0.8 x 1.2m lighting help

I’ve got a 1.2 x 0.8m cupboard space and was thinking of using a 600w hps and a 400w led, will this be to much light for 4 plants or will it be ok as long as I control the heat, have a 6 inch fan and filter as well, the room is also about 2 meters high. Thanks

400 W LEDs should be sufficient to light that space. Mixing HPS and LED seems like a headache. Both are good technologies and can yield equal weed in quality and quantity when used on their own.
Combining them probably only accentuates their disadvantages.

I’m not sure how you’re going to get 4 plants in a sq meter, unless you’re using I or 2 gal pots. Best of luck. Also, that is waay too much light, I’d use one or the other, not both.

Phytoplankton said:

I’m not sure how you’re going to get 4 plants in a sq meter, unless you’re using I or 2 gal pots. Best of luck. Also, that is waay too much light, I’d use one or the other, not both.

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True would probably be better with 2 looking at the space, but yeah that’s what I’m asking mate so would you go with the led or hps? Thanks

What Led u got?

Lou66 said:

400 W LEDs should be sufficient to light that space. Mixing HPS and LED seems like a headache. Both are good technologies and can yield equal weed in quality and quantity when used on their own.
Combining them probably only accentuates their disadvantages.

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Ok mate thanks, was looking at a 480w led would you just go with the one yeah

tuksu6000 said:

What Led u got?

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Was looking to get one of these mate what you think?

I like LED’s, that one looks pretty good, not familiar with that brand, but I’m in the US.

for the price, i would go with a mars hydro sp 3000

and btw if you mix led and hps you GAIN the advantages of the two spectrums where they interlap
you dont loose nothing except money cooling down the room if you have to

i suggest 4 100 watt quantum boards or the sp
look at my cupboard its 60x90 and i got 320 watt leds in there , overkill
so forget the hps 600 and get led

i like the sp for your space better
and use 3 gallon pots for final transplant, trust me
bless

m1100 said:

for the price, i would go with a mars hydro sp 3000

and btw if you mix led and hps you GAIN the advantages of the two spectrums where they interlap
you dont loose nothing except money cooling down the room if you have to

i suggest 4 100 watt quantum boards or the sp
look at my cupboard its 60x90 and i got 320 watt leds in there , overkill
so forget the hps 600 and get led

i like the sp for your space better
and use 3 gallon pots for final transplant, trust me
bless

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Hey mate I was looking at the sp3000 but it’s only 300w would prefer something a bit higher to try get a bigger yield, but cheers mate will just forget about the hps then

m1100 said:

for the price, i would go with a mars hydro sp 3000

and btw if you mix led and hps you GAIN the advantages of the two spectrums where they interlap
you dont loose nothing except money cooling down the room if you have to

i suggest 4 100 watt quantum boards or the sp
look at my cupboard its 60x90 and i got 320 watt leds in there , overkill
so forget the hps 600 and get led

i like the sp for your space better
and use 3 gallon pots for final transplant, trust me
bless

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Had a look at yours mate looks good, would I get away with running more watts if I chose led lighting in a small space like that or would it be over kill if I were to add more leds

EH40veg said:

Had a look at yours mate looks good, would I get away with running more watts if I chose led lighting in a small space like that or would it be over kill if I were to add more leds

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300 watts is enough lighting to grow over a pound if you get everything else right. You won't fit much more than a pound in a 0.8 x 1.2 canopy space so anything over 300 is pointless unless the shape of the 400 light gives you better ppfd distribution and you run it dimmed at 75%.

If yield is your primary goal my advice would be to run coco DTW instead of soil. And use photo seeds over autos.

Kola_Kreator said:

300 watts is enough lighting to grow over a pound if you get everything else right. You won't fit much more than a pound in a 0.8 x 1.2 canopy space so anything over 300 is pointless unless the shape of the 400 light gives you better ppfd distribution and you run it dimmed at 75%.

If yield is your primary goal my advice would be to run coco DTW instead of soil. And use photo seeds over autos.

