20w LED Bonzai motherplant experiment.

listmann said:

I am a rather experienced grower but never did much in mother plants. I allways felt it took too much room and the costs were to high compared to just starting from seeds every time.

I still don't trust LED to replace my 600w hps BUT!

They may make it possible for me to keep a little mother plant that could produce 15-20 clones every three months or so (maybe with the addition of light 14 dayz bfore i need them)

Heres the experiment: From clone i will use a 9w Blue spectrum LED light (state of the art, 3w diodes) till it starts rooting and picks up growth.

Then i will switch to a 20w (120w equivalent - 1400lumen 6400k) flood light under wich i hope it can spend the remainder of its life producing clones when i need them (probably with the addition of another 20w flood light a good while bfore i need them)

Now if thats possible, wich i believe it to be, the costs of running a motherplant just went down a GREAT deal! This IS just one plant though!

I will keep u updated!

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listmann said:

Ye it's actually something similar to what you'r saying i have.
These bulbs i have use up 20w and put out 1400lumen and with a color temp of 6400k On a regular E27 socket. It should do just nicely.
but i tried it outside in the dark it is brighter than my 160w halogen work lamp in the garage! I think it'll do JUUST ok

The reason for this post is like i said how little power/effort is actually needed in keeping a motherplant using LED. IF it works that is haha but the amount of light! I can feel the sting from the lightrays on the back of my hand 15 cm from the light it has to work!

I am SO looking forward to LED tech to be trustworthy enough to surpass the output of HPS... One day! But today, to much bogus crap on the market.

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