Hybridway
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This thread is about the use of two different LEDs growing 3 GG#4's each under a 3'6" trellis. These plants were a bit tall, leggie, & out of control so I bent them under the trellis scrog style & hit the switch to 12/12 w/o letting them grow into the net.
The 2 lights being used are the Amare SE-450 enhanced white (Canna-Specific) light & the Hydroponics Hut X5-500 using a spectrum high in Red & Blue but still enough green to be a full spectrum. The Amare is considered to me as a PAS light or full Photosythetic Action Spectrum light providing the plant with the entire spectrum, similiar to that of the sun, on the Equetirial line to be more specific. The Hydroponics Hut light is what I consider to be an RQE light or Relevent Quantum Efficiency light. This will provide the plant with primarily the Reds & Blues being the Peaks for Chlorophyll A & B receptors.
Many have been successful & happy with their R+B based panels & now there is a trend of many poeple preferring to grow with white Kelvin Temp. Lighting.
I personally started studying LED last year, right before 5 watt Monos started being used. Also saw COB lighting break through the market. I heald back to make my purchase until I felt I obtained enough knowledge on the topic & the newer technolgy was dialed in. Seeing how I began my LED journey when R+B panels were the scientifically said way to use LED to grow to get the most from your plant, I had to purchase one light of each to test & see for myself how my plants reacted to the different lighting. Both lights have COBs with surrounding 5 watters & are running between 450-535 watts I believe.
Amare was a pleasure to do business with & openly answered all my questions & then some. They make no claims but say "our products results will speak for themselves".
Hydroponics Hut was Kind've tough to get ahold of & would not disclose any information that was not on their web-site. I asked about PAR, They told me they were going to include it on their site or would send it to me but neither happened & I couldn't get a response about it. They have some interesting claims on their site that I really wanted to believe when I first stumbled upon them. What I liked about their technology was they were able to provide their select spectrum primarily with one diode rather than using mono colored diodes that would have to mix on their way down to the plant leaving uneven spectral coverage.
I'm an HPS grower growing with LED as my main light for the first time. So far I've noticed a substantial decrease in heat. To the point where I'm not even needing an AC yet running 1600watts of LED in a 10'x10' room.
These GG's were vegged for about 2, 3/4 months in a tight closet competing for the light. They were stretched out, week, & 2 of them even broke prior to this. Each side has one plant that broke within a week of starting flower. All six plants were cloned from the same broken GG branch. I accidentally put the bigger plants on The Amare side as that light covered the 4'x4' section w/o the lenses & the HH Covered 3'x3' with its lenses that are non-removable. Both lights were suspended from their cables only & could not be raised without doubling up the cables which is done now so to cover the 4'x4' area utilizing both lights lenses. Struggling to cover the canopies though.
It's the end of the first week almost now.
I'm just journaling my experience with these lights & this strain. This is not a side by side to see the most GPW as one side had slightly bigger plants, but it is a side by side for me & others to access the performance of these two lights & their different approach to selected spectrums used.
Lights: - Amare SE-450
- Hydroponics Hut X5-500
Strain: GG#4
Nutrients: TechNaFlora with supplemental Nutes from Heavy-16, AN, Rock Rez, & Terpinator
Pots: 7 gallon
Co2: Yes
Medium: 50% CoCo-LoCo (FoxFarms) 25% Miosture, 25% Aeration (Biotanicare)
All are welcome here to ask questions & see our findings.
Getting good response from both sides. The Amare side is getting more overall growth. Both lights seem to be penetrating well & hitting the branches below. Heat's not to bad. Both run fairly quite.
The 2 lights being used are the Amare SE-450 enhanced white (Canna-Specific) light & the Hydroponics Hut X5-500 using a spectrum high in Red & Blue but still enough green to be a full spectrum. The Amare is considered to me as a PAS light or full Photosythetic Action Spectrum light providing the plant with the entire spectrum, similiar to that of the sun, on the Equetirial line to be more specific. The Hydroponics Hut light is what I consider to be an RQE light or Relevent Quantum Efficiency light. This will provide the plant with primarily the Reds & Blues being the Peaks for Chlorophyll A & B receptors.
Many have been successful & happy with their R+B based panels & now there is a trend of many poeple preferring to grow with white Kelvin Temp. Lighting.
I personally started studying LED last year, right before 5 watt Monos started being used. Also saw COB lighting break through the market. I heald back to make my purchase until I felt I obtained enough knowledge on the topic & the newer technolgy was dialed in. Seeing how I began my LED journey when R+B panels were the scientifically said way to use LED to grow to get the most from your plant, I had to purchase one light of each to test & see for myself how my plants reacted to the different lighting. Both lights have COBs with surrounding 5 watters & are running between 450-535 watts I believe.
Amare was a pleasure to do business with & openly answered all my questions & then some. They make no claims but say "our products results will speak for themselves".
Hydroponics Hut was Kind've tough to get ahold of & would not disclose any information that was not on their web-site. I asked about PAR, They told me they were going to include it on their site or would send it to me but neither happened & I couldn't get a response about it. They have some interesting claims on their site that I really wanted to believe when I first stumbled upon them. What I liked about their technology was they were able to provide their select spectrum primarily with one diode rather than using mono colored diodes that would have to mix on their way down to the plant leaving uneven spectral coverage.
I'm an HPS grower growing with LED as my main light for the first time. So far I've noticed a substantial decrease in heat. To the point where I'm not even needing an AC yet running 1600watts of LED in a 10'x10' room.
These GG's were vegged for about 2, 3/4 months in a tight closet competing for the light. They were stretched out, week, & 2 of them even broke prior to this. Each side has one plant that broke within a week of starting flower. All six plants were cloned from the same broken GG branch. I accidentally put the bigger plants on The Amare side as that light covered the 4'x4' section w/o the lenses & the HH Covered 3'x3' with its lenses that are non-removable. Both lights were suspended from their cables only & could not be raised without doubling up the cables which is done now so to cover the 4'x4' area utilizing both lights lenses. Struggling to cover the canopies though.
It's the end of the first week almost now.
I'm just journaling my experience with these lights & this strain. This is not a side by side to see the most GPW as one side had slightly bigger plants, but it is a side by side for me & others to access the performance of these two lights & their different approach to selected spectrums used.
Lights: - Amare SE-450
- Hydroponics Hut X5-500
Strain: GG#4
Nutrients: TechNaFlora with supplemental Nutes from Heavy-16, AN, Rock Rez, & Terpinator
Pots: 7 gallon
Co2: Yes
Medium: 50% CoCo-LoCo (FoxFarms) 25% Miosture, 25% Aeration (Biotanicare)
All are welcome here to ask questions & see our findings.
Getting good response from both sides. The Amare side is getting more overall growth. Both lights seem to be penetrating well & hitting the branches below. Heat's not to bad. Both run fairly quite.
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Wish I had built a double trellis. If I did I would've had to set the bottom one lower to be proportioned properly & really don't think I would've been able to bend them under w/o snappage.
