livetoskate81
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If not should I do my own grow using 2-18watt LED bulbs = 2-100watt incandescent bulbs and get a answer for myself?
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Been wondering this myself. They have high lumens but I question their light bandwidth. Wondering if they are good as supplemental light or as good (better/worse) than/as cfl bulbs.
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3000 lumens combined- seems workable in veg but as they grow, you will need to add a lot of light.
Of course, this is coming from a guy that can't seem to grow just one or two ladies. That said, my current veg im really trying to open up and spread it out to do that 8 cola grow.
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Ok, I'm still very green but from my experience the plant will grow with low light but as it grows it will need more light so if you keep it at this amount of light, I can't imagine it will be very big or leafy and flower will really be impeded by lack of light. That said, i bet it will still grow but then you also risk stressing the plant to the point of hermie or other issues. Or, on the flip side, if this is all the girls know, maybe they just think this is life and will grow- they will still be malnourished but should complete a life cycle. Interesting experiment. I tried as little light as I could get away with but soon found I wanted to give my girl as much as I could so I kept buying more and more bulbs to add. Got so many just to keep my girls happy that I decided to just go with a 400 hps. Wish I just got the 600 but I was worried about heat. Next time.
This set up will be good but I expect it's best work will be right now in the germ baby girl stage.
I used cheap power strips, plug in light sockets I got at lowes- can get 3 or 4 bulbs on one strip (depending on size of bulb)
Then I zip ties the power strips on wood planks that I could place in various positions to help feed the lower buds. And all this was just 2 plants! Just so much easier with one light I can switch between mh and hps.
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Been growing with them since I first saw them! they work okay, and if you read the fine print on most of them they tell you the spectrum I also use a $40 led shop light to flower with.
I didn't read through most of the posts sorry.
Don't get me wrong, I own and use some regular grow lights,
But I still use the LED bulbs to clone, and early veg along with Sylvania strip lights
If you search around you can find some of my earlier grows with them as supplemental light to a Mars Hydro
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