veg lighting

In the "way back when", my veg areas consisted of 4 ft. fluorescent shop lights. When I shut down, I got rid of the lights. Well, I just looked, and the only shop lights these days are 4' LED strips. Are these a valid replacement, or????

I have 2 plants under a 24/0 schedule - 600 hps light (ballast at 60%) I popped the both Gelato seeds in May 16th. I had a few gnat issues but I solved with a bit of neem oil. June 6th I transplanted them to the fabric 20 Gal pots. (Added pic) june 8th I did the first topping for both as...

Thinking about putting together a dedicated Veg light. Looking to veg a couple of plants, or maybe start 5-6 clones in a 2'x2'. Board: 6500k 96 diode Lm301b Quantum board 85w (24v x 3.5A) from that dude on ebay (3500k also available, but no 4 or 5K) Driver: Mean Well LPV-60-24 (I feel like...

I’m in day 25 of veg. (Aprox.) Should I use veg.only at this stage ? Or should I use veg and bloom at the same time with this type of LED? It’s in a 3 x 3 Apollo tent, Clip fan and 6”booster fan sucking out the air from the top, to the outside with a duct. By the way, can’t tell why fan leaves...

Specs: Seeds from Seedsupreme. Light: Viperspectra 900w In a 2x4x4 Lights @ 24” Temp W lights On: 77/79 Off:73/75 Nutrients Fox Farm Trio. Have done one Feed today. And light feed at week 3. Tallest plant 4” RO water, ph checked every water n feed. Any advice to, i would like to have bigger...

Good day to all those who come across this thread. I have a small closet [pictures attached; 12" tiles] that I would like to use as a veg room; ideally a new plant will be placed in this room every two weeks. After a plant has been in the veg room for six weeks I will then shift it outside...

Hello to all readers, I am a long time lurker for research but have finally decided to chime in considering I am finally where I can go legal! To the point: I have a 2'x2' area for veg and I'm having a tough time making a decision on which source of lighting will give me the most compact growth...