Platinum LED
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dargd1
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3 plants, 3 strains, this grow, and all grows. I am dreaming BIG! If I end up with 6 total oz dried and cured I will be happy.....Oh the quality has to be very good though to sustain that happiness.....I don't need huge yields between grows just for myself "medicinal usage."
Olive Drab Green
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2.8lbs off of 3 plants under how much HPS? That seems inaccurate, as well.
Olive Drab Green
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6? You'll probably get that. How much light, veg time, and what kinda nute system?
dargd1
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4x4 tent, FoxFarm soil/nutrients mix + Cal Mag, short veg time this grow 39 days from seed. KindLED 750W. Plants are very healthy and second day into week 5 of flower. Estimating roughly 5 more weeks of flower. Purposely did a short veg on this grow. I wanted to keep them on the short side and I was running low on stash....lol...White Widow, Purple Kush and Crown Royal. I am pretty sure; providing I can keep them healthy I should get close to that if not a little more. It would serve no purpose for me to invest in COBs to go after increased yields. I only keep a certain amount of stash in the house between grow. I don't sell, trade or share. Much more than the 6 oz more than likely would end up in the trash....
Wicked_One
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I get what you mean I really do... there are better lights for the money and their technology in these panels has become dated."Oh yeah.. Pled pays me good LOL
You think I run one plant with those two panels...? That's funny.
Three plants around 1 pound each... with 2 255w pannels...
3 pounds = 48oz... 48oz = 1360g. And that's almost 2 1/2 grams per watt smart guy. "
So, the "smart guy" thing wasn't meant as an insult?
And keep digging that hole - You were clearly stating that you had pulled a certain amount off of two Pled panels. It's right there in the quote above. You even did the math based off of 500 watts, not 1000. And then you have the balls to tell others that they should be ashamed of themselves?
The point being made here is that dollar for dollar, you can purchase a MUCH better light than a Platinum. That's just a simple fact. I'm sorry you bought some outdated Chinese panels, but guess what? I did too! I own 3 Platinums. I didn't know much about LED tech a few years ago, and they seemed like a good option at the time. They grew decent weed, sure, but then I began researching and learning about real led lights and realized that Platinums weren't all that great after all.
Promoting Platinums on this forum is going to get you laughed. That's just how it is. Why, knowing what you now know, would you try to convince any newb to purchase one of these lights when there are far better options for the money? That just doesn't make sense
I knew that 3 months ago when i bought them. I just wanted something easy with a good warranty and could easily afford these so I got them. I knew they vegged great and had seen a few journals of people who grow amazing plants A-Z and got good results with them so I went for it.
And I've been noting but happy with them over my HPS. The veg growth beat the hell out of my MH and the buds seemed to pop faster then the HPS in the same amount of time and are getting noticeably thicker every day. And seeing this after everything bad thing I've read about these lights makes me want to go to bat for them because there not garbage and do grow very good plants for what they are.
And there are plenty of useful facts posted about them on here that are true... but there's also a lot of hear say hatefulness and I don't get it... why be that way?
I did a ton of research before I got them and understand that COBs are where it's at almost everyone knows by now.
I honestly just didn't know enough about them or have the time to learn to make a panel.
I plan on adding a few COB's to my room in the near future as I learn more.
After seeing what COB's can do I really cant wait to see what these panels can do backed by a few COBs.
And yes "Smart Guy" is a bit of an insult... but come on its like the sesame street of insults... and for what I've received I don't think it's all that bad.
And yes I might have botched the hell out of explaining that which I obviously did and have said and corrected like 5 times...
And yes I have the balls to say some of these people should be ashamed of the way they act they wouldn't do that crap if not behind a keyboard and they know it... lol
Do you have any pics of the plants you have grown with your Pleds? I'd love to see them.
Wicked_One
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Like I said pulled average 1.3 with HPS... this LED grow looks to be right on par with those grows at this point and it's half the watts. And IF it did the same that would be 2.6GPW but they could stop filling out tomorrow you never know and wont till trim day...
And yes that 1.3GPW HPS grow was dried for just under a week then jarred and burped for a month then weighed on 2 different scales the buds were almost 2 feet long and as thick as a soda can.
I sold 2 pounds of it and had 3/4 of a pound left for myself.
There's a few pics of one of the HPS plants I'm talking about when it was almost done in my journal as well... I don't lie lol
Johnny Lawrence
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No current pics, no. I'll come back and share some pics in a bit though. I have four flowering rooms, so as I upgrade the tech on one of the rooms, the light(s) getting replaced moves to room #4 - a 4x4 tent that I like to think of as the hand-me-down room. I did have it setup last run as 2 Platinum 150s in the back, 2 Kessil 350s in the middle, and 2 Area-51(R.I.P.) RW-75s in the front. That's the thing - I've never done a run using strictly the Pleds. They always were supplemental to a 600, or run along side multiple other panels. I run 4 Blueberry Kush in hydro in this tent, and I will say that during the last couple runs, the girls under the Pleds looked bigger and fatter than the ones under the Area 51s. Keep in mind that the P150s use about 15 more watts than the RWs.
I just upgraded my big tent, so the hand-me down room just got an upgrade as well. I pulled the Kessils out of the middle, and replaced them with the 2 Pleds. Where the 2 platinums were before now sit a pair of Tasty T-1s.
You don't have to DIY a light if you have the money, but after purchasing a kit from Timber recently, I think I've wrapped my head around the whole thing and will probably DIY my next light. Or maybe I'll just be lazy and drive back out to Timber - they're 20 minutes from me. But yeah, if you have the means, you can buy prebuilt fixtures from any of the manufacturers listed in this thread. As far as I know, every single one of them backs their product. Or get a kit from Timber and build a frame. Look around - you have a ton of options.
Johnny Lawrence
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HighOnDIYLife
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Oh wait. Did I get that right? He pulled 2.5gpw with 1K Watt hps? That's probably the world record for the biggest bullshit Ive ever heard 
That being sad if he pulled that with hps just imagine now what his result would be with COBs!
That being sad if he pulled that with hps just imagine now what his result would be with COBs!
Wicked_One
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No... you didn't "get that right" You apparently can't read very well...Oh wait. Did I get that right? He pulled 2.5gpw with 1K Watt hps? That's probably the world record for the biggest bullshit Ive ever heard
That being sad if he pulled that with hps just imagine now what his result would be with COBs!
Wicked_One
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Some nice nugs you got there.
I need to buy a decent camera the one I use on my crappy phone wont focus to get a good close pic of tris.
Any TY for the advice on COB's i'll have to look into Timber.
Olive Drab Green
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I want to inject your flowers into my neck. Fuck all caution.
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Johnny Lawrence
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This is from my big room - 5x9, SE 600 in the middle, with 4 315s - one at each corner.
BM9AGS
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Truth!!!
Logan Burke
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No one is saying those lights can't grow great bud...they are just saying that they aren't as good as the advertisers claim them to be (best LED on the market, claims such as that). The quality of the bud is, to a large extent, in proportion to many other factors than simply the brand of light you use...
HighOnDIYLife
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Do you even read your own posts? Either way I'm out. You're obviously lying.
Wicked_One
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Good Riddance!
KarmaPaymentPlan
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has platinum ever updated the diodes they use or are they still rocking last decade leds?