Are you growing with an LED light? What kind, and would you buy it again? n/t

[jtuck004]

[katmondoo]

1. Hate them

[Bluenorthwest]

2. Have you used them?

nt

[jtuck004]

3. Have you had one? It is because the output of the end product is poor

or ?

[mountain grammy]

4. We use florescent, less heat and expense

but not as good end product as high pressure sodium, 1000 watts. Best buds ever, but the electric bill and heat were a problem.

I'd like to try LED. I've talked to some growers who like them better than florescent.

[jtuck004]

5. I've been using a 600 HPS, but I have a friend with a medical need, and they

have a need to keep the foot print small and the bill down.

I was thinking about trying a small one,may be one of the 400 or 600, see how much worse the performance would be.

Read about the KIND brand, but that gets near $1000 for that size. There is a MARS on ebay that gets good reviews, and is quite a bit cheaper, partly because of the quality.

I really have not much to throw at a test, so I am just casting around for ideas.

Thank you.

[mountain grammy]

6. I'll get back to you if I hear more..

florescent lights are cheap to buy and run, but the yield is definitely smaller than with HPS. What's kept us from LED's is the cost.

[jtuck004]

7. ok, and thank you again. n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

8. That's what I use, too,

since they barely make a dent in my electric bill. I have to grow more plants to make up for the small-sized buds, but I enjoy growing.

[mountain grammy]

9. I find it very therapeutic.

Can't grow veggies up here in the mountains, but love my little indoor pot garden. 6 plants per adult, completely legal in Colorado.

[Blue_In_AK]

10. I think that's what it is here, too,

although before we "legalized" it, we could have 24 growing plants, just nowhere to buy. Private possession of cannabis was guaranteed here through a 1975 court case since Alaska's constitution has a really strong privacy clause. Our officials are still working through the whole regulations process here after our vote last year.

[RussBLib]

11. we are considering one of the SuperClosets

kinda pricey, but they are highly "rated" and you have to be discreet in Texas.

Anyone here ever used any SuperCloset?

[mountain grammy]

12. Nifty stuff, but pricy..

We use a 4x4 grow tent.. Cost about $100 new, I think. We've had ours a long time. Be careful in Texas. Odor control is essential. Good luck.

[RussBLib]

13. odor control

is a big selling point for the SuperCloset.

We could very well end up as Colorado residents in 2016, which would negate the need to negate the smell.

[mountain grammy]

14. Welcome! Hope you make it.

[jtuck004]

15. No, but I looked at their page. Seemed like $2300 for a tent that looked ok, but all that hardware

in the middle, as well as the light, is for growing lots of clones or plants at the vegetative stage. For flower that tent isn't big enough to accommodate what it can put out in veg. It also does not include the light for flower (at least another $100?, hopefully the ballast is dual), and no exhaust fan - it is critical when they begin to smell. (CAN fan is around $200, plus a filter that's about 8" diameter and 15" long).

That does seem pricey, but I didn't spend a long time with it. AND, I am a maker kind of person, so I tend to build what I can.

Used flourescents for a time, but got a chance at a better tent, light, ballast, fan, filter, cooltube, duct, and a few misc hangers, soil, etc for about $1000. Made a growing table out of pvc with a net strung across. The platform holds rubbermaid 10 gallon roughneck tubs. I start somewhere else, and use discarded laundry soap containers (2 1/2 gallon plastic rectangle) to plant in, put those in the rubbermaid tub.

Duct goes out and up. If you wonder whether a good fan and filter, and proper venting is important, you can ask your neighbors.

Both of those, however, use an HPS light, which burns 600 watt bulbs. Which most people think is relatively easy to spot. The bulbs lose 5-10% of their efficacy in the first year, so they do wear out.

An LED might be better, but most of the affordable ones could result in 1/2 the yield one is used to. Still, better than jail.

[SHRED]

16. LEC lighting

LEC is the latest. It kicks butt and for the price much better than led and less heat than HID/HPS.
I just got one recently for $473'out the door.
https://www.sunlightsupply.com/shop/bycategory/lec-lep-led/sun-system-lec-315-light-emitting-ceramic-fixture

[jtuck004]

17. I read a little about that, am going to have to read more. Thank you. n/t

[SHRED]

19. Don't skimp on ventilation

I thought I had enough but didn't.
Move that air?

[jtuck004]

21. I learned that in my tent. Got a nice large filter, paid for the darn $180 exhaust fan, made

sure odor wasn't a problem. Too many years of being careful.

But I forgot to put a lousy recirc fan across the plants. Learned how fast powdery mildew can spread.

So now I have much better circulation. If nothing else, a little fan that swipes across the dirt surface.

One learns...

[jtuck004]

20. Have you seen this one?

http://growingdank.com/product/galaxyhydro-led-grow-light-full-spectrum-400w-cob-light-for-flowering-and-veg/

[SHRED]

22. Shy away from Chinese led panels

They use cheap components and cheap diodes. Epileds are lower shelf.

Here's a homegrown company that is top of the line. And his light will wipe the floor with those others.
I love my LEC but I almost got 3 of these and hooked them together.
http://www.a51led.net/products

...

[SHRED]

18. I almost bought 3 of these

4000k for both veg and flower.

http://www.a51led.net/product/area-51-led-w90-pre-order

Top of the line.