Why are so many new growers choosing blurple/led over hps/mh??

[.Smoke]

Sorry @.Smoke I didn't mean to jack your thread I've had a few brew myself got a little ahead of myself. @CANNABISCOOPERATIVE had the courtesy of contacting me directly to discuss further, wont happen again

No worries.
This thread made Christmas even more interesting to say the least

 

[Hust17]

you are linking stuff u didnt watch?

There is like 3 cuts of it

 

[Hust17]

Yeah idk I went over it again nothing regarding a test just the guy talking up the lights of course. Nothing I haven't seen before during a marketing vid. Marketing the perfect spectrum as your selling point better have some damn good irrefutable evidence to back up such a claim which of course no company ever does because that just isn't the case. Spectrum isn't what drives the plant, intensity is.

The test results are at the end clearly. Sorry there is like 3 cuts of the video


And I was being conservative, their results showed thc/cbd/terps to all be 22% or higher under the leds

 

[.Smoke]

The test results are at the end clearly. Sorry there is like 3 cuts of the video

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And I was being conservative, their results showed thc/cbd/terps to all be 22% or higher under the leds

Like I mentioned before, I do think LED is most likely the future. Whether by choice, performance, or being forced to due to stricter EPA laws.

But,
As a new grower I just can't find any LED's that will cover a 4x8 equivalent to 2kW hps, and a 4x4 equivalent to a 600w hps and give me the same results for roughly the $800-$900 I have invested in my ballasts/bulbs/reflectors.

I do appreciate everyone's input. Everyone has their good reasons for growing the way they do.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Lucky Luke]

The test results are at the end clearly. Sorry there is like 3 cuts of the video

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And I was being conservative, their results showed thc/cbd/terps to all be 22% or higher under the leds

biased source though. Theres a boring sciency one somewhere that shows CMH tests better. Ill see if i can find it

 

[Lucky Luke]

CMH for the win. 31 mins in if u just want results.

 

[Lucky Luke]

Like I mentioned before, I do think LED is most likely the future. Whether by choice, performance, or being forced to due to stricter EPA laws.

But,
As a new grower I just can't find any LED's that will cover a 4x8 equivalent to 2kW hps, and a 4x4 equivalent to a 600w hps and give me the same results for roughly the $800-$900 I have invested in my ballasts/bulbs/reflectors.

I do appreciate everyone's input. Everyone has their good reasons for growing the way they do.

Thanks for sharing.

Quality LEDs are expensive. Even more so than CMH. But your light is the 2nd most important thing in a grow.

 

[.Smoke]

Quality LEDs are expensive. Even more so than CMH. But your light is the 2nd most important thing in a grow.

Agreed.
First light I bought was a 315 CMH. I love it. But, it's collecting dust on a shelf along with another 600w hps. More power won out. Plus, from what I could gather in my research, as far as just straight results, mh>cmh still in veg and hps is still king for flower.

CMH=perfect. If you need an all-in-one and don't mind the marginally smaller footprint.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[Lucky Luke]

Agreed.
First light I bought was a 315 CMH. I love it. But, it's collecting dust on a shelf along with another 600w hps. More power won out. Plus, from what I could gather as far as just straight results, mh>cmh still in veg and hps is still king for flower.

CMH=perfect. If you need an all-in-one and don't mind the marginally smaller footprint.

Just my 2 cents.

sciency clip says otherwise..but as i said on page one or two. Your environment should choose ur light.
U can get CMH in more than a 315watter.

 

[Aussieaceae]

CMH for the win. 31 mins in if u just want results.

Thought that was a pint of Guinness, lol shit that's a big cup of coffee.

 

[Hust17]

CMH for the win. 31 mins in if u just want results.

I mean you talked about biased results. I don’t even see the grow comparison, where was this done? What LED are we talking about?

 

[Hust17]

I’m not trying to advocate for ‘blurple’ lights, the majority of them are grossly misadvertised and misleading.

 

[Lucky Luke]

I mean you talked about biased results. I don’t even see the grow comparison, where was this done? What LED are we talking about?

listed in the comments. Same strain as shown by the profile.

he aint selling anything so i dont see how its biased. It was a 5 month experiment. You maybe able to follow the prev work on his channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ZzO42mLqfdKguMdRLO0Qg

 

[Hust17]

listed in the comments. Same strain as shown by the profile.

he aint selling anything so i dont see how its biased. It was a 5 month experiment. You maybe able to follow the prev work on his channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ZzO42mLqfdKguMdRLO0Qg

Thanks I will look into it a bit just a lot of content haha

 

[PURPLEB3RRYKUSH]

Qwerx flux is the next new lighting tech the weed gods told me so

 

[kmog33]

Mostly to hop on the bandwagon.

 

[kmog33]

You can get a top of the line already built led that will grow a few oz for $100 imo that sounds perfect for a first time grower. You won't be filling out a 4x4 but you could get yourself an oz a month using a 65w led that costs 100. It only gets expensive when you try to light a big space.

But you could just spend the money on a 1k de and light a 5x5...

 

[kmog33]

The test results are at the end clearly. Sorry there is like 3 cuts of the video

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And I was being conservative, their results showed thc/cbd/terps to all be 22% or higher under the leds

Still bullshit

 

[Hust17]

Still bullshit

Ok so what in your mind is a legit comparison then? It’s as close to a side by side as you’re going to get, or are you saying they’re just blatantly lying about lab results?

 

[jtrizzy]

Reason for me to use HLG QB kit is because my grow space is small and I cannot extract the heat from MH/HPS properly or I would be using those instead. Also my 280watts of QB lighting is pretty much on par with a 400hps so a little less power consumption but that amounts to pennies really. Heat extraction is my main issue.