LED vs. HID Double Ended Bulb

Cupid Stunt

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It's "TOO". If you're going to give out spelling advice, you best make sure you spell your shit correctly.

Also, the "healthy green plant" is just you parroting uncle ben nonsense (again). Senescence is part of a plants life cycle. Force feeding a plant high levels of N throughout it's entire life cycle is retarded.

You talk about these snob LED growers, when in fact you are the biggest douche on RIU. I suspect you're a little twirp that wouldn't dare run your mouth like this without the veil of a computer screen.
way to much yellow for me, I like a healthy green plant, and it looks like you pulled to early.
You forgot this one TOO!!!
 

chuck estevez

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It's "TOO". If you're going to give out spelling advice, you best make sure you spell your shit correctly.

Also, the "healthy green plant" is just you parroting uncle ben nonsense (again). Senescence is part of a plants life cycle. Force feeding a plant high levels of N throughout it's entire life cycle is retarded.

You talk about these snob LED growers, when in fact you are the biggest douche on RIU. I suspect you're a little twirp that wouldn't dare run your mouth like this without the veil of a computer screen.
Oh, trust me, I would back up everything in person. Coming from a complete douchbag like you, Anything you say I take with a grain of salt. I don't feed mass amounts of N, I feed enough to keep them healthy, talent you don't have.
 

skunkd0c

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Stowandgrow and Skunkdoc, I do believe the sun is a better spectrum for growing medical grade cannabis than HPS spectrum. The downside is the rain and humidity (unless you have a greenhouse). I suspect the reason that LED bud has more terpenes is due to the increased output in the deep blue range and also the lack of infrared. All HID bulbs have a spike of output in the infrared region (825nm) and the sun has plenty of IR as well. The glass in a vented hood removes heat but it cannot block the radiant IR. I suspect that to some extent the IR "cooks" some of the flavor out of the terpenes. Anyway that is all just my conjecture and anecdotes so you have to take it for what its worth. I believe we will learn more about this as we go forward. Luckily with LED you can test it out on a very small scale if you are curious.
the reason i ask mate is because currently it is white leds that folk are mostly using with some reds
it would seem that finding the so called perfect spectrum has been abandoned in favour of using the most efficient diodes

many led models are out there still using only red and blue .. far from full spectrum and sunlight
since sunlight is now the model that current led like area51 tend to follow with their all white lights
do you think these older red and blue models of led are still better than hids
rather than saying all leds are going to produce better quality bud than hps
can you be more specific
do you believe the Chinese models of led would produce better quality bud than hps

i think you are right in one sense i would say plants grown under metal halide and hps together tend to look more robust and it makes sense the more towards sunlight you go the better it should be

growing with the narrow spectrum of hps i am willing to believe that something could be missing
not sure what this something is though because i am happy with my hps bud

in your own opinion which makes more difference to flavour

switching from chem soil/hydro to organics
switching from hps to led

peace
 

Sativied

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Again, Sativied you are completely wrong .
Again you are completely delusional. Plant in last pic looks nice. Not the one I was talking about obviously...delusional, and "misleading".

What claim have you debunked?
Although I try to stay out these pointless LED threads, this is not my first rodeo... search member sativied and led if you really want to have an answer to that (spectrum, hvac, LED growers thinking LED magically increases tents and closet sizes...). You and your led buddies make all these bold claims yet haven't proven any of it.

Have you ever grown in organic super soil?
As a matter of fact, yes, I've grown soil+ mineral nutes, organic soil (amongst the best I smoked), and hydroponics (THE way to grow the most healthy best quality and quantity possible). I did use a top dressing (bat shit and palm ash) as PK boosting as I was less informed back then - hence growing organics. I estimate I smoked about 50,000 joints in my life, from hundreds of coffeeshops, thousands of growers. I'm not a master grower, I'm a connoisseur. Your comments about growing boutique organic buds in a reply to me pointing out that nearly dead plant are not even worth raising my eyebrows over. That is not something that happened over the last days or even week, that's trying to get big buds with bloom nutes.

Sativied, you seem intelligent but not objective.
Pot calling the kettle black mean anything to you? See link in sig... you're the one who's being intellectually dishonest (subjective, biased...). The incentive for your deception is quite obvious, skunk's analogy with religion was 'nuff said already. Unlike you I don't have a preference, I don't "want" HPS to be better like you "want" LED to be better. I'd love to save some watts. So far I hear nothing but the same old BS claims I've been hearing for years...

0.4gpw... why is this thread still going, how do you get the balls to still compare HPS to LED? How you do get the balls of talking about subjectiveness to me while you compare your low quality low quantity failed HPS grows to acceptable quality and quantity LED. And refer to someone else's subjective smell and taste (of probably another failed-HPS-grower). You're a fraud. More people will waste their time and money because you want to convince yourself so badly.
 

st0wandgrow

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no, that's what I call growing 60 plants 8 different strains, all finish green and healthy, again, talent you don't have.

Talent is something you're born with that can't be taught. Miguel Cabrera is talented. Any dispshit can grow a plant. Once you get better at it you develop what's referred to as a skill. Similar to someone that can lay tile.

Unfortunately for you the only talent you poses is your ability to give uncle ben reach-arounds on-line. Such a good little lap dog.
 

chuck estevez

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Talent is something you're born with that can't be taught. Miguel Cabrera is talented. Any dispshit can grow a plant. Once you get better at it you develop what's referred to as a skill. Similar to someone that can lay tile.

