Hey everyone I've been growing a while now just changed to LEDS I read a lot of bad things about LEDS and growing marijuana but everything has worked for me so maybe it's the actual lights you use ? Don't know ! But I'm starting a sog going to use 4 ppf-800(using 2 for flowering now) in a 8x8x6 custom made tent this is my second grow with LEDS first one came out alright had to cut it short though still got some alright bud and this grow everything is rocking I have some 4 weeks into flower and some 6 weeks I have some pics let let me know how they look.Thanks !!!!!!
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hoss12781
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its the actual lights you use - makes all the difference. Most people with led rage are repeating what others have said or are pissed because they bought shitty low wattage panels employing .5w (or worse) diodes. 3w and greater diode models kick ass. I love mine. Are those the haight solid state models?
hoss12781
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Trust me I have an led journal on this site I've heard it all in the 4-5 months I've had it going. People just love to shit one leds. Went from 2 air cooled 400w hps plus roughly 300w cfl side lighting to 600w led. No drop in yield. The quality was much improved (all autoflower grows). Leds do flower very well. This was one of the many little autos I've grown full cycle with led only.
Gaspar
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I will get some pics up tonight. Im doing 2 plants with LST. Im using a 3w panel, 660 for red and 450 for blue. Dont know what strains i have because its from a mixed seed bag that ive had for a while all highs tho
Gaspar
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One thing, A friend of mine bought one of those .5w LED panels, he said it was super cheap and he used it his whole cycle and it still worked. Just took longer i guessYeah I love the people who are all "LED's WILL NEVER BE BETTER THAN MY 1000WATT HPS"...I take it they haven't seen the new 5 and 6watt diode panels that only consume 350-400 watts and have an HPS equivalent of 1500wattsThey just cost 8x as much as a 1000watt HPS system
massah
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well...yeah its going to "work"...but its not going to "work well"...and for the price of those cheap .5w panels you can pickup a bank of CFL's and probably get better results, though not look as cool as the LED's
Gaspar
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Hahaha!!! Thats for sure. Leds look awesomewell...yeah its going to "work"...but its not going to "work well"...and for the price of those cheap .5w panels you can pickup a bank of CFL's and probably get better results, though not look as cool as the LED's
yeah have u ever grown with LEDS ? I'm using the ppf-800 6w auto leds from Haight Solid State u see the pics they are kicking ass I used to use 4 1000 w hps in a 12x12 grow now I'm using 3 ppf-800 in a 8x8x6 custom made tent and the cost of usage is way down I do agree about the low wattage led they are shit but these ppf-800 work and work well, not using the all of my tent yet about to start a sog going use 4 ppf-800's and about 70 12" to 18" plants I think the pics tell the story !!!!
massah
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They got PPF-1600's now
hoss12781
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Indeed. I had some old 1w diode 90w ufos (dual and tri band). Even the 1w aren't very good, or at least pale in comparison to my 14 band 3w diode models. I still found the ufos somewhat useful as side lighting. I eventually flipped them on ebay to get another 3w diode unit.
yeah 1w couldn't hurt for side lighting I use 6w leds 140 degree angle 190w in total for each light and even my bottom buds do good but this is what I like about this site here we can learn from each other and it helps us not make some stupid mistake that would cost us our crop,all the years I've been growing it's like I just started again since I changed to leds but I'll never go back to hids and the best part of leds they will only get better as time goes!!!!!
dannyboy602
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Finished my first led grow. Some pretty frosty buds too.
dannyboy602
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Look through my journals. I'm still curing. It'll be another cpl weeks but it looks like I'll get a lb out of the three Blackstars. More or less I guess. Check out Chernobyl. It was sweet.