***compairing lights*** yeild/watts/flavour/taste/ quality

[furrysparkle]

Oooh yes when I go LED I will hit you up!

[Beach_Town_Brit]

I was thinking more along the lines of cost comparisons. This said, in my book "do nothing" always wins over "do something" as long as the result is the same : )

[bobsakamoto]

what tyler said, please. so many times on here i see people doing little mini-experiments, either side by side 1:1s or from previous grow to current grow, but then they don't end up reporting back what happened/what they found... NOT complaining, i know people get busy and other stuff, just sayin'....

[dontknownuttin]

I've used CFLs and LEDs thus far and I'm happy with those solutions. One thing I notice in the typical HPS vs. LED online debate is that no-one ever seems to account for HPS bulb replacement when comparing the two techs.

REPLACEMENT MH AND HPS BULBS ARE EASY TO EXPLAIN, Simply screw a new bulb in the socket every 3 grows. THIS IS TECNOLGEY THAT WORKS

[bobsakamoto]

thanks DKN!

[bobsakamoto]

Flockshot, i've seen some people on other places doing somethings in the neighborhood of that...SO interesting! thanks for this...i had no idea "we" were so behind...

[bobsakamoto]

you know i had never thought of that, but so true!!! thanks, BTB

[bobsakamoto]

very helpful, thanks LUCKY

[eCa]

Cooltube + extract fan! without it won't get any results I think

[eCa]

Bestva lights tend to have problem with overheat, so they recommend to turn off lights after 8 hours of work for a short time. So keep in mind this light won't be best thing for autoflowers. But I keep thumbs up and wish success!

[eCa]

Yes that's true, but you already noticed the difference good eye! Plants has more bud sites and stems with branches are thicker so it means they will ready to hold more flowers! Will post growing journal after harvest in any case.

[dontknownuttin]

Just get a cool tube mine keeps my 2 foot by 4 foot space cool when running a 600 watt bulb 24/7 DAY 57! Christmas IN MARCH? WHY NOT?

[tyler_ hobbyist]

Thank u eca that really helps thank you

[eCa]

Ok, now I get it. It depends on what reflector you will use, but I would suggest low end HPS. I was using Lumatek, but all the rest companies I think has the same so no big difference.. please note that there will be a lot of heat using both of lights

Regards,
Natural Garden
eCa

[eCa]

BTW, about the rest. I haven't saw big difference in taste or smell, but colours, yield, potency has a huge difference. Same strain can have 1-2% more THC if LED has UV and IR spectrum so it make the job quite well. It's third grow with both lights on, checking how does different strains respond to LED lights and can say 100% that blueberry cheese, northern lights, frisian duck, sweet tooth, white widow has better results! So seems after checking my last strains I will put HPS under the bed and use only LED lights even I was sceptic about these in the past.

Regards,
Natural Garden
eCa