Unfortunately for you the only talent you poses is your ability to give uncle ben reach-arounds on-line. Such a good little lap dog.
talk about BUTT_HURT, UB hurt you so bad you attack me because your ass is so soar. You are not here to offer anything to the thread, just show how much UB hurt you, AWWW, poor litttle baby, UB make you mad. WAAAAH!!!
 

medicinehuman

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DSC02982.JPG Here is some White Widow Bud porn, I thought that it would be early next week to harvest but She is ready today. It is day 46 of flower, done 10 day's earlier than the specs called for 55-60 day's. Has about 15-20% amber, thought I saw some a few day's ago. This is half of a 200 watt grow, the other one is 3 day's behind. So this is 100 watt's worth. STICKY
 

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st0wandgrow

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talk about BUTT_HURT, UB hurt you so bad you attack me because your ass is so soar. You are not here to offer anything to the thread, just show how much UB hurt you, AWWW, poor litttle baby, UB make you mad. WAAAAH!!!
It's "SORE" you moron.

And no, UB has never hurt my feelings. I just think it's pathetic how a grown man acts like such a little lap dog.

Carry on .....
 

skunkd0c

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quite a few led growers report .4 to .5 gpw as their best yield from hps and they also claim hps growers lie about yield etc

this does invalidate their view on hps imo .. they do not have good hps experience to compare to led
i really do not understand how someone can think hps makes weed taste like grass or hay either thats just silly talk

these very same people would of been smoking hps weed for many years before they joined the led crew
i'm certain they would not of said weed tasted like hay then lol
 

Positivity

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View attachment 3206016 Here is some White Widow Bud porn, I thought that it would be early next week to harvest but She is ready today. It is day 46 of flower, done 10 day's earlier than the specs called for 55-60 day's. Has about 15-20% amber, thought I saw some a few day's ago. This is half of a 200 watt grow, the other one is 3 day's behind. So this is 100 watt's worth. STICKY
Photo bomb! Or cxa bomb!

Hid guys gotta watch out for those ..
 

st0wandgrow

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quite a few led growers report .4 to .5 gpw as their best yield from hps and they also claim hps growers lie about yield etc

this does invalidate their view on hps imo .. they do not have good hps experience to compare to led
i really do not understand how someone can think hps makes weed taste like grass or hay either thats just silly talk

these very same people would of been smoking hps weed for many years before they joined the led crew
i'm certain they would not of said weed tasted like hay then lol
I have to agree. I'm sold on the efficiency of LED technology and will likely take the plunge and buy a couple, but I have a hard time believing that my weed is going to all of a sudden taste so much better by switching lights.
 

skunkd0c

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It's "SORE" you moron.

And no, UB has never hurt my feelings. I just think it's pathetic how a grown man acts like such a little lap dog.

Carry on .....
lol i am not quite sure weather folk can't spell or weather they are expressing themselves with some new kind of hipster talk or spelling i am too old to be aware of

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Mah LED Bud iz so great sn0op dawg takez elb0wz on teh daily
 

SupraSPL

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Sativied, you are irrationally ignoring the facts.

LED is more efficient at creating photons than HID. HPS is 36% when brand new, LED is up 56%. I run mine at 45%. Do you dispute that?
LEDs emit ALL their rated output in a beam angle, 115 degrees. HID emits in 360 degrees. Do you dispute that?

Without even going into spectrum, you do not need to be a genius to figure out how to take advantage of these characteristics for growing weed. If you are intelligent and guided by reason, that should be obvious to you.

The plant you are referring to is in the background of the Ace of Spades pic, I was not showcasing it as an example of awesomeness. That said, it was not bad smoke at all. It WAS NOT FED. Water only. It is not a nute burn. I am not going to repeat myself again.

We are polar opposites, day and night. I won't even touch your comment about the superiority of hydroponics for boutique herb. I hope that works out for you LOL.

Back to some interesting and useful discussion. Here is what some growers are doing instead of 2000W HPS. 1100W of COB running at 42% efficiency. No lumen depreciation over years of nonstop use. It will be very interesting to see the results these can turn out.
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foreverflyhi

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Stow, yes build your own! Or have some one build them for you.

Look into supras history or greengenes recent video, everything you need to know is there.

If you must, look into Area 51, im on harvest # 3 with the xgs model and happy to report ive been averaging 4+ oz with 180 watts, from a og strain aand querkal strain.
Of course like others mention the apache is top of the line, and heard good things about onyx, but honestly, diy cobs is where its at, currently im in week 2-3 in flower and wow, explosive healthy growth.

You will notice a few members ( theres actually many) in the led section that know what they are talking about. I have a feeling we will be seeing you in the led section as much as i see you in the organics section.

And lol at these fools with thier bro science.

As a matter of fact, yes, I've grown soil+ mineral nutes, organic soil (amongst the best I smoked), and hydroponics (THE way to grow the most healthy best quality and quantity possible). I did use a top dressing (bat shit and palm ash) as PK boosting as I was less informed back then - hence growing organics.
You lost all credibility. Leave already, son
 

skunkd0c

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looks interesting although a little messy lol
20 power supplies
i ask myself if this is really progress
it has taken over 30 years to get to 20 power supplies for a light
im sure it will grow fine weed, but i would have to taste the finished product to believe it will be noticeably better

im not convinced led are the future i still want to give them a try one day
i do hope a better alternative is found in the future that requires fewer components/bulbs
 
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