Too much Light!

don't really know where to put this but can a grow room have too much light? and also what is a good brand of led to get for a room that is 3x4 or 3x3?

I think you only have 'too much' light if your temperatures are too high, or you are burning your plants.

You can't have too much light, period.

First there is this, where light intensity over a certain point is wasted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthetic_efficiency
"Photosynthesis by D.O.Hall & K.K.Rao says that photosynthesis increases linearly up to about 10,000 lux or ~100 watts/square meter
before beginning to exhibit saturation effects. Thus, most plants can only utilize ~10% of full mid-day sunlight intensity."




Then there is bleaching going on with to much LED light.

So yes I think you can have to much light, it's properly a rare occurrence but for argument sake, I'll say yes you can.

hpizzle said:

don't really know where to put this but can a grow room have too much light? and also what is a good brand of led to get for a room that is 3x4 or 3x3?

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leds suck...jus sayin

Kite High said:

leds suck...jus sayin

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They make more noise then I imagined that's for sure, and the thought of keep having a study with a closet grow is under consideration.
And they don't heat my room as well as my HPS did, they simply ain't using enough power and it's a bit chilly here right now.

I can't think off anything else that's negative about them.

But please share your experience Mr. vocabulary

no such thing as a good led for growing

hate rises from ignorance fellas

Never used LEDs

I have seen some great grows using led lights. The problem is that the cost of them is still to high as compared to any other system.

You can have too much light fyi.
Why dontt people use 1k in a 3x3 then?

What's with all these LED bashers? I thought I was in a 2 year old thread!!! Led's are here to stay..... it's documented all over RIU. In the next 5 years as they perfect them & the cost comes down, LED's will dominate the market. I recommend a Blackstar 500 for a 3x3, 3x4
You get around 305 watts with BS 500.