Fuck knows they dont seem to penertrate the canopy as much.
Plants are shorter stockier
Just all round shit.
Buds are smaller
Growth seems slower.
Maybe its my style of growing i always try an have a thick bush in them 4x4 tents.
I was also running my tent the same as hps.
Still exhausting the tent.
Fuck knows leds aint for me
you can’t run an led the same way as a hps and expect the same results. For starers hid’s give off huge amount of IR energy where leds do not so you need to run your room slightly warmer, with vpd and leaf temps coming into play with how much they’ll drink.
as for penetration I’m getting an easy foot of penetration off my single cutter pannel. It’s about finding the right height for the light so it penetrates the top foliage while not burning the colas.
id be using a solid 100w of led less than my hps and getting yeilds as good if not higher than my hps with no loss of quality. The colas generally be shorter and fatter but vs the hps tall and thin, but both are like rocks.