Cheap LED lights please help

gtha87 · Jan 5, 2026

Hey guys, got this cheap full spectrum LED lights. Didn't get more information that the photo I am uploading. So far I feel it is going well, I am new to growing. Please let me know if the plants are going well. They are 5 weeks old. Light hours 18-6. Organic soil with organic fertilizer (haven't yet fertilized them, only the original mixture that I add 25% vermicompost). I have them in a room, with a fan and a air heater. I don't have anything else. The other plants you can see in the video, 2 have 4 weeks and the rest have 2 weeks. Total, 10 plants and 10 lights.

Greenadian · Jan 5, 2026

Looking good in that room

gtha87 · Jan 6, 2026

Greenadian said:
Looking good in that room

Thank you

grayoldnproud · Jan 6, 2026

Holy moly. I tried to find the light manufacturer and there are maybe 200 or so Shenzen led lighting companies listed on Alibaba and Temu.

How much did you pay for the lights?

Greenadian · Jan 6, 2026

Hundreds of the same company name. Its a massive warehouse district in China.
I would guess $30 a piece

JIMKSI64 · Jan 6, 2026

Each light is 60 watts.
It will be difficult to flower unless you close up the pattern and condense the energy.
It looks like you have 6 of them. 600 watts is about minimum for a 4x4 photo run
See how many plants you can fit in the 16 square foot footprint.
Do you have an organic feed schedule you are following?
I run organic soils and I am done making my own schedule up. It is very hard to over swing organic nutes but as I have found out it's much easier to underfeed and miss the 10 day window. Organic feeds take 10 days to break down and require a systematic approach to feeding.
I choose a nutrient line that has a section cannabis and a feed chart. I did not notice this feed chart until I ran into trouble and was using the bag instructions.

Greenadian · Jan 6, 2026

They are running 10 lights.....all within a foot of the canopy. 10 plants 10 lights and is bare minimum. Can still be done.......personally I would flip to 12/12 already and keep them shorter, less stretch so the lights hit more main tops. Just my 2 cents

grayoldnproud · Jan 6, 2026

Greenadian said:
Hundreds of the same company name. Its a massive warehouse district in China.
I would guess $30 a piece

I can tell, wow!

grayoldnproud · Jan 6, 2026

JIMKSI64 said:
Each light is 60 watts.
It will be difficult to flower unless you close up the pattern and condense the energy.
It looks like you have 6 of them. 600 watts is about minimum for a 4x4 photo run
See how many plants you can fit in the 16 square foot footprint.
Do you have an organic feed schedule you are following?
I run organic soils and I am done making my own schedule up. It is very hard to over swing organic nutes but as I have found out it's much easier to underfeed and miss the 10 day window. Organic feeds take 10 days to break down and require a systematic approach to feeding.
I choose a nutrient line that has a section cannabis and a feed chart. I did not notice this feed chart until I ran into trouble and was using the bag instructions.

He wrote that he's running organic soil with organic fert but didn't mention schedule.

JIMKSI64 · Jan 6, 2026

grayoldnproud said:
He wrote that he's running organic soil with organic fert but didn't mention schedule.

Neither did I my first 3 grows...
Also I saw ten panels and the math was right but I mentioned 6

grayoldnproud · Jan 6, 2026

@gtha87 have you tried to find a fert schedule for the fert you have? If not maybe @JIMKSI64 can share his so you know what to look for.

JIMKSI64 · Jan 6, 2026

Just search your nutrient choice but add " cannabis feed chart"
https://www.advancednutrients.com/feeding/

Feeding Schedules - FoxFarm Soil & Fertilizer Company

Choose the feeding schedule that’s right for your growing needs. English (Imperial) Espanol (Metric) English & Espanol (Imperial and Metric) Tiếng Việt (METRIC) Hmoob (Metric)

foxfarm.com

https://drearth.com/wp-content/uploads/Feeding-Schedule.pdf

Greenadian · Jan 6, 2026

Hey yo @JIMKSI64 do you use the Dr Earth liquid 3 part? It looks super simple!!

JIMKSI64 · Jan 6, 2026

Nope. 3 part dry with 2 amendments.
My only change ( OMG am I doing it again) is the mix for 2 of the bags is very grainy with large and small bits that tends to stratify. I bought a mortar and pistle to grind them to a better consistency.
In my defense I did steal this from a diaries entry and the grower had been doing this for years.
So power tip. If you are going to grind shit like a 5 lb bag of organic nutrients do not get a 4 oz m/p kit.......

Greenadian · Jan 6, 2026

I was just testing you!! LMFAO. I do think the 3 part liquid would be super easy for a beginner or even a lazy person like Me

JIMKSI64 · Jan 6, 2026

Greenadian said:
I was just testing you!! LMFAO. I do think the 3 part liquid would be super easy for a beginner or even a lazy person like Me

4 times as much as dry.

My cheapness is legendary.

LoveGrowingIt · Jan 6, 2026

I use organic nutrients (Gaia Green), and I don't use a schedule for adding nutrients. I go by the growth stage of the plants and how well they're growing. I think the key is to understand the delay between when they're added and when they become available to the plant. That, for example, means giving them what they'll need for the stretch well before changing the light schedule.

gtha87 · Jan 7, 2026

grayoldnproud said:
Holy moly. I tried to find the light manufacturer and there are maybe 200 or so Shenzen led lighting companies listed on Alibaba and Temu.

How much did you pay for the lights?

haha yes there are many manufacturers. These were $15 dollars in sale, usually around $30-$35 but the ran out of them already. I wanted to buy a few more in case one stopped working

JIMKSI64 · Jan 7, 2026

gtha87 said:
haha yes there are many manufacturers. These were $15 dollars in sale, usually around $30-$35 but the ran out of them already. I wanted to buy a few more in case one stopped working

Not gunna lie. I would buy a bunch of 60 watt panels at $15 a pop. Side lighting, fill in the corners, starting seedlings.
My wife found a 70 watt panel for the succulents and I almost got 4 as they were $35 bucks.

gtha87 · Jan 7, 2026

JIMKSI64 said:
Each light is 60 watts.
It will be difficult to flower unless you close up the pattern and condense the energy.
It looks like you have 6 of them. 600 watts is about minimum for a 4x4 photo run
See how many plants you can fit in the 16 square foot footprint.
Do you have an organic feed schedule you are following?
I run organic soils and I am done making my own schedule up. It is very hard to over swing organic nutes but as I have found out it's much easier to underfeed and miss the 10 day window. Organic feeds take 10 days to break down and require a systematic approach to feeding.
I choose a nutrient line that has a section cannabis and a feed chart. I did not notice this feed chart until I ran into trouble and was using the bag instructions.

This is my second time trying. The first time I only had two plants with the 10 lights and it worked ok. But the first time I tried adding chemical fertilizer but ran into a couple issues in the last 3 weeks of flowering. I will add photos. I feel like they should produce twice as much as what you can see in the photo.

I still don;t have a feeding schedule. So far I have need fed them anything other than water. I want to feed them organic fertilizer but have no idea what to give them and how often. Here in my country it is hard to find organic fertilizers that will give you info about it or a feeding schedule. In theory the mixture that I put them in should feed the plants for at least 4 months or at least that is what I was told. I was thinking of flipping all ten when the small ones are 2 months old. So far they are growing pretty fast but I am worried when I flip them because I know they need more feeding in that stage in order to get good nugs

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