2x2x4 Tent LED 3500K Light Recommendations

Maggs707

Maggs707

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PhishPhood16 said:
I have a Viperspectra p1500 in my smaller 2x2 tent, and it kicks ass. They are on sale on Amazon for about $100 dollars, now.
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Those have IR diodes mixed in yeah? You could probably comfortably bloom out a 3x3 with the 1500. I've heard good things about Vipar
 
PhishPhood16

PhishPhood16

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Maggs707 said:
Those have IR diodes mixed in yeah?
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Yes, it has the deep red and IR chips. I also have a P2000 in my 3x2. I just bought the new XS2000 for another 3x2. The XS series uses samsung diodes and meanwell driver, while the P series doesn't, but it's still an awesome light.
 
Maggs707

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Raspberrykiwi said:
Yikes. That’s so little. I like my lights bright lol. Mine right now pushes about 90k-100k lumens
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I might be wrong, that's just off the top of my head. Sounds crazy low in comparison to your 100k! I don't really know a whole lot about lumens. Still get PAR and LUX confused. So many numbers ah!
 
Towelie29

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Maggs707 said:
I do t think the lights you have are powerful enough to bloom your plants very well. You can definitely use them for veg though!
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I'm using two in a 5x5 right now for flowering and they're doing really well. They're extremely bright.
 
Maggs707

Maggs707

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Towelie29 said:
I'm using two in a 5x5 right now for flowering and they're doing really well. They're extremely bright.
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Yeah, looks can be deceiving. You're going to need stronger lights if you want dense buds. They might look good but once you dry them they'll end up larfy. Trust me bro, I have similar LED's to the ones you're using. They aren't going to give you fat, dense buds.
 
PadawanWarrior

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Raspberrykiwi said:
Think about the math. The least watts per square foot you want in your garden is 35w per square foot. With a 100w light, you’re getting about 25w per square foot realistically. You’ll have loose airy buds and you’ll have small yields. It’s facts. With a 250w HID, they don’t get terribly hot. Yes you might lose maybe a foot of grow space, but good enough for small grows. With 250w you’ll have around 62.5w per square foot in a 2x2 and it will not only increase your yields, but you’ll have better flower from it. It’s the OPs choice in the end, but I’m sure they want to smoke some quality buds.
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I know that's the general rule, but I'm only using 650 watts of HLG boards now in my 3x8 closet. That's like 27w per sq. ft. and the buds are dense as fuck.
 
Maggs707

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PadawanWarrior said:
I know that's the general rule, but I'm only using 650 watts of HLG boards now in my 3x8 closet. That's like 27w per sq. ft. and the buds are dense as fuck.
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You can't really use the "watts per sq ft rule" with LED's. It's just not an accurate measurement. That being said, one LED light centered in an 8 foot long closet isn't going to give you the best results. LED's do have their downfalls. They don't do well at spreading light at all. The plants directly under the light are going to get 3 or 4x the amount of light that the plants on the far ends are going to get. You'll be able to tell once you dry the buds and see the difference in density between the plants in the center and the ones on the edges. Add another light bro, you'll yield A LOT more. Like, 30%-40% more. Again, wet buds are very deceiving. You think you have dense colas and when you dry them it's fluff. I'm glad the HLG is working for you though, keep on crushing it man!
 
PadawanWarrior

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Maggs707 said:
You can't really use the "watts per sq ft rule" with LED's. It's just not an accurate measurement. That being said, one LED light centered in an 8 foot long closet isn't going to give you the best results. LED's do have their downfalls. They don't do well at spreading light at all. The plants directly under the light are going to get 3 or 4x the amount of light that the plants on the far ends are going to get. You'll be able to tell once you dry the buds and see the difference in density between the plants in the center and the ones on the edges. Add another light bro, you'll yield A LOT more. Like, 30%-40% more. Again, wet buds are spevery deceiving. You think you have dense colas and when you dry them it's fluff. I'm glad the HLG is working for you though, keep on crushing it man!
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Hahaha. I have 2 HLG 260 Rspec's, a 135 Rspec, and 2 HLG 100's in there. I've been using them for awhile now. I have 2 HLG 260 V1's in 3000k that I'm gonna put in place of the 100's, but I just haven't done it yet. I don't really need to, lol.

I just posted pics of one of my plants that I took last Thursday on another thread. This one's gonna get chopped this weekend. Mine don't really shrink at all when they get fat.

Ready?

Just looking for some options. Thanks
www.rollitup.org
 
Maggs707

Maggs707

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PadawanWarrior said:
Hahaha. I have 2 HLG 260 Rspec's, a 135 Rspec, and 2 HLG 100's in there. I've been using them for awhile now. I have 2 HLG 260 V1's in 3000k that I'm gonna put in place of the 100's, but I just haven't done it yet. I don't really need to, lol.

I just posted pics of one of my plants that I took last Thursday on another thread. This one's gonna get chopped this weekend. Mine don't really shrink at all when they get fat.

Ready?

Just looking for some options. Thanks
www.rollitup.org
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My bad!! Sounds like you have shit dialed! Fkn BOSS MODE!! Idk why I thought you only had one light. Too much fireball :D
 
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