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So this is my L.E.D. Veg. in a 1.5' x 1.5' closet:

Hash Plant (from clone)
1 qt. bucket
1 - 90wt - LED All Blue - 18hrs - From Growl Led
1 - 26wt - CFL 5000k - 6hrs
1 - 26wt - CFL 6500k - 6hrs
Temp = NEVER ABOVE 75 (w/ heat running in house)
Food = Age Old Grow(every other feeding)

Started: 04 - Sept - 2009


This pic is from day 13


This pic is from day 16

Hey guys growing in the caribbean with short day light cycle..
very guerilla style stuck on a caribbean island very humid very buggy
and a lot of power outages
electricity is expensive about 36 cent a kilowat hr..
4 led glow panels run on a sine inverter (for back up power) 18 hrs a day in
c plus cfls.
Using Led's for cloning n basic veggieng then to a glass house..
basically led's saved my grow room's life bills were killing me
with hps and even flouro's ran my temps up hight ventilation need cooling which meant airconditioning =more power consumption..
so led's for me is now, not the future...

This is Day 20 (after planting from small, small, hardly rooted clones) 20 Days so far...

This is Day 24:
Everything is going very smooth, the plants look super healthy and are growing at the same pace (if not better from lack of heat) than and HID MH.

Thanks for this thread, as I am on the fence on getting hps or higher wattage led's

Picked up some cheap LED's to augment my floro's. Got 2 red/blue 12X12 panels. However, they are only 13.8 w / per panel. I don't know how much they are helping, but I suspect they are not powerful enough.

There is one thing I know for sure. the HID's and HPS's give off heat. That heat means energy wasted. Unless that heat is needed for a cool room, it's wasted $. But that doesn't necessarily mean they aren't the best light for the job.

If the LED's can provide the right spectrum of light, I think they are on to something. My guess is they don't have that dialed in yet. There is a huge market of pot growers that will provide the incentive for led mfr's to get it right.

Crimble: Could you check your math/measurements. 1.5' x 1.5' ? Really? LOL.

Crimble: Also, I think you need red for flowering

Ha I know "1.5" when I noticed it, i could not edit it

I am in Veg, not flower yet, only day 26 from rooted clone.

For Flower we are using a 300WHT "Pitbull" 5 Spectrum (2 (different)reds, amber, blue, white) All Flower model from Growl L.E.D.

Brainwarp, the issue with L.E.D.'s, to me, at the moment, is that so many different brands are out they seem to cloud what people "think" L.E.D.'s can do. I have been dealing with Growl, and I really like the customer service, I like the direction and the way this company thinks. For me, so far, everything has been working out better then I expected.

Oct 2 - Time to flip over to Flower 12/12

The plants are going strong and time to go to flower this week!

Very strong smell, healthy, vibrant, no leaf defects/discoloration what-so-ever, all deep color green, no bugs!

Best of all: With L.E.D's I haven't used more than 200WHT total this entire veg cycle (fans and CFL included), never went above 70 degrees EVER, I even turned the heat WAY up in the house to see what would happen and the room stayed cool as ever! L.E.D.'s ROCK (for VEG so far) if you use them properly, ie... Good reflection, Not too many plants (L.E.D.'s cover small areas you WON'T grow 6 pounds with 90WHTS), attention to your plants is key: give them love and pay attention to what they are doing and a GROWL LED light will work. I can't speak for ALL LED lights, thats like saying all computers work the same. This GROWL company makes a good product that WILL WORK FOR VEG (so far), that I can say for sure.

Now lets see what this new 3000WHT - 5 band FLOWER ONLY - Pitbull model from Growl LED can do!

I am using a new LED it is a white light. I am keeping a Grow Journal "New LED"

Here are some specs:

Dimensions
48”W x 6”(D) x 4.5”(H)
13 pounds
Light Output
Replaces 350W incandescent or 80W FL
Voltage
Universal 100v-277v
LED Watts
60, 85, or 120
Power Factor
>.95
Color Temp.
5100K
LED Performance
Generation 2 LED SE x4
Energy Factor
.0.95 (at 208V)
Warranty
5 year
Mounting Bolts
Hooks or conduit (not included)
Finishes
Standard: Silver, Charcoal, Brown
Custom Colors Available
Fixture Design
Commercial grade aluminum surround
Fixture utilizes standard 3 wire connection
Input Voltage
100-277V AC
Operating Temp
-40..+60 deg C | -40..+140 deg F
Efficacy
70-110 Lumens/Watt
Scotopic Advantage
Factor x1.7

The leaves are yellow because I messed up on NUTES. It is CANNA and I never used it before we use GH at othe set-up.

