I would say that I am a little further ahead with the LED's., especially in the electric bill. The room temps are not bad I don't run any A/C and I balance the room with outside air intake. I did run C02 for the first 3 weeks of bloom and using the outside air I was still holding 850-900 PPM. The lights cooling fans blow directly down on the plants and they are exhausting about 78 degrees which is what I maintain as my room temps.I found that the slabs are keeping the temps at night/lights off and this seems to help the root mass. The roots are extreme and bright white inside the gro blocks/slabs. I have experienced a few high temps, with the highest ever of 83.9 so I am some what better in the radiant heat. Don't be fooled in to thinking the lights do not create heat. They very much do but as I mentioned they exhaust at around 78 degrees. All in all I am happy with their performance so far. I will be pulling down in 3 weeks or less so we will scale the harvest and know much better. Thanks!!.
I have a few more questions for you bro. May I ask what other LED brands you tried before finding a sweet spot?
Hey I posted a overall room shot and a few buds. I am loving the LED because I don't have the issues I have in my other building with only street lights. Going to enlarger the other building and going to change out to 102 LED. The electric demand is so low on LED that I am currently running 46 lights (soon to be 4
with a total amp draw of 129-133 amps total building usage. One more benefit I am finding in the LED. Vs the street lights the yield is not only bigger but the plant counts are twice the street lights which is more then double so the return yield smashes the street lights. I am not only hooked I am completely convinced after 2 years of growing I wish I started with LED first.Thanks, I am still trying to find better methods with the lights. They are way better overall than I expected!
This is my first LED grow. I started 2 years ago with street lights and I am convinced LED works. The amount of amp draw is so much less that I have twice the plants & trays that I could with the same amount of HPS amp draw. Basically it a no brainer almost twice the yield for the same electric bill. I need bigger buildings which is the only issues using the LED.
Hey there, amazing you brought that up. I am a Diabetic and I have retinopathy and neuropathy caused by diabetes. I was declared legally blind in 2001. I was given 1-2 years of life remaining in the spring of 2010. I have been working at this project in hopes of helping others. My vision is a large variable and the brightness of the lights is not even a factor for me. Thanks for the interest.Man,
I sincerely hope you are not diabetic. Walking into that vast amount of sweetness would surely kill you on contact.
Stunning M8, stunning indeed.
Thanx a million for the update.
Peace and Great Grows
Asmallvoice
Yes you have a very keen eye. The kryptonite is pushing out of the house. I was going to use hedge trimmers and whack them straight off. I really dislike the strain. It is one of the sought after strains in the dispensaries so I took on the challenge. I have another grow test location with 4 Lumi's on the tract type light movers and I am trying to conclude if I benefit. I have very small areas that the girls seek a little more sun so I have been testing. Thanx!!!Sensational! Do I see some plants creeping into some lights? lol
I thought you might be pushing that veg a big
Great job, I'm looking forward to seeing this finish!
BTW, have you ever considered a light mover for each table? I haven't seen many commercial grows with LED's, but I'm surprised people aren't giving them a try considering it can add even more savings in operating costs for a large scale commercial grow.
Shwagbag your are correct about the purchase price of the 650's. The 325's are 599. I just received a special splay 325 at the same price and I really like the different angle it produces. I am using that over a cloner and find a much better coverage.
