with what you have.

two 240 W Black Star Veg