Need advice on LED lights...

For your 32"x32" veg tent, I would say get about 200w actual power. For the 48x48, I don't think anything less than 600w actual would make me happy. Good luck with whatever you choose. Maybe try shopping around some more for some other options, or are you deadset on using pro grows?

I agree with puffenuff, you want AT LEAST 600W in a 4x4. Ideally you want a 600W light and a couple for side/angle lighting on top of that.

I'm not dead set on using the pro grow's just read a lot of good reviews about them... So I can throw the pg240 in the vegging tent. The two pg400's won't be enough to supply the flowering tent? If those aren't a good fit, what would be some good suggestions...

If I can't find some sort of LED to run in the flowering tent, I'll probably just keep the 400hps...

Some help...?

talk to ben at hydro hut then you will hate pro grows. that guy is more shady than a tree. from what i hear the fans sound like a garbage disposal. good ones not that i have used them all. but from journals and other people on here, area 51, fero, black dog, apollo, apache and the magnum. I use an apollo 8 and i like it. endurox uses fero . puff uses the apache and they all kick ass. there are other journals on here with other lights too

What if I went with either 2 of the Apollo 8's....OR 2 of the Apollo 10's...OR just 1 of the Fero AF-600...OR just 1 of the Blackdog 700's?

It's a lot of money to spend, just trying to buy what I need, instead of buying one and hating it...

I think that I have somewhat decided on the Apollo 10's, I'll need to get three of them though. One for the vegging tent and 2 for the flowering tent. They seem like the best coverage and wattage for the money, without spending a couple thousand dollars. I can always add different stuff in as I go if need be. What do you guys think about that idea?

Thats why i went with apollo from cidly. They are much less in cost and built better than most. They do custom spectrum to your liking. I can't comprehend spending more than twice as much for less wattage , even if the more expensive ones have a life time warranty. In a few years the tech will progress so much more that you will buy another one anyway. Who knows how long those companies will be around for. Fero doesn't even have a website anymore. They only make one light now.

Almost every company in the mj industry starts to go under eventually. Then discount hydro buys them out or just takes over. They own R&M supply which owns C.A.P. which owns everything. Quantum, ushio, digilux, maxlume, dyna gro, hanna, can fan, bio bizz, technaflora, ona, etc.... many more i cant think of. My point, companies don't last..


I have an 8 . I might sell it and get 2 10s or a par 420. I haven't decide yet. I will when the the money is there.

for veg you won't need as much wattage. so you could probably go with an 8 or a 6. save some money. in veg they will cover a 1x1 more than in flower. so the 10 will cover 3x6 in veg and a 2x5 in flower. each module covers a sq ft in flower

hyroot said:

Thats why i went with apollo. They are much less in cost and built better than most. They do custom spectrum to your liking. I can't comprehend spending more than twice as much for less wattage , even if the more expensive ones have a life time warranty. In a few years the tech will progress so much more that you will buy another one anyway. Who knows how long those companies will be around for. Fero doesn't even have a website anymore. They only make one light now.

Almost every company in the mj industry starts to go under eventually. Then discount hydro buys them out or just takes over. They own R&M supply which owns C.A.P. which owns, everything. Quantum, ushio, digilux, maxlume, dyna gro, hanna, can fan, bio bizz, technaflora, ona, etc.... many more i cant think of. My point, companies don't last..


I have an 8 . I might sell it and get 2 10s or a par 420. I haven't decide yet. I will when the the money is there.

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I've seen Orange, Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, White, and UV/IVB
If I went with the 2 Apollo 10's in the flowering tent, what spectrum of lights would I get?? Cause I really have no clue...

Same thing for the vegging tent, would I just get blue and white, or would I go with something different?

i just did a flower spectrum

per module and 90 degree lenses

7 red 660nm
4 red 630nm
1 orange 610-615nm
2 blue 460nm
1 white 2700k

sub one IR chip for a 660 on just the corner modules. they run at 0.8 watts. the rest run at 2.4 watts. So not do drop wattage too much. Then I supplement uv with reptile bulbs

I don't use 420nm. Imo that wave length slows growth during flower. maybe a little during veg
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for veg maybe

7 blue 460
2 white 6500k
2 white 4000k
1 orange 610-615nm
2 red 660nm
2 red 630nm


do some research and tweak it to what ever you want. read up on chlorophyll a b c and what spectrums plants absorbs and at waht time in the grow they need those

Sounds like a winner to me. thanks for the input. This is all a little over a month out, providing we have a good summer harvest...

I bought a Procyon a couple years ago, and I use it for veg in
A tent with wonderful results, To save money where I can on
The electric bill too. But it was spendy, and I can only veg
5-6 plants at a Time. Good luck .

i just got my tent 56X56 tent up and running with a dr growrite "450" and dr. growrite "300" running in the same tent. clones are in it they are the "dynamite" strain(grapefruit) today was day one. grow journal starts tomorrow. check it out. im really impressed with "cliff's service" we shall how well the product delivers. so bright it literaly burns my eyes to look in the tent!