LED choices

[JSP 714]

I was wondering , what led's are you using ?
I'm using a viparspectra par 450 , added a cf grow 300 Cobb for my previous run and current...
Figure I'll be in the market soon ,so I was wondering what everyone likes ..
Pic is my pic of the litter of my 2 white widow fems,,on 12/12 for a month...

Both girls

 

[TinyBuds]

I currently am using a 500w Series 3 grow light from Budget LED. It's doing wonders for me.

 

[JSP 714]

Sweet

 

[JSP 714]

I currently am using a 500w Series 3 grow light from Budget LED. It's doing wonders for me.

Very nice

I currently am using a 500w Series 3 grow light from Budget LED. It's doing wonders for me.

wow

 

[BooMtoLate]

I run a ts 3000 from marshydro. It works amazing

 

[JSP 714]

I run a ts 3000 from marshydro. It works amazing

Sweet

 

[JSP 714]

I run a ts 3000 from marshydro. It works amazing

Checked those out online .. I'm thinking the ts 2000 would be good for my 2 by 3 by 5 tent.
Thanks ..

 

[BooMtoLate]

Ya man that would be a good fit

 

[Finesse69]

Checked those out online .. I'm thinking the ts 2000 would be good for my 2 by 3 by 5 tent.
Thanks ..

I think that's plenty of light for that size tent, I'm going to be putting my ts1000 which covers a 3x3 veg print perfect for my veg tent and if you're using it for flower you'll be set cause it covers 3x5 veg and 2x4 for flower. I got 3 of their lights and am quite happy with them so far. They are part of our sponsors here I think they have a discount for 420mag members.
@SmokeSara can help you out if you go with them.

Good looking girls btw!

 

[RedZedHead]

The most important thing is full-spectrum (400-700nm). and LED's with Far-red IR light (730nm) tend to have a higher yield than those without. mars hydro lights all have IR lights in them if I'm not mistaken
I have a few LED's with IR lights and a few without. the difference. is noticeable.

 

[Slicknick909]

I run a series 3+ 500w from @Budget LED and love it. Has UV unlike Mars hydro.

 

[RedZedHead]

I run a series 3+ 500w from @Budget LED and love it. Has UV unlike Mars hydro.

They look super bushy. I bet the UV helped with that.

 

[Slicknick909]

They look super bushy. I bet the UV helped with that.

UV helps more with terpenes and THC content if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Nunyabiz]

I went with two custom made to fit, LM301B strip lights.
325w each, 1300+ PPFD at 18"
Dim from zero to 325w

About $380 each

 

[BedroomFarmer]

I went with HLG but like what budget led is offering better. The spectrum seems a bit more full but I really love those strips @Nunyabiz

 

[onewarmguy]

The most important thing is full-spectrum (400-700nm). and LED's with Far-red IR light (730nm) tend to have a higher yield than those without. mars hydro lights all have IR lights in them if I'm not mistaken
I have a few LED's with IR lights and a few without. the difference. is noticeable.

So share your wisdom RedZed. Which ones do which ones don't? How can you tell? we'd appreciate it.

 

[JSP 714]

So share your wisdom RedZed. Which ones do which ones don't? How can you tell? we'd appreciate it.

I looked at another of lights today at a major online shopping site ...
The spider farmers, mars, and viparspectras newer models all seem to have that 730nmIR.
Thats probably why they are higher priced marks

 

[JSP 714]

sorry,alot of lights ....

 

[RedZedHead]

So share your wisdom RedZed. Which ones do which ones don't? How can you tell? we'd appreciate it.

unfortunately, we can't talk too much about names of the companies or link to them as far as I understand, but the companies definitely will advertise having "IR lights with 730 nm" or in nick's case, budget LED has UV lights.
here's a light spectrum

so @Slicknick909 was talking about UV and that's less than 400 nm. Our eyes can see 400-700 nm. which is visible light.
We use blue light for veg, 400-500 nm
and we use Red light for bloom 600-700 nm
you might also see some white/ yellow lights on your bloom setting.
We can use green light (500-600 nm) to look at our plants during lights off. any other kind of light during a plants dark period can be harmful.
Infared or "far-red" is created with IR lights that shine at 730nm.
This is basically a picture version of what I just said. it shows how the different wavelengths of light are absorbed by plants

As you can see, the plant still absorbs some light that is less than 400 (UV) and greater than 700 (infared)
That's what botanists and biologists are researching these days to potentially unlock booming yields in not just cannabis, but also food crops!
I hope I got this mostly right.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Grow on Blaze on

 

[MasterTarzan]

I run a ts 3000 from marshydro. It works amazing

I have a ts3000 too & love It. Just ordered 2 sp250’s last week.