LED lights

hey guys i an doing a dwc single pot grow and she in day 38 12/12,
the bottom half of my plants not get enought light and was wondering if i got handy LED lights for the bottom of her would it inprove the yelid at the bottom?
are is the LED lights for growing diffrent from the house hole ones u buy in nomal shops??

Much cheaper supplemental lighting would be some CFLs. LEDs cost some serious $$$

Buy a couple of 48" T5's 30$ each, you can dasey chain them up to 8 and they are 2 prong plug, T12's are old news, LEDS vote still out on them.

Peace

leds are great but not for what you want. i think your asknig if the little led lights that go in a socket you get at walmart will work for growing. im going to say that they most likly will not. get cfls for what you want. i have a 600 watt led i am getting good results from but the light pen on a led alone isent that great. aka, lower branches dont get much light

yeah i agree with the lower branchs dont get the light. work great on scrog

Scrog is full of win.

celticweed said:

hey guys i an doing a dwc single pot grow and she in day 38 12/12,
the bottom half of my plants not get enought light and was wondering if i got handy LED lights for the bottom of her would it inprove the yelid at the bottom?
are is the LED lights for growing diffrent from the house hole ones u buy in nomal shops??

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LEDs are just too expensive to use as "supplemental" lighting on a single plant. In order to get the extra light needed, you would probably have to grab a 90w fixture or greater. That will run you at least $130. Also, LED coverage area is very limited. LEDs are great from straight down with CFLs used to illuminate the undergrowth.

If you wanted, you could grab a 90w UFO and angle it in from the top/side and angle your other main light in from the other top/side. That will get you extra light lower on the plant on both sides, but still covers the top nicely. CFLs are still cheaper though.