Hey all, I'm curious about supplementing my LED full spectrum (viparspectra 300W) with household LED bulbs. I have a ton of 9W (60W equivalent) 2700K LED bulbs that I got from the power company, and I was wondering if I could use them for supplemental lighting. My plan was to get a few 3-in-1s to hook these up on the on the outsides of the hot zone of my LED system. I would also rotate my plants at least once a day, probably more, so all sides get light from the hot zone. Will these type of LEDs help or is that wishful thinking?
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Morning Capn, I've seen video's where they use those kind of leds, but they take the covers off of them first, so I don't know about that kind.
But the cfls, work great if you keep them real close to your plants, like about 2 or 3 inches away.
Maybe someone who knows lots more about the leds your talking about will be on here in a minute to help you.Cfls for a week or two
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I have personaly tryed just those bulbs for seedlings and the growth has been massivly slowed. I was curious as well but the lumens just arnt strong enough I even hooked 3 together as well and it still wasnt enough. If u could get 5 to 6 bulbs per sqf then ya that would make a difference. But then ur gunna have a shit ton of bulbs everywhere lol there really gd for middle to bottom canopy lights as they dnt get very hot just defol some space for them so u dnt burn/ stress ur plant lol
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I have used LED's with the plastic lense cover removed (very important)- for clones in the summer.
It kept the heat down in a space bucket and work fine for them, as they don't need much light.
I wouldn't bother on larger plants, however- just not enough power to make a difference.It's all bullshit - until you smoke it!
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