Led/tent Setup Help

[Saint Skinny]

Hey farmers and farmettes!
I did an LED grow under a 300w apollo and I couldn't believe how dank she was! The LED was borrowed, I have a 135 ufo but I know they won't grow very much or cover a very large area. I have a couple questions since I'm pretty new to LED and brand new to Tents. I'm not a noob to growing by any means. Here's what I got:

I want to stay cheap with this first led around $100, same with the tent. I know it doesn't sound like much, but I have to stretch out what I have to spend as much as possible. I'm planning on buying both from amazon. I was going to start with a single 300w led and a 2x2 tent. Maybe a 2x4, in which case I would adjust lighting to suit the larger size.

• would a 300w led cover a 2x2 sufficiently? If not
•What size tent would be a good match with a 300w led? Or maybe what size led for a 2x2?
• for LED, anyone have experience with Viparspectra, Mars Hydro, Roleadro, galaxy hydro
• for tents, any experience with Milliard, apollo, Ipower, Ipyramid, Vivosun, or yaheetech?
• I also think I may drop a 125w CFL or a mini 150w sunburst in the tent for added spectrum or power. But I wonder if the hps might raise the temp too much. Maybe adding some LED rope light or a couple fluoro's to the walls?
•another LED option I was looking at was retrofitting some fluorescent T8's, like these, (1800 lumens per tube) anyone with experience with these?

I know it's alot at once, any help would be appreciated, I'm getting a little overwhelmed between this and some health issues with my Mom.

Stay Red Eyed, Smiley, & Live Life Irie~Saint

 

[sixstring]

just use 25w per sq foot as your target and you should be fine.so if you get a 3 x 3 tent you would have 9 sq ft to cover,a good light would have 200 to 250 actual watts.mars panels blow,most cheap led panels are good for a year and then start burning out diodes.mine lasted about 14 months of 12/12 before i noticed some strings of leds did not light up anymore lol.
never used any of those tents,i have a gorilla tent that is very high quality and strong as fuck.also use a growlabs tent for small breeding projects that has been good for about 4 years now.

 

[rmoltis]

I use secret jardin tents and I'm very happy with them.


As far as a 2x2 tent I can answer your questions.

I run a 400w hps in mine with 2 supplemental led bulbs. It gets warm but not ridiculous 84-87°

I personally would rather use a 2ft 12 bulb HO T5 over a led if was trying to start cheap. I got a 2ft 12 bulb HO T5 for my 2'x2'x1' chamber.

Puts out 24k initial lumens and is rated at 288 watts. 0 after shipping. Each bulb is rated for initial 2000 lumens.

https://www.amazon.com/T5-Grow-Light-Fluorescent-Hydroponic/dp/B00PJ8B62Y

It was cheap to buy and different spectrum bulbs can be mixed together.

It fits perfectly in my 2x2 and almost matches the footprint of the tent interior (22"×22") T5 dimensions L23.5 x W18.5 x H3.

So light distribution is even and emitted from multiple bulbs in different spots in the fixture. Rather than from 1 bulb like an hps/mh.
The light intensity along the length of the T5 bulb is very consistant.

I also use an 8 bulb HO T5 in my micro tent 2'x1.5'×2' with good results.

Here is my current flowering lady at 2 weeks

 

[Saint Skinny]

That's a good idea, I haven't seen many 12 bulb fixtures. I was actually looking at a Secret Jardin lodge L120. Its got a separate spot for Moms/vegging and flower

 

[dan1989]

I love LED, at the very least for veg they are fantastic. Some say LED buds taste different from the traditional HPS grown or whatever, I couldn't tell the difference personally but my electric bill sure did!

 

[jipp]

good morning. i bought a mars tent.. its good quality, metal corners, light proof. heavy duty zipper. does not smell funny etc. for under a 100.00 hard to say no.. especially with the money saved you can put into the light.. even if you have to replace the tent in a few years which i do not see happening.. but time will tell. with the money saved on the tent. i went with a pro grow 180 LED light.. only have to buy once. ( im told i need two for my tent size 2x4x5'.. but i will use 1 for now and just go with 3 of 4 plants to st art as i learn. )
cheaper in the long wrong.. for me i felt the money was spelyt on the luight not the tent.. just me, and im on a major budget still collecting stuff. good luck in your grow.
chris.

 

[REALSTYLES]

Hey farmers and farmettes!
I did an LED grow under a 300w apollo and I couldn't believe how dank she was! The LED was borrowed, I have a 135 ufo but I know they won't grow very much or cover a very large area. I have a couple questions since I'm pretty new to LED and brand new to Tents. I'm not a noob to growing by any means. Here's what I got:

I want to stay cheap with this first led around $100, same with the tent. I know it doesn't sound like much, but I have to stretch out what I have to spend as much as possible. I'm planning on buying both from amazon. I was going to start with a single 300w led and a 2x2 tent. Maybe a 2x4, in which case I would adjust lighting to suit the larger size.

• would a 300w led cover a 2x2 sufficiently? If not
•What size tent would be a good match with a 300w led? Or maybe what size led for a 2x2?
• for LED, anyone have experience with Viparspectra, Mars Hydro, Roleadro, galaxy hydro
• for tents, any experience with Milliard, apollo, Ipower, Ipyramid, Vivosun, or yaheetech?
• I also think I may drop a 125w CFL or a mini 150w sunburst in the tent for added spectrum or power. But I wonder if the hps might raise the temp too much. Maybe adding some LED rope light or a couple fluoro's to the walls?
•another LED option I was looking at was retrofitting some fluorescent T8's, like these, (1800 lumens per tube) anyone with experience with these?

I know it's alot at once, any help would be appreciated, I'm getting a little overwhelmed between this and some health issues with my Mom.

Stay Red Eyed, Smiley, & Live Life Irie~Saint

Good luck with those lights. I had Mars and they do grow bud just ok but like @sixstring siad will fail on you mine was at 15 months and I had a bunch of them 2-1600 Mars II, 2 1200 , 3 300w and 1 900 they all failed except 1 300 which isn't being used that's why it hasn't failed lol. I make my own lights and so can you. A 200w CXB3590 setup would run you about $350 to make a 200w fixture and you won't regret it

180w on a 2x4 tent

800w in a 4x8 tent

 

[Saint Skinny]

I think this would be perfect for what your looking for

Thats not a bad deal at all, I actually ordered an apollo 36"x20" and a 250w cfl that will be here today. I cant decide whether I need two tents, or just one tent to seperate the veg from bud withing the grow room. the hard part is I dont know where we'll be moving to in march, so I dont know the layout of the house

 

[Saint Skinny]

Anyone heard anything about the Roleadro 400w COB? I read a couple decent reviews but not really seeing anybody that has used it for a length of time

 

[sixstring]

Anyone heard anything about the Roleadro 400w COB? I read a couple decent reviews but not really seeing anybody that has used it for a length of time

seen a few threads on guys using the parts to make better lights but nothing worth mention on the actual roleadro lights.