Another strips or cobs thread

kushedy

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I know I know there are quite a few of these. In this instance my question relates to a more specific circumstance.


A friend has asked me to build him an LED system to replace his 2 x 600w hps system which will live in a 4x4 tent. He regularly ends up toasting his tops buds & has seen how little wattage I use in comparison to him so has decided to give LED a try.


In UK the utility prices are so high we are literally being bent over a table & boned by the gas & electricity companies so reducing consumption is a big thing for a lot of us.


Now this person tends to grow 4 plants vertically. Minimal training. He just uses those round metal frame support type things for his plants.



I know strips are the flavour of the month & I can see why. I have a couple of DIY panels I’ve built using Samsung strips & my plants love them. That said I grow scrog style so that growing style & strips work together really well. They may not work so well though for vertical growers.

I could be wrong of course but all my grow spaces are vertically challenged so I have no experience of growing vertically with LED’s. I’m also not sure if this person would take to a vertical LED panel & I’m not overly confident supplying something in a format I have at least used myself.

A LED strip build would probably be a little cheaper & definitely easier to construct but I am thinking that cobs may be better for a vertical grower.



Anyone got any opinions on this?
 
Id cob top, Strips the side lighting, or QBs

BigGreenThumb knocked it outta the park with his side strip lighting. Strips top, strips everywhere, lol..
 
I need to keep this relatively simple for this guy. Just had a quick look at the "can 700w of strips grow trees" thread you mentioned (@InTheValley). That is now on my list of things I need to look at as soon as I have time to push 19 pages in my head. This evening hopefully but it looks like the answer to the abve is a resounding yes which kind of answers my question as well.
More homework. Cheers @InTheValley
 
What yield is he pulling of 2x600s thats insane in a 4x4...Just remove 1 of the 600w hps and add a few auto cobs in the corners.
 
He recons he pulls 5 to 8oz's per plant. @diyled not a bad idea. That said a 600w hps plus autocobs would probably be more wattage used than he would need if he went full led.
If it were for someone growing scrog style 400-600w led would do it. From what I have read so far on a couple of threads on RIU, people seem to be doing well with led strips & vertical grows. Still reading up on it.
 
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