Best LED's for indoor growing....

Hi!



I grow Ficus indoors as bonsai, and have recently began looking into LED lighting. I wanted to get some good information because all I seem to find is about using LED's with plants that flower. Ficus don't flower, so I don't necessarily need that. I'm looking to spend under $400 for one. Is this Mars 2 a good light?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/900W-Mars-2-Led-Grow-Lighting-IR-Indoor-Veg-Flowering-Big-Yield-Led-5-watt-Lamp-/221290850885?pt=US_Hydroponics&hash=item3385f66a45

900 watts ...right looks like a china knockoff to me. If u do try let me know results plz.
I'm in market for LEDs but not sure where to go it reall y expensive for the name brand ones. Good luck and safe travels.

Yes I'm very wary of Chinese made anything let alone LED lights that cost 400 bucks. Really I would go into the LED sub forum and ask around. They do know their shit.

I have two of these and I love them

Bonsai Guy said:

Hi!



I grow Ficus indoors as bonsai, and have recently began looking into LED lighting. I wanted to get some good information because all I seem to find is about using LED's with plants that flower. Ficus don't flower, so I don't necessarily need that. I'm looking to spend under $400 for one. Is this Mars 2 a good light?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/900W-Mars-2-Led-Grow-Lighting-IR-Indoor-Veg-Flowering-Big-Yield-Led-5-watt-Lamp-/221290850885?pt=US_Hydroponics&hash=item3385f66a45

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It's an ok light, and its about 475 watts give or take 50...Leds perform better when they aren't driven to their max rating [5w] in this case. These are driven at probably 2-2.5v's each.

Not a terrible spectrum, but what are you space requirements? This thing could easily veg a 3x3 to 4x4 space @ 24" inches.

Given all that, they put out about half the rated output of what a similary priced "quality" Led light does, in photons.

That being Area 51, Onyx, Hans, AT [but a little higher priced....ok double]

Maybe want to look at the Onxy veg light @Rapidled

Bml also makes a spendy little bar system or individual bars. I only mention this because you can customize your spectrum, but the Bml has been beaten to death by certain member, but good results

I grew some serious salad vegs with an A51 SGS160 this year.

Ebb and flow table...outstanding results with the light.

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Bonsai Guy said:

Hi!



I grow Ficus indoors as bonsai, and have recently began looking into LED lighting. I wanted to get some good information because all I seem to find is about using LED's with plants that flower. Ficus don't flower, so I don't necessarily need that. I'm looking to spend under $400 for one. Is this Mars 2 a good light?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/900W-Mars-2-Led-Grow-Lighting-IR-Indoor-Veg-Flowering-Big-Yield-Led-5-watt-Lamp-/221290850885?pt=US_Hydroponics&hash=item3385f66a45

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the ones from us that you can afford are good.. i bought a dirt genius and for the price you can buy 3-4 and get er done

A discussion of light should be accompanied by some spectrum plots, otherwise this is plastic chicken flight fight.

Bonsai Guy said:

Hi!



I grow Ficus indoors as bonsai, and have recently began looking into LED lighting. I wanted to get some good information because all I seem to find is about using LED's with plants that flower. Ficus don't flower, so I don't necessarily need that. I'm looking to spend under $400 for one. Is this Mars 2 a good light?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/900W-Mars-2-Led-Grow-Lighting-IR-Indoor-Veg-Flowering-Big-Yield-Led-5-watt-Lamp-/221290850885?pt=US_Hydroponics&hash=item3385f66a45

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I would check something like this out.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2014-270w-FSF-Lighthouse-Hydro-BlackStar-Chrome-Grow-light-Flowering-LED-L020-/271427651495?pt=US_Hydroponics&hash=item3f325947a7
It's adjustable spectrum and will run less electric. It wont have the same footprint as your 900 watt, but i don't know how big of an area your trying to cover. The LH 270 will cover a 3x3 vegging space and some.

http://www.mars-hydro.com/mars-ii-led-grow-light-400w.html Only company I will ever use... amazing stuff. got 4 of these had them for 3 years. they still put out the same amount of lums as the first day I bought it.