Led Lights

[bizzy323]

How Hot Do Led Lights Get? And How Far They Have To Be From Plants?

 

[JustAnotherAntMarching]

It depends on which LEDs your talking about... Most can be kept within 3" off the top of plants... but then you get no spread and very little penetration...

I went the LED route first myself and regret wasting time and money on it...

Take a look at my journal theres to of pics of my journy from LEDs to T5's and HPS...

 

[PUFF MONKEY]

hey JAAM, i thought you did a good job with them(for what they were).but i agree with your post above....LED's blow..skip that idea bizzy and go the floro/HPS route...you'll thank us.

 

[JustAnotherAntMarching]

PM thanks for the shout out...

LEDs will grow you bud but...
1. plants grow slower then with T5's
2. not much light gets to the lower branches so very little bud growth down low
3. buds never get very dense

Dont get me wrong, LEDs will grow you some dank... but when you smoke it all in 2-3 weeks your 2-3 months away from the next harvest...


Bizzy how large is your grow space????

 

[moaky]

just what brand did you use? and when did you use them? i have been researching them and it seems that the technology has gotten alot better with certain brands. there is a you tube video
hXXp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNfm7XSxVPs&NR=1
that shows great looking buds that seem really dense. so it would help me and others that are interested if we heard the brand and when. maybe the technology has gotten better. its a big investment to find out what you found out. ive been talking to people and they said the same thing you did. airy buds. but they bought their lights 2 years ago. thank you for the info you have already given.

 

[bizzy323]

well now i got a 600watt in a 2x4x5 but i was thinking about getting another 2x2 tent and where i stay there is alot of heat so during summer that becomes a big issue

 

[JustAnotherAntMarching]

MOAKY I purchased my UFOs about 1 year ago... they were 6th generation 80:10 ratio of red to blue and use Bridgelux and Hi-Opto LEDs (im not sure if that spelling is right. This info is all in my journal)...

Like i said LEDs can and will grow you dank... IMO veg time anflowering time are both extended and the yield will half of its potential with other lighting methods...

Bizzy are your planning on vegging or flowering with the LEDs?

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

just what brand did you use? and when did you use them? i have been researching them and it seems that the technology has gotten alot better with certain brands. there is a you tube video
hXXp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNfm7XSxVPs&NR=1
that shows great looking buds that seem really dense. so it would help me and others that are interested if we heard the brand and when. maybe the technology has gotten better. its a big investment to find out what you found out. ive been talking to people and they said the same thing you did. airy buds. but they bought their lights 2 years ago. thank you for the info you have already given.

I wouldn't believe all that I see and hear on somewhere like youtube. They are trying to sell those lights after all. Also, IMO, that simply did not look like a 600+g grow.

 

[moaky]

I wouldn't believe all that I see and hear on somewhere like youtube. They are trying to sell those lights after all. Also, IMO, that simply did not look like a 600+g grow.

ya thats a pretty good point. i dont' think it was a 600g grow either i was just noticing the dense flowers. and when they were showing the flowers they only showed the tops of the plants.

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

ya thats a pretty good point. i dont' think it was a 600g grow either i was just noticing the dense flowers. and when they were showing the flowers they only showed the tops of the plants.

And while they looked dense on the plants, the last pics they showed of the buds clipped, they looked light and airy. I personally have never grown a plant that yielded over 5.5 ozs.

 

[DonJones]

THG,
Was your 5.5 oz plant grown under T-5s for veg and HPS for Flower in hydro?


Great smoking.

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

THG,
Was your 5.5 oz plant grown under T-5s for veg and HPS for Flower in hydro?


Great smoking.

Yes. It was a Satori. I generally veg for about 2 months or until the plant gets too tall for my veg closet, which is 4' tall. I like the T5--it has a very low profile and you can get the light really close. I just ordered a 4' 2 tube T5 ($50!) from HTG to go with my 4 tube one.

 

[DonJones]

THG,

Thanks for the information.

I'm trying to get information on the parts to build my own 8 tube 4' panel. They are manufactured locally and once I get the ballast information and a source of HO tubes, then I'll evaluate the cost versus time of building one in comparison with buying it.

If I decide to build it I'll try to do a good clear step by step DIY thread.

Great smoking.

 

[bizzy323]

anyone here doing led grow setup?

 

[Roddy]

Not many.....

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

anyone here doing led grow setup?

Not really. Every now and then someone comes in with an LED grow, but I still have yet to see anything that would make me even consider LEDs. IMO, LEDs are still "not there" for flowering purposes.

 

[chris07]

i have been growing with led light for 6month wiff very good results i am growing auto flower northen lights and auto ak 47 from amsterdam so far the 4 plants gave me just over 4os but i did pay £280 for my light but you get whot you pay for

my frend same seads with hps under 2os from the 4 plants

 

[WeedHopper]

i have been growing with led light for 6month wiff very good results i am growing auto flower northen lights and auto ak 47 from amsterdam so far the 4 plants gave me just over 4os but i did pay £280 for my light but you get whot you pay for

my frend same seads with hps under 2os from the 4 plants

Yur friend must have an awfull small HPS,,or dont have a clue about how to use it or grow weed if you beat his HPS grow,,with your LEDs.
I have NEVER seen an LED grow better Buds then an HPS.
I have and can Flower better Buds with High Output T5s then someone with Leds,,,for a hell of alot less money.
BUT,,,, HPS is the best bang for yur buck by far,, for Flowering.

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

:yeahthat:

 

[seadog97]

Thanks for your input on LED's vs. HPS vs. T5s for flowering WeedHopper. I have been using red and blue combo LEDs for keeping clones alive for 8 weeks before putting them under MH, then HPS. The clones stay alive but they sure don't grown much under the LEDs....but that was okay because I have limited space in my clone garden. I still needed to use MH to grow the clones a few weeks before flowering. Do you have an opinion on LED's vs. T5s for the veg stage?