phxfire

[QUOTE=phxfire;6656003]NED....

I hate LEDs.... That is me... I was told by a ol' time grower... "Don't try to reinvent the plant." Everything the sun provides is what you want. Anything else is a tactic for these companies to PREY on NOOBS and make money. There has been folks that preach higher yields and higher resin production but where is the proof? There is no proof. different colored leaves. Wow I can do that by tweaking the Nutrients. No proof in my eyes.

I will never use a LED in my grows... If LEDs were really producing more resins alot more folks would be using them.

I think understanding LIGHT and the spectrum of light that plants use during different seasons of the year is the KEY element to a successful grow...
[B]
Pick up an Almanac and start studying the seasons... [/B]

I think if folks grow outdoors FIRST then started indoor growing they would have a greater understanding of light and what is real and WHAT is BS....

When you are out in the sun your skin feels the suns rays... Put your hand under a LED or CFL... Nothing... Alot of Lumen but little [B]luminosity[/B]...
[B]Understanding these 2 words is a KEY to understanding light.
Lumen is the VISIBLE light that we see as humans...
Luminosity is the measurement of the light in energy...[/B]
Fact HPS has higher luminosity than CFLs. And CFLs have more lumens than a HPS...
What this means is the energy the the HPS puts out is greater than the CFLs energy... But when it come to the lumen the CFL is greater than the HPS...
What does this Mean? CFLs produce alot more Visible light with more lumen but lack luminosity. The HPS produces more luminosity with lower lumen. (more energy with less lumen)

Visible light and energy from the light are 2 totally different measurement that are ALWAYS confused with one another....

Though alot of folks have their opinions which I respect especially if you are being scientific about it, the facts are facts. The sun is what brings energy to all life on earth. So when WE play God indoors it is most important to give the plants what they NEED oppose to what you want to give them.[/QUOTE]