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

[tyler_ hobbyist]

The lights are off ebay and are under 200bucks. That's why I'm wondering if I should use high or low end mh/hps in the battle against my leds lol

[tyler_ hobbyist]

We all apricate that. What u ment about low and high end in like sunmast/hortilux/ some low end bulbs like ipower/appol horticulture seeing that I'm useing low end led lights like bestva and 1200W LED Grow Light Lamp Full Spectrum Panel Veg Bloom Flower Indoor Plant

[Flockshot]

So true. Five years ago this was science fiction and we are already getting closer to a cheaper, better solution.

[Flockshot]

I got the original heads up from Harley Smith. He is a YouTube hydroponics guru and spokesperson for RAW dry nutrients. Very interesting food for thought (as if I don't already overthink all of this).

[eCa]

Low end and high end? You mean hps? You see there is also a difference when using HPS what spectrum it has. It can be full spectrum for flow and veg or just for flow with all red what needed. You won't see big difference if you use some kind a cheap LED lights. As I told before I'm not promoting any of lights, but if somebody need contacts I can share it will get a discount with my recommendation and etc.

Regards,
Natural Garden
eCa

[tyler_ hobbyist]

It's hard to tell in ur pictures but it seems the led light made more leaves and more flower sites is that right? When u harvest can u tell us the yeilds and qualitys like color taste smell and potency? If you dnt mind we would all appricate that it's nice to se someone doing this experiment

[tyler_ hobbyist]

I'm going to try this expraiment mybe my next grow mh/hps v.s LED actual draw, wattage for wattage this summer probably. I bought cheap led lights under 200bucks with shipping should I also use a low end bulb or a high end bulb? I was thinking a low end bulb because I have low end leds, it seems to be more fair what do you think?

[tyler_ hobbyist]

Thank you for the link dontknownuttin

[tyler_ hobbyist]

Thank you for ur post that's helpful

[eCa]

Hello guys, long time haven't wrote anything and now is good chance to share my experience with all of you. More or less something about 10 years was growing under HPS/MH and results were nice, but after I got some interesting strains like Frisian duck on my hands and it didn't go well with these lights I had to change it to LED lights to get a full potential and colours of this strain. after a research for a price and quality with a golden middle I found one manufacturer who can offer what I need. Prices are middle ones, but product worth each cent! I'm not promoting anything, but these lights do the job perfectly for me. Will add photos soon. You will see the huge difference of 600w HPS and 630w (actual draw from wall) ZNET lights.

UPDATE:
Strain blueberry cheese, flower week 2, veg. 40 days.
P.S. one under HPS is a mix of blueberry cheese and Frisian duck so it doesn't count and sorry for mess in grow room, was too much busy to clean up for a while..

Kind regards,
Natural Garden
eCa

[dontknownuttin]

[LuckyAcres]

That's badass! Gotta look into that!

[Flockshot]

I like that here in the U.S. we are always debating the correct light, where in other places they are so far beyond light. They have moved on to "light recipes" where they simulate sunrise with a spectrum to wake plants up faster in the morning, which gives the plant more of the 12 hour light cycle making food. They simulate sundown in much the same way, to get the plant to sleep faster and have it doing maintenance on itself sooner in the dark cycle. A computer captures light intensity information throughout the light cycle and adjusts to the perfect night time temperature, for that particular day, to produce maximum sugars. And much more.
So, someday we will be discussing the best recipe, for White Widow, in the 7th week of the flowering period. I can't wait. Rock on.

[Beach_Town_Brit]

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.

[LuckyAcres]

Hey Tyler, if heat is a concern then led and lec are great, fluorescents for veg only. Been using two 1200w leds with x8 40w cfls around them. I had a 8 tubes t5 in between the leds but just replaced it with an lec315, I'm 3 weeks into flower and so far bud growth is comparable between both types of light. But the leds had a two week head start so it could be that lec is more efficient so far...will keep on reporting...I can't do hps as it would add too much heat to my space and $$$ to my bill.