New grower in need of help

Hey crew,
I purchased a 4x4x6'10 gorilla and 750 kind led combo to get started on my first grow. This light is 430 actual watts. they say its equal to a 600w hid. I don't really understand this because I always thought watts are watts.so isnt it a 430w light? So my ? Is because I have 1 tent and 1 light and have to veg and flower in the same tent should I adjust the intensity down to 50% or something to veg and up at flower or run it full intensity.kind claims adjusting the intensity actually adjusts watts pulled and not just dims light thanks for any help.

Just make sure your lights are up high enough I'd all suggest reading on some scrog techniques for the best yield..you can easily make a scrog screen with some PVC pipe and string. Any questions come to this forum and I'm sure multiple people will be online to help! Good luck with your first grow

If you wanted to save on hydro you can just beg out your plants under 6500k CFL's very good for heat issues and very cheap on energy!

Thanks guy I've been looking into the scrog technique and think ill give it a go also I have two 4 ft two bulb t8s that ive always used to start my vegetables for the garden.maybe ill try to veg with those.what you think?I got a little confused because I heard someone say you can't put 1000w of buds on a 400w plant.I guess maybe I mistook that to mean veg and flower at the same wattage and im just trying to grasp this thanks again

Yeah yluse the t8's they'll work beautifully for veg!

Ok I'll do that thanks

One more quick question,I always start tons of vegetable starts becuase some are weak etc but mostly cause there cheap and easy to get.I'm shooting for 4-5 plants.is this too many for 4x4 and if not how many beans should i pop without being overly wasteful iyo

T8s blow... veg under that awesome, efficient, full spectrum led you've got. Start it dimmed.

4-6 plants is perfect for a 4x4.
If your seeds aren't fem, start w twice what you'll need. Otherwise 1 or 2 extra.

thanks alot i was hoping someone would say that. if the wife saw me running diff lights after buying the kind idk what would happen lol

this may make setting up a scrog net easier http://www.ebay.com/itm/381791689580?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

advanced plat explaining why wattage draw isnt all that matters.

Thanks