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Enough light?

CatMomma

CatMomma

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I am new and growing one plant (so far). I have the plant under these lights: iPower 36W 4 Feet LED Grow Light Stand, a EnerEco 100W Led full spectrum 150 LEDs indoor grow light and a Moer Sky 27W 54 LED 3-head red and blue spectrum grow lamp. Are these sufficient?
 
Good Morning CatMomma I don't know about your lights at all, but normally you want about 30-50actual watts a square foot.More would even be better, up to a point.
GoodLuck and HappyGrowing
 
Hhmmnn.... I don’t know what the “actual” wattage is...why do they do that? It’s confusing!
 
I'm with you DAAS. I can't figure out the wattage on LED lights. I go with 1000w HPS and won't worry about penetration.
 
For me it isn't economically feasible to grow less then 4 plants. That is if you figure what it cost to grow. Let alone the electricity.
 
Kingfish, I’m just starting out with all of this. Also, I have limited space. Once I feel more confident and see promising results then I will try to grow more. I need to be careful because it isn’t legal where I live.
 
kingfish me either about the wattage with Led lights, I bought a Killawatt, that's cheap, or I couldn't afford ,if it wasn't, lol, but it helps.
I remember someone saying that you couldn't use a 1000watt, hps, in your tent, lol, but tell that to your plants, another lol,
You always got the prettiest plants on GWE,
Have a nice Sunday! !
 
I will agree with king, your cost of production is maximized when you are able to use all of the footprint your light fixture can produce.
Having said that, I run a few DWC buckets over the winter in a closet. Simple setup and it gives an opportunity to run some different strains.
D.A.A.S.69 suggestion is spot on-the actual amount of electricity used to produce a sufficient amount of photons of light density over your grow space is usually between 30-50 watts/ sq ft. Current tech diodes like those used in Quantum Board or light strips are the most efficient and can use less power to make the same amount of light compared to older tech diodes used in bargain fixtures.
A kill-a-watt type outlet meter will tell you the total amount of power you're using for the lights so you can base the area of the footprint off of that.
The closet is 2x3 and fits a pair of buckets nicely. I built a simple fixture using some Samsung F-strips on a baking sheet. Absolutely crushes that space and cost under $200 to build.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fAwTmYH19VUG02N5S0CQ1UWoNX-_ZC-d4g
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1N6fZ-2B5xhHQl5ji5X0F06-D1uGBS1Q12w
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RN5IL4M-l-kAsVUlFhbAGTM43RTgig_ESQ
 
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Would need more info. How large are your plants? How long have they been growing? I assume from seed.
 
My goodness, Gbauto! Thank you. I think I’m out of my element.... I do appreciate your input and I will hold onto it and refer (no pun intended) to it later.
 
Here’s Lorenzo... he was a stray that we took in. He’s very sweet natured.
 

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