Illuminator Mother Keeper 180W LED Grow Light

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klaasy1

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I've never grown my own medicine before, besides throwing some seeds in the corner of my backyard 30+ yrs ago. I started doing some reading, and got super excited about the LED technology and bought the Illuminator Mother Keeper 180W LED Grow Light. It hasn't arrived in the mail yet, thank goodness because I have alot to learn in a short amount of time. My first question would be how big of a grow tent/area will this one light cover and how many plants will it grow? I am thinking of using the scrog method and need to design and build my area. I did find out from the manufacturer that the actual wattage was 160-165. PVC and mylar look like good cheap materials for the tent; any and all cheap little design hints would be appreciated ;D
 
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vilify

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LED's have a pretty small footpring. 3x3 would be pushing it. i dont do any more than 2 plants per LED in flower, really depends on the plant size as well.

scrog style, i wouldnt do any more than 1 plant under it. IMO.
 
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klaasy1 said:
I've never grown my own medicine before, besides throwing some seeds in the corner of my backyard 30+ yrs ago. I started doing some reading, and got super excited about the LED technology and bought the Illuminator Mother Keeper 180W LED Grow Light. It hasn't arrived in the mail yet, thank goodness because I have alot to learn in a short amount of time. My first question would be how big of a grow tent/area will this one light cover and how many plants will it grow? I am thinking of using the scrog method and need to design and build my area. I did find out from the manufacturer that the actual wattage was 160-165. PVC and mylar look like good cheap materials for the tent; any and all cheap little design hints would be appreciated ;D
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it has always fascinated me u going to do grow thread or is this it?
 
JamesBong007

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I'm not sure if the lights footprint is good for a SCRoG, but you could try. If it's all for personal use I'd grow autos or go 12/12 from seed.
 
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klaasy1

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JamesBong007 said:
I'm not sure if the lights footprint is good for a SCRoG, but you could try. If it's all for personal use I'd grow autos or go 12/12 from seed.
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I would think that LED would be great for scrog because it can be so close... at first I think I would really like to see a 3'x3' screen full of nugs. (3'x3'... what was I thinking??) I have already outgrown my own imaginary setup!
 
Harrekin

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klaasy1 said:
I would think that LED would be great for scrog because it can be so close... at first I think I would really like to see a 3'x3' screen full of nugs. (3'x3'... what was I thinking??) I have already outgrown my own imaginary setup!
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You probably wouldn't get the coverage to do an entire scrog plant tho...
 
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