flowering best lights

i have been using philips son-t 600w red spectrum for flowering in my 1.25 m sq tent and have had great results,however its true to a point you get 1gram per watt of light but would adding another 300w bulb make that much differance as its a blue veg light,i will eventually get a 1000w dimable set up when i can but for now is the extra 300w blue worth using or not,any sensible reply's appreciated,thanks

shit yea. the red makes them bulge in weight . the blue or white makes the quality a bit higher the ice looks crystals look better and if its a mh light may be a tad more hard well worth the extra juice . I suggest adding every last light you can as long as it stays cool they pay you back when they are finished .

Some may disagree but LED light has been giving me great results. CFL's never gave me the dense buds or penetration I needed. But I never wanted to get into the heat, ballasts, or the energy consumption of MH/HPS. I have worked my way up to 850 watts of LED power and buds are bigger, stickier, and frostier than ever. Not to mention I can achieve this burning under 350 actual watts of electricity. No heat issues and temps are a steady 77 with 55% humidity.

I have used the Son-T bulbs for years ...

they are the best Phillips kick out for that price

You are working on yet another compulsion

'understanding the 1gram per watt of light'

as many here do, too many variables imo.

easy ..just add another 600w hps bulb ..lol

soulstarr1969 said:

i have been using philips son-t 600w red spectrum for flowering in my 1.25 m sq tent and have had great results,

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I didn't understand. Aren't those HID lights? Are you considering LED?

LED will run cooler, fewer watts per sq ft. But, you'll pay $2-$3 per watt for it. Be careful of the inexpensive typical Amazon-eBay lights (Mars Hydro). You'll actually have to run more w/sq ft than HID. Newer growers are happy with these LEDs, just to grow some bud. But, eventually they run 70-90w/sq ft.

At that point it would be more cost effective to buy T5HO for shorter grows(40-45w/sq ft in flower), or CMH for taller (35-40w/sq ft in flower). These are longer-term investments, replaceable parts, not disposable fixtures.

Also, don't be misled that expensive LEDs are good. There are a few predatory brands out there which are little more than rebranded Amazon-eBay (epi-whatever) lights sold for 4-5x more. (Blackdog, Growblu, HydroGrowLED, Lush, Kind). For those prices you can do better (usable light per dollar).

Visit the Indoor-LED forum before buying anything. As long as you know the risks, whatever you do is ok. Where people get screwed is doing something because "so many other people do it." They don't realize some of the "killing it" videos are using 50-70w/sq ft. (There is a Hall of Fame grow on autoflower dot net running 90w/sq ft. On an *autoflower!*. Mars-Hydro fans think that's a great example of why Mars-Hydro is a good light.).