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Ok thank you will look for an led with 300-400 watts, and will most likely go with coco since yields a little more

Don't go with a 480w light that has a square footprint.

Go with either 2 or 3 smaller lights unless you can find one specific for your oblong spade, which to my knowledge only migro do.
But I'll have a look and see what I can see

This would be my Go to for 60x120cm
But I'd prefer it to be 300w.


However they do these for 2x2 (60x60cm)


Now if you got 3 of these you've got yourself 375w which is a lot in your space.
And all for £357 ..

Now 1, that's going to be a better light both in build and efficiency and 2, you'll get far better customer support if you ever needed it.

3rd option..

Two of these would fit really well and light that space up evenly..
But 500w is overkill, but you can dim them and you will most definitely have to in veg..

That £438..
Both options 2 and 3 would be cheaper and far better lights than the one you linked from London grow, which is just a chinese knockoff of a quantum board and they are making a huge mark up on that light .

And if you don't know this guy/ company just search migro on YouTube..

He's been at this for a long time and has been testing every light worth talking about for years and happily shows which beat his and which don't and price comparisons.

He's probably the most transparent LED manufacturer there is and very competitive price wise.

coreywebster said:

This would be my Go to for 60x120cm
But I'd prefer it to be 300w.

MIGRO ARAY 4 | 250W

The MIGRO ARAY 4 is the most efficient LED grow light on the market for 4ft x 2ft or 1.2m x 0.6m grow space. Delivering incredibly uniform PAR distribution with 4 LED bars, a remote mountable LED driver with dimmer control.

migrolight.com

However they do these for 2x2 (60x60cm)

MIGRO ARAY 2 | 125W

The MIGRO ARAY 2 is the most efficient LED grow light on the market for 2ft x 2ft or 0.6m x 0.6m grow space. Delivering incredibly uniform PAR distribution with 2 LED bars, a remote mountable LED driver with dimmer control.

migrolight.com

Now if you got 3 of these you've got yourself 375w which is a lot in your space.
And all for £357 ..

Now 1, that's going to be a better light both in build and efficiency and 2, you'll get far better customer support if you ever needed it.

3rd option..

MIGRO ARAY 3 | 250W

The MIGRO ARAY 3 is the most efficient LED grow light on the market for 3ft x 3ft or 0.9m x 0.9m grow space. Delivering incredibly uniform PAR distribution with 3 LED bars, a remote mountable LED driver with dimmer control.

migrolight.com

Two of these would fit really well and light that space up evenly..
But 500w is overkill, but you can dim them and you will most definitely have to in veg..

That £438..
Both options 2 and 3 would be cheaper and far better lights than the one you linked from London grow, which is just a chinese knockoff of a quantum board and they are making a huge mark up on that light .

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Thank you mate those look good I’d probs go with the 3rd option, but dim them down to 3-400 watts

coreywebster said:

And if you don't know this guy/ company just search migro on YouTube..

He's been at this for a long time and has been testing every light worth talking about for years and happily shows which beat his and which don't and price comparisons.

He's probably the most transparent LED manufacturer there is and very competitive price wise.

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Thank you much appreciated, going to order those 2 from the 3rd option. But yeah mate good prices as well cheers again

EH40veg said:

Thank you mate those look good I’d probs go with the 3rd option, but dim them down to 3-400 watts

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Yeah I think though its a bit more money than option 2 the dimensions are far better suited to your space.

Number of LED Bars 3
Light Dimensions 26"" x 22"" or 65cm x 56cm

At 56cm wide youd hang them slightly apart and have really even coverage, where with option 2 you'd have to hang them the other way and the bars would be next to each other , if you catch my drift.

EH40veg said:

Thank you much appreciated, going to order those 2 from the 3rd option. But yeah mate good prices as well cheers again

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No worries mate, it's what this sites for.

I don't own any migro lights, got lots of others, but one of the things I like about him is he's genuinely trying to cater for the specific common sizes we use, 2x2, 2x4, 4x4 (ft)ect

Not many light manufacturers catering for the oblong grow spaces.