Noob need help flowering very slow

Smokingbandit000 said:

I'm using a king 1000 Watt LED but it says its equivalent to a 400 Watt hps

Then the four bulbs are just 100 Watt bulbs from home Depot I had.

I open it every time lights are on for a few hours, I think it's a combination of things but I'm just hoping it finishes. I'm sure the defoliation hurt it bad and it was just bad advise I received.

Thanks for the help.

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You should diy some light reflectors on all your side lighting bulbs...you're losing a lot of light...g/l

i don't know where you live, what country/state, but where i live there is a store called joblot, they sell a 4 pack of cree screw in light bulbs for $3.99, each a real 9 watts at 2700k. the cheap screw i bulbs are great, awesome for side and corner lighting. i leave the diffusers on them, because everything i've read from legit horticulture sources says plants thrive better under diffuse lighting vs direct lighting. i've taken them off and compared with vs without, i didn't see any negatives leaving them on, actually they seemed happier if that makes any sense. the only thing is you may need to put them a little closer than cobs or what have you, but they work great. the loss in output efficiency of the smaller bulbs can be offset simply by putting them a little closer. they actually work great if i'm being honest.

edit: and as a bonus, they are safe to be used in enclosed fixtures and high humidity, it says so right on the package. pretty sweet if you ask me, it's like 10 cents a watt for cree bulbs.

My first diy led light used 15w gu10 led spot lights.I put a 10 bulb next to a mars 300w.The plant under the spot lights was twice as big as the mars.The next was 3590 crees on alpine active,this was big jump up.I then built with 3070 ,not much different than the 3590's.Now I moved on to the tci strips,they make the others obsolete!The growth rate is noticeably better,especially in bloom.I will be selling the cobs off and moving to total strips from here.

Just another update as the last two weeks since my op, things have been taking off, still no swell I think I have about three more weeks or so, what do you guys think?