Question on led lighting during flower

[Thumbuddy]

Using king plus led 1000w lights and manufacturers suggestion is to run both veg and bloom switches during early flowering period and switch to just bloom at later flowering period...depending on type of "vegetation" being grown.
What would the experienced growers suggest?
Apparently the concept is to give less light toward later end of grow to simulate further distance to sun?
New and Confused is what I am right now...on 5th wk of flowering

 

[growsince79]

Using king plus led 1000w lights and manufacturers suggestion is to run both veg and bloom switches during early flowering period and switch to just bloom at later flowering period...depending on type of "vegetation" being grown.
What would the experienced growers suggest?
Apparently the concept is to give less light toward later end of grow to simulate further distance to sun?
New and Confused is what I am right now...on 5th wk of flowering

They need less blue end of flower. Add extra red if you can.

 

[Thumbuddy]

They need less blue end of flower. Add extra red if you can.

What would you suggest to get the extra red there?
Should I turn off veg switch which will give the tent more of a red lighting or add something to it?

 

[growsince79]

What would you suggest to get the extra red there?
Should I turn off veg switch which will give the tent more of a red lighting or add something to it?

Both. Turn off blue and add Warm white florescent or a little hps for more red

 

[Thumbuddy]

Thanks

 

[MIGrampaUSA]

Both. Turn off blue and add Warm white florescent or a little hps for more red

Warm white LEDs work well too if HPS is too hot for your grow space. You can purchase those in a variety of configurations to suit your grow space.

 

[growsince79]

Warm white LEDs work well too if HPS is too hot for your grow space. You can purchase those in a variety of configurations to suit your grow space.

Saw some 70w hps at home depot. Not much heat.

 

[Thumbuddy]

Was trying to stay with led if possible...any suggestions on that end?

 

[MIGrampaUSA]

Saw some 70w hps at home depot. Not much heat.

Sometimes, that could be just what the dr ordered ... other times, even that could be too much heat ... it really depends on the grow space.

Was trying to stay with led if possible...any suggestions on that end?

You could browse down the LED section of your local Lowes/Menards/Home depot store or equivalent and likely find something to suit your needs. Look for 3000k or warmer ( 2700k etc)

 

[Thumbuddy]

Well,seeing as we moved away from the Metro Detroit area after retiring...not many hardware store options where I'm at,lol.
May have to help amazon make another million today...ughh.
Just worried my buds aren't getting something they need or am I just that typical "first time" parent?

 

[Thumbuddy]

Heck,at this point I'd run a string of red led Christmas lights if I thought that would help,lol

 

[Marzcanna]

Some say to run both Veg & Bloom switches (Full spectrum) what i do is run blue during seedling than run a sperate 1000w white led with the blue for the first 2 weeks of veg than i switch both veg and bloom with the additional 1000w white light. Before i only run my burple with both veg and bloom switches on but im getting far better results with the additional white led. My friend is getting the same if not better results with a single 110W quantum light, so from what i can tell the white light seems to be superior

 

[Cashmeh]

Hey guys! Just curious as to which led I should upgrade to. I currently run the tsl 2000 in a 2x4. Eventually I want this to be my veg tent and i upgrade to a 4x8 flower room. What led light would you buy for a 4x8 flower room?

 

[MIGrampaUSA]

Hey guys! Just curious as to which led I should upgrade to. I currently run the tsl 2000 in a 2x4. Eventually I want this to be my veg tent and i upgrade to a 4x8 flower room. What led light would you buy for a 4x8 flower room?

The answer to that question really depends on your budget. What you have currently should work just fine for veg in the 2 x 4. 4 x 8 might require more than 1 light for proper lighting ...

 

[Cashmeh]

The answer to that question really depends on your budget. What you have currently should work just fine for veg in the 2 x 4. 4 x 8 might require more than 1 light for proper lighting ...

What would you recommend for say 600-800$? Perhaps something I would need to turn down to use, that way I could use it in an even bigger upgrade one day.

 

[MIGrampaUSA]

It will probably run you a bit more unless you buy your lights on Alibaba ... a minimum of 960w of quantum boards or bar style lighting using the lm301b/h diode for a 4 x 8. That would put you at exactly 30 watts per square foot.

 

[Cashmeh]

It will probably run you a bit more unless you buy your lights on Alibaba ... a minimum of 960w of quantum boards or bar style lighting using the lm301b/h diode for a 4 x 8. That would put you at exactly 30 watts per square foot.

Im day 40 from seed lol. . never done any of this before. I dont even know what diodes I got or what im getting in my 2x4. I can measure lux if that helps ;)

What would you buy? Like what brand/series. I just gotta 2x4 mars kit due to it being simple. I only did about 20 hours of research and was like sure why not. Im hydro and am currently studying ppms and nutrients uptake. Learning lights isnt on my radar quite yet. . im sure ill focus alot of time studying before I upgrade

 

[MIGrampaUSA]

Kingbrite/ Meijiu if you're trying to come close to the $800. I've got six 240w Kingbrite boards and for the money they have been pretty good.

Moving further up the chain on pricing would be lighting by Grower's Choice (I have the ROI-e720), HLG (Diablo is a great light) or Gavita (most expensive).