FireBeard77
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This will be a thread about new lighting options.
I have everything else dialed in as far as grow setup,methods,strains etc.
Im well versed in hps/mh/cfls.As with us all,we are always looking to improve upon things.
So as I've been searching for something to replace hps/mh'Not that there's anything wrong with hps/mh'. I've run into as it seems a marketing web of sales pitch after sales pitch. As it seems the only reviews i can seem to find are iffy and seem to be from the companies and or the guys pushing their gear for profit.
So I guess my first question is a simple one.
1.Does anyone know either from hands on experience and or had a friends grow that you were able to see any light that is better compared to a 1k hps for flowering?What would I deem better?
Yield
Potency
Less heat
Less power consumption
Quicker finishing without giving up any of the above.
Am I just wasting my time here going down this road?Should I just stick to what i know works?
With all of that said....I'd like to talk about lec's/cmh.The reason is because I first started out down the LED road only to find mixed reviews and the 2 companies I seen that seem to have any truth to them were black dog and spyder.Most of the vids and info I could find seemed again to ve from either the company and or sellers of those products with acouple independent grows that never seemed to give definitive answers.
So back to lecs most of what i read on them from specs say great veg great as side lighting or scrog setups.Yet people say they(630s) are great from veg to finish with good as or better results than 1k hps.
So being that I've never ran lecs I'd like to lay out my plan of action and get some feedback positive and negative if any.
I've ran this by a shop I buy from and their concern was heat and distance from canopy.
I'd like to run 2 nanolux 630s side by side with 3100k and 4200k bulbs in each unit. In a 5x5x8 gorilla tent.here seems to be where it gets murky.Ive read that the 630s put off about half the heat of a 1k.I don't know if that's true or not.If so i dont see all the fuss.i have no problem running a 10k btu ac if needed.but I'm told that the heat isn't the only factor,that light intensity and distance are going to be an issue as some have reported burning and crispy tips with lights lower than 12ft or so.Can anyone clear this issue up?Is it true that the lec's spectrum is so much so that they are too strong for plants and absolutely needs to be 4 to 5ft from the top of the canopy?
If 2 630s in a 5x5x8 tent is too much will 1 be ok and if so will the 1 630 be close,equal or greater than a 1k hps for yeild?
Sorry if this topic has been beat to death.
I have everything else dialed in as far as grow setup,methods,strains etc.
Im well versed in hps/mh/cfls.As with us all,we are always looking to improve upon things.
So as I've been searching for something to replace hps/mh'Not that there's anything wrong with hps/mh'. I've run into as it seems a marketing web of sales pitch after sales pitch. As it seems the only reviews i can seem to find are iffy and seem to be from the companies and or the guys pushing their gear for profit.
So I guess my first question is a simple one.
1.Does anyone know either from hands on experience and or had a friends grow that you were able to see any light that is better compared to a 1k hps for flowering?What would I deem better?
Yield
Potency
Less heat
Less power consumption
Quicker finishing without giving up any of the above.
Am I just wasting my time here going down this road?Should I just stick to what i know works?
With all of that said....I'd like to talk about lec's/cmh.The reason is because I first started out down the LED road only to find mixed reviews and the 2 companies I seen that seem to have any truth to them were black dog and spyder.Most of the vids and info I could find seemed again to ve from either the company and or sellers of those products with acouple independent grows that never seemed to give definitive answers.
So back to lecs most of what i read on them from specs say great veg great as side lighting or scrog setups.Yet people say they(630s) are great from veg to finish with good as or better results than 1k hps.
So being that I've never ran lecs I'd like to lay out my plan of action and get some feedback positive and negative if any.
I've ran this by a shop I buy from and their concern was heat and distance from canopy.
I'd like to run 2 nanolux 630s side by side with 3100k and 4200k bulbs in each unit. In a 5x5x8 gorilla tent.here seems to be where it gets murky.Ive read that the 630s put off about half the heat of a 1k.I don't know if that's true or not.If so i dont see all the fuss.i have no problem running a 10k btu ac if needed.but I'm told that the heat isn't the only factor,that light intensity and distance are going to be an issue as some have reported burning and crispy tips with lights lower than 12ft or so.Can anyone clear this issue up?Is it true that the lec's spectrum is so much so that they are too strong for plants and absolutely needs to be 4 to 5ft from the top of the canopy?
If 2 630s in a 5x5x8 tent is too much will 1 be ok and if so will the 1 630 be close,equal or greater than a 1k hps for yeild?
Sorry if this topic has been beat to death.
