Things to Know About Lighting

SmittyB..

SmittyB..

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(First Time Grower) Man, Where Can I Find These Purple CFL Lights. And Another ? Can These Lights Fit In Regular House Hold Fixtures? RIght Now Im Using A Basic Phillips 150 Watt Grow Clamp Light And Its Doing Really Well. I Have Compinsated The Distance From The Plants Due To The Heat Put Off. By The Way I Have 5 Small Plant THat Are About A Week and Half Old Now...
 
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arieswebb

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Welcome to RIU :leaf:
IMO I would save up for a few weeks !
Don't spend 30-60...... on bulbs.
And don't spend 30-60...... on fixtures.
Now your 60-120......into lights and you have a nest of wires.

Just save up and buy a nice t5 4 foot 4 bulb set up with bulbs included mixed spectrum fro @ $179.00

This is just MHO, Good luck with your grow !

Grow on !:joint:
:peace:
 
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arieswebb

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ganjagoddess said:
Why spend $180 on crappy flouros when you can get a HPS 400 watter for $109.00 from

htgsupply.com
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I was just giving my opinion,:?
It sounds like the new grower did not want to spend much and would like to have the light as close to the plant as they can.

The crappy flouros can do this with low $$$ you don't need as meany cooling fans or a larger area to keep things away from dangerous heat from HPS & MH

You can save $$$ with crappy flouros with less power consumption.

Keep looking at grows with flouros, HPS & MH and make a decison as to what you need and want out of a grow :leaf:

P. S

My courant CRAPPY grow:leaf:is a home built 24 sight areo grow:leaf: & 4 mothers with a 4 foot 4 mixed bulb flouro and a 4 foot 8 mixed flouro units @ 1.5 inch's from the plants.

My CRAPPY setup pulls an average of 1 to 1.75 oz per. plant Not to crappy !
Grow on !:weed:
:joint::joint::peace:
 
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SmittyB..

SmittyB..

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I Actually Had Gone With A 400 Watt HPS Bulb I Had Gotten From Lowes Little Did I know That I Needed A Freaking $180 Fixture Ballast Not Including Having To Wire The Thing...
 
tazthejoker

tazthejoker

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whats the specs on led lights they any good there suposed to do the same thing as a 400watt hps they say they use them in space for a lot of years now to grow veg does anybody have any feedback on them
 
ganjagoddess

ganjagoddess

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taz Leds have not proven themselves to be sufficient enough for growing..

I have yet to see even the $600 Pyrocon 100 or the UFO led unit outperform a 400 watt HPS...

It would take a lot of $$$ in a custom made cree X lamp unit to even begin to compare with flouros...

Stay away from LEDS for a couple more years until the technology develops...
 
sagincj

sagincj

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SmittyB.. said:
This is off subject but i hear it is bad to use bagseeds why is this?
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Well if its all you got use them. Some bag seeds can be good i usualy go by if the smoke was good the seeds are more likely to be good.

*When you germinate bag seeds less most probably wont be good they
*I dont think they grow as fast as seeds bought online
*Not feminized
 
tazthejoker

tazthejoker

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Each GlowPanel provides sufficient light for a 1 square foot garden
Recommended height above plants is 3"-18" (plant dependant)

We recommend 4 GlowPanels for a 2'x2' coverage area.[/FONT]

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Frequently Asked Questions [/FONT]​
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Why do GlowPanels&#8482; work?[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Basic biology has taught us that a growing plant needs specific bands of red and blue light to stimulate chlorophyl production. It is also well known that blue light promotes vegetative growth and red light promotes fruiting & flowering.

Until recently, the only options for growers have been inefficient, energy hogging HID systems using High Pressure Sodium & Metal Halide lamps requiring ballasts and additional cooling. The problem is, these systems consume large amounts of power yet direct very little of their consumed energy towards plant growth. Most of the light these systems produce falls outside the red and blue spectrum in the form of ultra violet, infrared or other visible light not used for the production of chlorophyll. This is incredibly inefficient and results in a WHOPPING 85-90% energy loss. That&#8217;s right, only 10-15% of the energy used in the average HID system is actually used to grow plants! Understanding the history of these lamps, one can understand why. They were originally designed to provide overhead lighting in warehouses and street lamps. They were not intended to grow plants and they certainly weren't designed to be energy efficient. Relative to other lighting systems, there has been little to advance bulb technology for HPS or Metal Halide lamps during the past 40 years.

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Why LEDs?[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]LEDs produce light more efficiently, can burn brighter longer, produce virtually no heat and the wavelength (color) of light produced can be controlled to the nanometer. This is why LEDs are great for growing plants; they are extremely energy efficient and can produce the exact wavelengths of blue & red light that plants love. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Who can use a GlowPanel?[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]GlowPanels can be used by home hobbyists, urban gardeners, nurseries, schools, researchers, florists, well basically anyone who wants to grow plants. Even NASA uses LED grow light technology to grow plants in space. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I see other grow lights similar to the GlowPanel. Why should I b[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Can I use GlowPanels with my existing grow lights? [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Yes, GlowPanels make a good supplemental lighting choice. GlowPanels complement sodium and halide bulbs extremely well by raising the deficient levels of red & blue light. GlowPanels&#8482; are lightweight and are well suited for helping any dark areas in your garden spring to life. [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Can GlowPanels be used outdoors? [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]No. GlowPanels are made for indoor use only. GlowPanels are made to be water resistant but are not designed for outdoor use.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Technical Specifications: [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]225 pc LED mixed red/blue GlowPanel&#8482; LED grow light

73% Red (165 pc): 655 (nm)
27% Blue (60 pc): 460 (nm)
110 volt[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Dimensions: 12.25 x 12.25 x 1.5 inches (approx 1' sq ft)
Weight 1.5 lbs.[/FONT]
 
ganjagoddess

ganjagoddess

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Those 225 led panels make me laugh...

the best so far is the prycon 100, or the UFO they are the only one that have proven themselves.

And to be honest LEDS are only capable of barely sustained Veg growth.

when it comes to flowering, the dont hold at all.
 
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