5 day old seedling under a 150 watt LED.

Budzbuddha

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Keep light fairly close to reduce stretch .... also 150 watt will not pull much of a plant when it begins serious growth.
 
Keep light fairly close to reduce stretch .... also 150 watt will not pull much of a plant when it begins serious growth.
Thank you for answering. I have been adjusting the light according to the growth of the seedlings. they seem happy at the height it's at right now.
 
The level of lux is based on hour count. How much energy you're sending at the plant over a 18/6 cycle. The lux is lower on a 24/0 cycle. The lux is much higher on 12/12 cycle.
Thank you for explaining that I was pretty confused honestly but that makes sense.
 

Beehive

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You're welcome. I glad I could help you.


I've kept A day by day written journal growing with led. It's tricky until you break it down to what the Hades it is. After that. LED can put a HPS light to shame. Its all in how you use it.
 
Honestly my dad used HPS lights and the product was nice but i never liked the heat thr lights gave off. LEDs honestly to me seem to be the way to go to me.
 

Beehive

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I've used both. Switchable ballast. From Metal halide to high pressure sodium. 400,600,and a 1000...

Worked perfect sorta. Then LEDs come out. Big factor is safety. Fire hazard. No huge sparking bulb that degrades every three months.

I couldn't tell you the wattage on my light. All I measure is volts coming out the driver. 49-53.5 volts is a grow.
 

budman111

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Honestly my dad used HPS lights and the product was nice but i never liked the heat thr lights gave off. LEDs honestly to me seem to be the way to go to me.
Something to remember, watt for watt heat is the same heat generated from LED as it would HPS.
 
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