whoops! I had no idea, forgive my ignorance! what specs would i need to look at to properly understand how to make a comparison? Thanks!
Where did you buy your lights? And what does the 3000 k mean? Sorry if those are dumb questions. I can’t seem to find a source that explains everything in one place
Hey no probs.
Welcome, MLCI have been reading about lights for the past two months and thought i got a grasp of the material, suddenly i feel clueless again!
Space wise I am using two lights in that space, but based on the new information I learned today will see how it stacks up, thanks! I will post below my setup.
We can pretty much use this entire room but we need to first make sure we have control over the humidity, as it has risen rapidly with current plants we have. The plan is though is to basically put more 3 gallon and 5 gallon pots under that row. There are a few now who will soon be transplanted from solos too.
That forest looks beautiful sir! Thank you for breaking it down, I am actually now closer to the UK than the States, so shipping wise I can order from both at reasonable rates. Will be researching more based on the info you shared.Hey no probs.
*Where did you buy your lights?*
I bought my Quantum boards (aka 'QBs') from an eBay seller (here in the UK), he was an electrician who built the lights to spec (all top quality parts, like Samsung's LM301B top bin LEDs and Meanwell drivers). The lights worked out at £1 per watt (lights were £240 each - when I bought them from him). Both boards are 3000K and happily work in dry or wet conditions. If you are in the US, search for someone your end (it would be a better deal).
So thats 480 Watts of QB (max - the lights are dimmable) in a 1m2 tent (the tent is 2m in height). With 4 plants, I pass the 1gram per watt 'wall'
fyi, QBs are my favourite lights at the moment
*what does the 3000 k mean?*
'K' stands for Kelvin. The light colour is measured in temperature. Basically, the lower the temp the more 'red' the spectrum.
People will say the peak colours are: 2700K (more Red) for flower and 6400K (more Blue) for veg.
3000K is a nice 'middle ground' if you will. It will work fine in veg but works best in flower (I think of it as the 'mixed spectrum' light temperature).
Peace.
You’d be surprised how many “grow books” i had tried reading on this subject but none of them touched on this stuff and seemed very superficial and mainly talking about comparing the different types and their pros and cons. This was very helpful, thanks!
Is this photo appearing clearly? For some reason it only half appeared when I clicked the original one I posted. Please feel free to also critique and give me advice on the setup, this our first attempt on doing this on our own so I am hoping to learn from the more experienced! Thanks everyone!
Currently the main lights I’m using are these:
How is this?