hi, im going to talk about my experience with leds. i was a proud owner of a mars hydro sp3000 a few years ago and what amazed me is that it grew better plants than my 600w hps using only 300w at full cranck
im currently doing a micro grow and i dont have lots of money to invert in
but im getting awesome results with 8 household leds at 14w each. they give off 1300lm+ per led and have awesome full spectrum
.; 6 of them are 4000-4500k and 2 6500k.
total of 112w i hang them 30cm above my plants and they did not stretch a bit. i have the shortest internodal distance of all the lights i have tried,
they give off some heat but its very little. my temps range from 20 to 24c
and the price i got it all for is ridiculous like 3.50 euro for each bulb + a plastic distributor and some wire and a plug, a total of 35 bucks for 112 watts
i think this is the way to go if you want cheap grow but still use leds and the spectrum is fully custom. say you want a fixture for bloom; 3000 3500k led are perfect.
plus i feel like this household leds drive each chip to much higher wattage than growlights and that way i get more penetration. less life becouse leds are warmer. i think 8000 hours would be it. vs 20000 - 30000 of grow lights. plus my efficiency would range at 1.4 umol /joule but who cares with that little watts? its not like im a comercial grower caring for every 10% of loss
if there is interes i will do photos and a grow diary
im currently doing a micro grow and i dont have lots of money to invert in
but im getting awesome results with 8 household leds at 14w each. they give off 1300lm+ per led and have awesome full spectrum
.; 6 of them are 4000-4500k and 2 6500k.
total of 112w i hang them 30cm above my plants and they did not stretch a bit. i have the shortest internodal distance of all the lights i have tried,
they give off some heat but its very little. my temps range from 20 to 24c
and the price i got it all for is ridiculous like 3.50 euro for each bulb + a plastic distributor and some wire and a plug, a total of 35 bucks for 112 watts
i think this is the way to go if you want cheap grow but still use leds and the spectrum is fully custom. say you want a fixture for bloom; 3000 3500k led are perfect.
plus i feel like this household leds drive each chip to much higher wattage than growlights and that way i get more penetration. less life becouse leds are warmer. i think 8000 hours would be it. vs 20000 - 30000 of grow lights. plus my efficiency would range at 1.4 umol /joule but who cares with that little watts? its not like im a comercial grower caring for every 10% of loss
if there is interes i will do photos and a grow diary
