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Hey guys im bassically looking for a few pointers and have a few questions
so the plan is to get a 4 pot wilima hydroponic system i plan to grow
four pineapplechunk plants, the light i wanted to go for is 2x 600w ufo led grow light
in a 1.2m grow, is this enough light for the four plants? also dose the hydroponic
system run constantly start to finish i.e does it turn of with the lights ?

Whambud said:

Hey guys im bassically looking for a few pointers and have a few questions
so the plan is to get a 4 pot wilima hydroponic system i plan to grow
four pineapplechunk plants, the light i wanted to go for is 2x 600w ufo led grow light
in a 1.2m grow, is this enough light for the four plants? also dose the hydroponic
system run constantly start to finish i.e does it turn of with the lights ?

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I duno if thats strong enough or too strong cos I use HID's not LED's but heres a link to the LED noob buying thread that should answer that and your answer to if it would be running all day with the lights is no, just a couple times a day for however long is needed. you should really do some proper research on a lot of this stuff though theres a decent bit to learn otherwise youll have to make up for mistakes later and thats always a pain. Do you have any ideas on growing medium, ventilation, nutes and stuff? Also when you say 1.2m is that 1.2m high or? Anyway good luck with it and hope that you find what youre looking for in the LED thread

1.2m width 2m high and the growing medium im going to use is clay pebbels i have rock wool and a propergator to start the seeds the main thing is lighting i need to use led

just want a light that keeps the costs down thats the main thing for me

Cal-mag

I wouldn't recommend those lights, and you should post this in the LED thread. When you say "costs" do you mean now or over the lifetime of your LED, or in some other sense over time, or perhaps just electricity cost for a fixed length of time? Details. You could get two 400W HID lights for $135 each that will crush those "600W LED" lights. I'm an LED fanguy, do not buy that light. Buy and build your own COB panel or get a HID setup. And lurk more.

Why do you "need to use LED"? please explain that for us.

You do realise running a 600W LED is the same in an electricity bill as a 600W HPS right? 2m of height is decent as well so I don't see why LED's are a necessity. also...

mr sunshine said:

Cal-mag

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I do believe I concur with the gentleman.

hey led to go more under the radar its a mixed reviews on how well they work and to try keep the bill down there allegedly ment to run at a lower cost

dont want to use cfls lool but want a good light that dosent cost the earth to run first time round

also read that some hps ballasts can screw with internet signals or some signal that companys can detect

Michael Huntherz said:

I'm an LED fanguy, do not buy that light. Buy and build your own COB panel or get a HID setup. And lurk more.

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See my first post.

If you have more questions, see my first post.

seen alot of mixed reviews on what to use really

Get some Christmas lights if u wanna keep the cost down. Otherwise....HPS. EZ

Whambud said:

hey led to go more under the radar its a mixed reviews on how well they work and to try keep the bill down there allegedly ment to run at a lower cost

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LED's generally use less power (as in they have a lower watt usage than the average hps set up but your electiricity bill is calculated in kwh (kilowatt hours) so if youre running a 600W LED it is the exact same as running a 600W HPS, the difference would be when you have a 500W LED panel vs a 600W HPS then itll be cheaper to run the LED's.

Whambud said:

also read that some hps ballasts can screw with internet signals or some signal that companys can detect

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Man you're paranoid...signals? How are you going to save money shelling out twice as much for a led. It would take you two years of constant use to "save money ". It's not adding up at all.

Besides it costs less than $200 to run 1200 watts of hps for a full grow, where's the savings again?

fuck it decided to go with this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Best-Complete-Hydroponic-Grow-Room-Tent-Fan-Filter-Light-Kit-600w-120x120x200/381226193843?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=1&asc=20140122125356&meid=a0e3047117ac41ae96d9f499ca7a03d1&pid=100005&rk=1&rkt=6&mehot=pp&sd=251808723980

can four plants fit in this hydrosystem inside that tent? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Atami-wilma-4-pot-complete-system-hydroponics-24hr-del-/261699360158?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cee7f559e

you can train your plants and generally control the size/shape of them to some extent so long as they are photoperiod plants so if the system fits in the tent you should be fine, its just a question of how big theyll be able to get and how comfortable itll be to maintain them. But yeah should have no issues with 3 plants in that tent and you'll be happy with the hps later so dont worry about it . You might need to get a bigger fan later on when you begin flowering but youll know as soon as you run the system whether the fan is good enough or not.