This is from the company not me. They said that a light should have this done. I dont know all I know is that my light seems to be working the real test will be in flowering.

Photosynthetically Active Radiation

PAR tests rate G2LED at 1200 at operational (task) distance.
(2000 PAR is a sunny day).
1200 PAR at 3 inches,
388 PAR at 6 inches.
The next best HPS1000 watt bulb has only a 384PAR.

I use a 90 watt tri led and went with 2 flor from walmart. I also have no ventilation. The 2 flo grow lights from walmart keep a steady heat an i keep them on the side of the plants and the led is hung on top. I need to get a camera but im a little broke right now. My bubs are lighter than others but it smokes great and is a great body high "couch eats ya" I like the LEDs low heat and great results. If u just getting smoke for ur self its great i rotate 4 plants and normally have bub. No more 60 to 120 per bag

Day 2 in Flower,

using the 5 band 300wht Pitbull from GROWL.

k.. 300 watt led i do not sell them i don't know anybody that sells them other than where i got mine....but i can tell u this they kick ass if u know what ur doing...i am truely amazed...so if ur thinking about getting 1.. just get 1 from some1 u know that ur not getting screwed...dude these things work...awsome this is no shit i will b posting pics soon...300w blue red orange..and t8 6500 fluros...man unreal....all i know is if u dont like them dont get 1 but when finished with this 1 i will b buying 2 more...pics coming soon unreal..

fallinghigh said:

lol ok my bad. I must have misread something..ty for posting pics. well hopefully this is adequate to detour people away from wasting money, and getting there hopes up thinking a 90 watt light that is = to 600 watt hps..

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yo dude a 90w ufo is the same as 600whid it not as bright now but bright dont grow weed photosyntheses grown weed and led is only 3 percentwasted light as with hid only 20percent of light used

"yo dude a 90w ufo is the same as 600whid it not as bright now but bright dont grow weed photosyntheses grown weed and led is only 3 percentwasted light as with hid only 20percent of light used"

This is where I think the L.E.D. movement fails.
NOTHING has been proven to qualify those statements from the LED sites.
If your LED unit pulls 90whts or 300WHTS, THAN THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE RUNNING.
Yes Yes, PAR and Lumen's argument aside, you are sucking out 90whts from the wall, you are using a 90wht grow light, and you will get good results.
A true statement would be"I was using 2000whts HPS, but now I use 300whts of LED to get the same result", that is fine, but a 90LED is not EQUAL to a 600wht HPS.
As an LED user I wish everyone would stop saying "My 90 wht LED is just like your 600wht HPS, it isn't, but you could say... "I grow more with my 90 than you can with your 600"
Just like as a cannabis user, I wish everyone would stop using the word Marijuana, I know it isn't gonna happen (its too rooted in society), but we all know that Marijuana has little relation to what Cannabis is.

Um I didn't really read the thread.
But heres my first run with LED, but Its like in week 1.5-2wk of flower.
So pictures speak more than words so here.
2x 90wTriband HTGsuppply and side lit 40w cool white and warm white florobulbs, to make sure the spectrum is present somewhere in case they need it.


Unknown bag seed Phototron pruned up to a week before flower.
then



now



constant 70* and 45-50%relative humidity ph6
GH nutes

Today is day 7 - I am amazed at the growth with this 5 band by GROWL.
So far...
no heat issues, I might have to buy a $22 little heater from Wall-Mart, and I HATE Wall-Mart
My temps are so even. The humidity levels are at about %60 and my plants love it so far.
Oh yeah, I am not burning above 350 whts total! Its amazing!

omg this thread turned into a fucking led advertisment lol..... shut the fuck up......... a 600 watt hps would melt the led