TreeFarmerCharlie
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It would depend on the size of your growing area. If you have a 4x4 tent then you would easily need 15 -20 those lights in there. They are weak and I personally wouldn’t waste my money on them.
madvillian420
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you get what you pay for bud, those are good for clones and seedlings
TreeFarmerCharlie
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Welcome to the wonderful world of misleading advertising.
No kidding. 2 weeks in dirt though. And they are doing amazing so far.
TreeFarmerCharlie
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Those are weak diodes so you need closer to 50W/square foot. 4x8x50W = 1600W divide that by 42W (if they actually draw that from the wall) and that comes out to 38 of those lights you would need.
TreeFarmerCharlie
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Seedling and vegetation stages don’t need nearly as much light. You will get small airy buds in flower under what you have.
Man I really appreciate the wisdom you are sharing. And recommendations for lights?
TreeFarmerCharlie
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The plants will grow at a slower rate than they could but they’ll be fine for seedling and early to mid veg. If you have a tight budget then check out the DIY builds in the LED section. That’s by far the cheapest way to get quality lighting. Otherwise I would recommend HLG Quantum Boards or Timber lights.
Cannacollector
Member
Check out spider farmer. They have good quantum boards. You can flower 1 plant w the sf1000. Think it’s maybe 100 bucks on amazon. Or you can run a 4x4 with the sf4000. I got Both the hlg and the spider farmer. Both great. The SF cost me less than half if I remember correctly.
xtsho
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Best bang for your buck is an HID. LED's grow some great weed but you pay for the good lights.
$119 for 600 true watts. $153 for 1000 watts. $30 dollars more for a sealed hood.
$119 for 600 true watts. $153 for 1000 watts. $30 dollars more for a sealed hood.
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Thinking I’m might go with Mars hydro 2000. Seems they will work well for my 4’x 8’. I’m sure for flowering I may need some extra lighting but should suffice.
PadawanWarrior
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Not nearly enough light for a 4x8.
Rico2016
Active Member
On a 4x8? I dont think this will be enough broseph