LumiGrow ES 600w Challenge

Incredible... I bought some LED's as well. I didn't expect them to perform well but thought it would be worth a toss in the bucket. They've faired well, like yours, thicker & bushier. I have found my seedlings liking it more than clones. Why... I dunnnnnno.... Maybe it's the genetics of the mother? Anywayz, I've been enjoying this thread & wanted to thank you for the updates.

ive been having connection issues with my internet for the past week, but now im back in action.

lets have an update.

they have had their first 2 nights of complete darkness. its time to start flowering. the HPS seems to be in the lead so far. they are almost double the size of the LED plants, but the LED side still has many more bud sites. now we will see which unit is gonna produce the best yield. i think that root temps are to blame for the lack of growth on the LED side. i might have to add some heat mats. lets peep some pics.

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let me know what you guys think. i would appreciated any input, good or bad.

Rather than getting a heat mat I would just get a piece of Styrofoam insulation from home depot to put underneath, its cheaper and should bring the temp up to room temp. Anyways great grow thank you for posting it.

1 WEEK FLOWER UPDATE.............

the LED plants are perking up and looking really good. the HPS plants are huge, but with fewer bud sites than the LED side. i gave each side a good 'leafing', and trimmed up the bottoms. i always love the flower portion of the tests. lets have some pics...

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i will have a mid week and full week update from here on out. so expect 2 updates a week. i really want this part of the test to be well documented. let me know what yall think.

What do you think plant size, and bud sites role will be when it comes to the comparison of the two? WIll more bud sites make for more weight, just as a bigger plant will be more weight. Perhaps they will weigh very close, but the growth is the only thing different. That would be excellent!

Lookin' good bro!

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Coming into the final stretch! Someone should just make some kind of LED/MH/HPS hybrid. Then there would be no question which was the best light hehehe, all joking aside, I'm really looking forward to seeing the results. Especially the quanity. Thinkin' the LED's will have smaller buds, but more production & the HPS will have fatter buds, but less production. It'll end up being a dead even weigh-in!

I am new here. Can you tell me what is the final outcome for the two different light systems? Very curious?

Actually just looked at the photos. The LED's don't look bad at all.

Scribed, lookin good CB

BTW, if you like a container with tons of aeration you should
check out Smartpots. Great product

HI I HAVE BEEN GROWING WITH LEDS TOO I USED 2x 90 watt led ufo's @ 630 nm AND A 150 WATT BLUE SPEC ENVIROLITE CFL FOR VEGGING, I ONLY PUT THEM INTO FLOWER ON JAN12TH I CHANGE THE 150W BLUE SPEV ENVIROLITE CFL FOR A RED OF THE SAME WATTAGE MY GIRLS ARE GNARLY!!!!! ILL POST PICS STELTHY

I will soon be adding a cfl and a led pannel to the under side of the plant for better penetration of light leds are cool.......believe the hype!!!!

If any of you are interested in how this led/cfl grow goes i will up date regulary, i currently have 80+ pics on this grow look at my albums and tell me what you think all comments welcome stelthy

Stelthy why are you posting so many pics in this thread? I don't think that the OP would appreciate it, this thread is about 600w of LED vs. 600w of HPS not just any old LED setup
If you want to get more views in your thread than just bump it up, don't go hijacking peoples threads

tom__420 said:

Stelthy why are you posting so many pics in this thread? I don't think that the OP would appreciate it, this thread is about 600w of LED vs. 600w of HPS not just any old LED setup
If you want to get more views in your thread than just bump it up, don't go hijacking peoples threads

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I don't think he meant to.

He did it in another thread too where the guy is growing with a 600w HPS and doesn't have anything LED related in his grow. Why would he post pics there too?

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/284445-homemade-flower-cabinet-2.html#post3661544

And here is stelthy posting his pics in another persons thread:

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/286222-stealth-grow-mommy-3.html#post3670704

Obviously he is meaning to post those pics and hijack the persons thread, I don't see how you could accidentally post pics in multiple threads

Looking good and thanks for all the updates~