Big bang grow using 90w led

What kinda led is it? Looks like my Blackstar 135W UFO.... Decent starter led, good for one small plant, 2 max.
I replaced with (2) Solarflare 200w 5w diodes and use the weaker Blackstar for vegging only (it doesn't penetrate enough to make huge nugs but it does work better than CFLs if that means anything)

Originally Posted by verano

What kinda led is it? Looks like my Blackstar 135W UFO.... Decent starter led, good for one small plant, 2 max.
I replaced with (2) Solarflare 200w 5w diodes and use the weaker Blackstar for vegging only (it doesn't penetrate enough to make huge nugs but it does work better than CFLs if that means anything)

i bought it off amazon its prob from china but so far its working great. when i switch it to flower i might add two 150w cfls for the sides and hopefully that will help it out.

Hi.
Don't know if you have seen this test of a 90W LED ufo vs. a 400W HPS in some of my threads.
here it is again.

Six clones 3 each.








I think it's impressive a 90W(70W actual draw) vs. a 400 watt (430W actual draw)

Originally Posted by thtloud

i bought it off amazon its prob from china but so far its working great. when i switch it to flower i might add two 150w cfls for the sides and hopefully that will help it out.

You should look into those cheap 30 watt led flood lights from ebay, at 40$ it's a pretty great deal and they will last as long as your other light. I have never been so surprised by quality from China! They are directional and CFLs are generally putting out light in 360 degrees which will not focus light where it needs to be, on your plants. Looking forward to the progress. In my opinion LED lighting is finally reaching a level, this year, where we have a little more control than ever before. By having access to technology developed for other purposes we are able to innovate. The strongest characteristic of greatness, innovation.
Sincerely,
ILovePlants

@rasser nice comparison you have there. the plants look almost the same pretty much .


@iloveplants thanks for the tip i might just get those extra led lights and it would make more sense lol.

this is exciting as this is my first grow . i cant wait to see how she does now that i transplanted her into her last pot . i have a grow journal in the grow journal thread, ive been updating that every couple days.

thanks for the comments everybody .

Originally Posted by Rasser

Hi.
Don't know if you have seen this test of a 90W LED ufo vs. a 400W HPS in some of my threads.
here it is again.

Six clones 3 each.








I think it's impressive a 90W(70W actual draw) vs. a 400 watt (430W actual draw)

Well..





This test IS pretty stupid because one could have 15 same size plants on the hps side easy. On the ufo side the number of plants is maxed out..

Sorry to be negative . Love most of your posts by the way. Well, back to lurkin´ .

It could be a bit far from the canopy to the ufo lamp.

Originally Posted by thtloud

@rasser nice comparison you have there. the plants look almost the same pretty much .


@iloveplants thanks for the tip i might just get those extra led lights and it would make more sense lol.

this is exciting as this is my first grow . i cant wait to see how she does now that i transplanted her into her last pot . i have a grow journal in the grow journal thread, ive been updating that every couple days.

thanks for the comments everybody .

Yes but there is a little difference in the buds firmness and the weight, but the potency and taste was the same, and comparing to the low energy usage
where you basically could run 6 UFO instead of using 1 430 watt on HPS, it's very impressive in my book.

This is the distance from the light to the plants I use:


And as you can see in this thread the plants love it.