LEDs May not be all hype?

BlackWidowGrow

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I currently have a 785W actual watts LED grow in a 4'x4' tent

I have a 1000w LED, 300W LED and a 100W LED. Only other light is a 23w cfl under the canopy.

So it is basically all LED. Power bill for my whole apartment is around $50 only about $20 from growing. The lights are not hot enough to burn you even with your hand on the lights. The lights are about 1.5' from the tops now.

It is my first grow with the set up and first time doing DWC, next grow will be much better I hope, clones of what is in now.

The plants are a Green Poison, and I think a White Widow X Blueberry Gum. About 2-4 weeks left.

Check it out here if you want:

https://www.rollitup.org/t/785w-led-only-grow-real-watts.824803/#post-10487556
 

kmog33

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I currently have a 785W actual watts LED grow in a 4'x4' tent

I have a 1000w LED, 300W LED and a 100W LED. Only other light is a 23w cfl under the canopy.

So it is basically all LED. Power bill for my whole apartment is around $50 only about $20 from growing. The lights are not hot enough to burn you even with your hand on the lights. The lights are about 1.5' from the tops now.

It is my first grow with the set up and first time doing DWC, next grow will be much better I hope, clones of what is in now.

The plants are a Green Poison, and I think a White Widow X Blueberry Gum. About 2-4 weeks left.

Check it out here if you want:

https://www.rollitup.org/t/785w-led-only-grow-real-watts.824803/#post-10487556
Thats crazy cheap, it costs about 60 a month to run a 600 hps 12/12. 100 to do 18/6

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BlackWidowGrow

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Thats crazy cheap, it costs about 60 a month to run a 600 hps 12/12. 100 to do 18/6

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That's what I thought when I got the bill, my KWH cost is $0.13-0.14, I was paying about double that a year ago before I moved north in CA, I had half the watts but still was paying around $50. once I get my veg tent all set up the bill is going to be around $60-70 from the looks of it, I hope the 12/1 schedule keeps it closer to $60. I'll find out in a couple months.
 

kmog33

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I still have never seen an impressive LED grow ever,.
You obviously havent looked around this site much. Haha go check out ggs threads. There are several others as well. My leds arent doing to bad either.

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thump easy

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he weighs it wet. There's no way. The best I have ever seen is 3 lb's under a 1000, those plants were 7 feet tall. 4 15 gals under each light .. I don't believe it either.
I have pulled 2.25 per light if u count the baby undeveloped nug underneath it was 7lb 3 in the lights at 4 chainbers in an aero flo 2on each side of the ress bubba gum og
 

SpaaaceCowboy

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This is my first real season outdoor I've never really wanted to fuck around with it. I'm shooting for around 10z a plant. I'm doing 70 of these mother fuckers so I really don't even wanna hear they get that big because I don't even know what I would do with all that haha
Go around and give free weed to the homeless ?
 

SpaaaceCowboy

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2 grams isnt a regular thing for me, but does happen with better yielding strains. I average 1 to 1.4 per watt for my personals tbh. Just grabbed an led though and i am liking quality so well see how this harvest turns out.

And ya organic. Botanicare pure blend and sensi calmag.

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What blend do you use for vegg ? And which blend for flowering do you use ?

Thnx, Cowboy
 

PetFlora

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I still have never seen an impressive LED grow ever,.
Huh, you can't have looked very hard

Pictured plant weighed 200+ gms dried and trimmed. First time growing this strain. Next round i will begin to train it earlier

LED BML SPYDR 600 which provides up to a 3 x 3 physical footprint, but can be snugged down to ~ 2 x 3. Extremely flexible light.

6 individual 3ft bars that can slide on a 3ft spine.
Passive cooling
3w Osram diodes
Grower can select their own spectrums
 

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SpaaaceCowboy

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Huh, you can't have looked very hard

Pictured plant weighed 200+ gms dried and trimmed. First time growing this strain. Next round i will begin to train it earlier

LED BML SPYDR 600 which provides up to a 3 x 3 physical footprint, but can be snugged down to ~ 2 x 3. Extremely flexible light.

6 individual 3ft bars that can slide on a 3ft spine.
Passive cooling
3w Osram diodes
Grower can select their own spectrums
Any idea how the nugs from that LED compare to other types of lighting ?

How much does that spyder light run ?
 

PetFlora

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Haven't used hps for 4+ years

What I can tell you is feedback from 4 professional smokers has been beyond my expectations

$999


Lessor lights are considerably more expensive
 

az2000

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I still have never seen an impressive LED grow ever,.
Here's an autoflower grown from day 1 under a Blackstar 135w (85w actual) UFO:

IMG_20140722_133223.jpg

That was taken 3 days ago when the plant was 9 weeks old, and 4-5 weeks from harvest.

Here's the entire plant on the same day:

IMG_20140722_133202.jpg

For 85w, I'm pretty impressed. From prior grows of this strain, I know it's going to more than double weight over the next 5 weeks.
 

SpaaaceCowboy

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Az2000....that is looking impressive for only 85 actual watts....please post updates I'm curious to see how she finishes....what did you pay for that LED ?
 
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