Things to Know About Lighting

guitarman7311 said:
Leds suk face it, Ive never seen a healthy plant grown under led. There all skimpy and sick lookin.
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I grow herbs that don't require lots of light, more quality of light, just fine under LEDs. They're good for orchids as well, where quality of light is important because to get them to flower they need less than 10 hours of light a day, and any intense amount of light from an HID will hurt the blooms.

But for anything with dense foliage, yes, I think LEDs aren't the way to go. Penetration is important.
 
just wondering i grew a few plants under a 4 ft 2 tube floro and they came out great, i went out to home cheapo and bought three 100 watt high pres sodium lamps and placed them around my plants. will this help to encourage growth on the lower branches? the only dissapointment from the floros was that i thought the buds could have been thicker and taken up more of the branches?
 
rickythepitbull said:
just wondering i grew a few plants under a 4 ft 2 tube floro and they came out great, i went out to home cheapo and bought three 100 watt high pres sodium lamps and placed them around my plants. will this help to encourage growth on the lower branches? the only dissapointment from the floros was that i thought the buds could have been thicker and taken up more of the branches?
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The HPS lights will help out immensely.
 
rickythepitbull said:
just wondering i grew a few plants under a 4 ft 2 tube floro and they came out great, i went out to home cheapo and bought three 100 watt high pres sodium lamps and placed them around my plants. will this help to encourage growth on the lower branches? the only dissapointment from the floros was that i thought the buds could have been thicker and taken up more of the branches?
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yes that will deffinitely encourage lower budspots and have a more "bushier" plant!And thats what you want.
 
Mjoestic said:
i got a small closet air in air out is ok the temp during light on hours are 85F lights off 75F everything is going well i took my mother plants off 18/6 and pushed them to bud 12/12 i just got a hydro system built and will start from seeds . i got a small 150watt Hps light flowring my mothers now and seedlings under fluro in rw blocks my question is how close should i keep my HPS light to my mother plant while flowering and when i swittch it to my hydro unit can i use the same distance any info helpful i use to use all fluros now starting hps but small wattage for small 1-3 plants any help thanks..
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Yo, I use a 150W HPS. I'm almost a month into flowering and I keep a fan on the light. Sometimes the leaves are even touching the glass and it's cool, although you don't want that. As close as possible without touching the bulb or glass as song as you have a fan blowing the heat off the light.

Works for me. I just hope it's enough wattage.
 
So, I'm about a month into flower... How bad is it to pull them out of the tent for a few minutes to water and have a look at the buds under incandescent lights? I water them in the bath tub and I want to have a look at the buds
 
i was wondering if anyone has information on LED's for growing. i am going to have my first indoor grow and i want to match my outdoor production. Any information will be thanked
 
pastojibaro said:
i was wondering if anyone has information on LED's for growing. i am going to have my first indoor grow and i want to match my outdoor production. Any information will be thanked
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NOTHING indoors matches outdoor production unless the indoor area is a greenhouse. Sorry, you just don't beat a giant floating fusion reactor. You can't.

LED will work for light vegging unless you get a bunch and position and aim them to cover the area that overhead LEDs don't penetrate to. If you do the lighting like that you can then have a fair bush. As for flowering, you will have a yield that just can't compare, you WILL have to supplement with something else.
 
Wat Brand Flo tubes would u recomend for me to get in the flowering stage and how many watts? wat bout Grolux?.. i herd highpressure soduim lights are the best for flowering but i dont got that kinda money yet..
 
wesnile20 said:
Wat Brand Flo tubes would u recomend for me to get in the flowering stage and how many watts? wat bout Grolux?.. i herd highpressure soduim lights are the best for flowering but i dont got that kinda money yet..
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Then if you cant go HPS,,,go compact flourescents! Thats the next best thing.They dont take in as much energy and you can get a nice harvest if you have enough of them.i used the 150w. replacements and they did just fine!
 
1stymer said:
you need a good light? Go to any large construction site and steal a 400w mh wobble light. They are all over large site.
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are you from the u.s.?? All the wobble lights i see are giant cfls?? I was wonderiing if wobble lights were different other places??

Winkdogg
 
KOO KOO yea imma look for them 150Watts right now i jus got 2 lil cool white. n one soft white GE n there all 25Watts so that ant enough.. imma go out n look for some warm white cause my plants big it needs to be n the flower stage budd n hairs appearing..but only cause i been giveing it more dark time im assumeing...right?
 
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