It's my first time reading about someone needing a heater 9 months out of 12. My problem would be the opposite.... how to keep temps down in my space ( Southern California)
I'd much rather toss another 400W in there than have to have the heater going to keep it warm enough. I've taken over the spare bedroom upstairs to use as a veg room then when I have enough plants move them downstairs to the grow room. I need two 400W or the 1000 going in there to keep it warm enough even now and the heater has to kick in during the dark period to maintain 65 - 70F. I like it at 75F during their day.
That's the thing @Lola Grows. There's no one solution that works for everyone just like everything else in life.
I like that last sentence . I'm going to start using it. Words of wisdomI'd much rather toss another 400W in there than have to have the heater going to keep it warm enough. I've taken over the spare bedroom upstairs to use as a veg room then when I have enough plants move them downstairs to the grow room. I need two 400W or the 1000 going in there to keep it warm enough even now and the heater has to kick in during the dark period to maintain 65 - 70F. I like it at 75F during their day.
That's a lot of propane and it's not cheap. I used to deliver propane to oil rigs, pump jacks and homes way up north around Zama City, Alberta. We got natural gas here and it's dirt cheap compared to electricity but I'm not bringing in a gas fitter to install a line in my grow room. lol I am thinking of putting one in myself to run a CO2 generator as there is a capped gas line just outside the room and it's not rocket science. Already ran my own power lines in when I needed more juice in there so what's the dif. In for a dime, in for a dollar and would be a lot cheaper than bottled CO2.
That's the thing @Lola Grows. There's no one solution that works for everyone just like everything else in life.
I had Tasty already on my list. A rep from timber is helping me out ( thanks to some wonderful guys here on RIU) & Fluence lighting has also been recommended. I'll research a bit on HLG, but I'm kind of leaning towards one of those 3.
Some people need bigger lights than what you are using, if you are happy with what you got more power to you, i live in a high plains desert, and i have no problem with handling the heat from over 2kw of HID lights, i also pay .11 cents per kwh during peak hours and .07 cents per kwh during off peak hours ( i run my lights during off peak hours , so i wouldn't ever see much return on investment on my LEDs)
yes and i said at least 5 times its not for everyone and even said if you have a big space, dont care about electricty ect ect then its a different conversation.
I use LEDs, i'm not a hps die hard, you just gotta realize the LED market is for small hobby sized grows, they don't work as well as a HPS for larger sized rooms for a multitude of reasons. I highly doubt we will see HPS go away unless LED initial cost goes down substantially and they start offering LEDs that have a better spectrum, i know i am not gonna use my LEDs without using a UV supplemental light, and for larger rooms that's not really gonna work.
It would be nice to have some actual, real discussion with proof and results. But that may be asking too much I guess? People on here seem awfully pissy considering this is a forum of people interested in marijuana, you'd think it would be a bit more relaxed! Haha.There's been enough discussion on the topic. Time to lock and kill this discussion.
What kind of proof and results would you be looking for?
You guessed right.
Settle down beavis.
How about people who have grown with both and have results to compare from similar setups, strains, etc.? I'm sure there are some who could lend valuable results and information.
Was your setup comparable between CMH, HPS and LED?
I was trying to edit my response and deleted , sorry bout that, electric savings i use like 450 watts to see a comparable yield to my 600w hps, i use mostly cree older series so i could upgrade and use less, as for heat , lighting sources doesnt really matter 450w of any light is 450w of heat, i still need to exhaust and deal with it, yield wise i think LEDs are the best but for quality i think CMH is the best.
Thank you for the info. I'm looking at setting up a 4x4 tent and have been going back and forth on lighting for quite some time. Still haven't come to a decision and the more I seem to read, the less I feel like I know and the less decisive I feel I've become about my setup.
4x4 is a good area to grow in, you can start with pretty much any type of light , might wanna try to start cheap to figure out how you wanna grow your plants, each person does different methods, i'm an organic guy now but i started as a soil drain to waste guy, tried coco, tried RDWC hydro , for me growing is about experimenting with new things to find out what fits your best and enjoying the process. I just started breeding my plants together, and that's something new and fun for me. I hope you can enjoy it, happy toking
