Cree lights for veg?

Instead of buying another led panel I'm gonna try to veg a 2x2 area with cree bulbs from home depot. Would 4 or 5 9w lights do it? and should I go all 5k or throw in 1 2700? thanks in advance

predd said:

Instead of buying another led panel I'm gonna try to veg a 2x2 area with cree bulbs from home depot. Would 4 or 5 9w lights do it? and should I go all 5k or throw in 1 2700? thanks in advance

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I vote for all 5000k. That's what I use for both my mother and veg and it works very well. They grow well and don't stretch a lot. I use this Philips bulb http://www.homedepot.com/p/Philips-120W-Equivalent-Daylight-5000K-PAR38-Dimmable-LED-Flood-Light-Bulb-425280/203553286 with the lens removed with 4 10w 5000k bulbs for my mother for about 55w total. My veg light uses 8 Vero13 5000k emitters running at 10w each for a total of 80w.

Have you considered a DIY COB build (those fried eggs)? for a 2x2 area in veg, you could probably get away with 1 or 2 cobs.

They're more efficient than the cree bulbs, and also just plain cooler looking.

predd said:

Instead of buying another led panel I'm gonna try to veg a 2x2 area with cree bulbs from home depot. Would 4 or 5 9w lights do it? and should I go all 5k or throw in 1 2700? thanks in advance

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churchhaze said:

Have you considered a DIY COB build? for a 2x2 area in veg, you could probably get away with 1 or 2 cobs.

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I have been thinking about them as they are more efficiant, but I'm not DIY man per say so that"s the only thing making me apprehensive.....

I use the lightbulbs, 5000k spectrum for mother/clone/veg. Pretty much just like cfl, except you need less IMO. I also turn on a DIY cob 3070 for about 10-12 hours a day in there as well. Its really intense so I don't need it as Much. But I figure it helps balance it out

@vitamin_green_inc I offered predd the same setup your using but for some reason he doesn't want the cxa3070 AB bin cobs.

Oh, well purplegrower is legit, and has all the parts you need, or can help out at least, predd. You can pm me if you have any questions bout it