Budzbuddha
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No bat soup for me ... fuck dat
Cheap led grow lights
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WindblownSquash
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The reason this is not non-sense is because wattage actually means nothing to plants. The reason wattage matters is because plants actually grow according to the lumen value of the light and the spectrum. LED lights are able to create the same amount of lumens on a potentially fuller spectrum with less wattage pull from the outlet. This is because the light diodes are so concentrated. This is also the reason why the lights have less penetration.
xtsho
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Which jobs are those? Starbucks has been here for quite a while.
Please take your narcissistic, better-than-thou opinions to the politics section, or a different site.
farmingfisherman
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I'm using two cheap Spider farmer 1000 led lights and one not cheap Sun System Boss 315 CMH.. Wonder what kind of quality I'll end up with from using a little of this and little of that? 
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Boatguy
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More nonsense. My leds have good penetration.
Amount of watts are important. Granted leds have better efficiency, but there is no 100w led that can match a 1000w hid.
Around 35w per square foot for good led is a decent baseline, as opposed to 50w per square foot for hid.
WindblownSquash
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Well. I didn’t claim those ridiculous numbers. But I have a 600 watt light that pulls 250 I think from the outlet and when I test the lumens value it’s around the same value as a 600 watt light.
PURPLEB3RRYKUSH
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Get about 44 grows at 24 hours with these new leds
WindblownSquash
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Sources:
3 Facts About Watts and Lumens for LEDs — 1000Bulbs Blog
It’s time to clear up some common misconceptions about the relationship between Watts and Lumens for your household LEDs.
blog.1000bulbs.com
LED Grow Lights - The Myth About Watts
LED grow lights for growing plants, especially for starting seedlings, is energy efficient, but which one should you buy? Should you buy based on watts? Which LED wavelengths work best for plants? Understand these myths before buying a new LED grow light.
www.gardenmyths.com
the second website makes a very good point. Watts is the measure of electricity used. Not how much light is created. Watts cannot be converted to lumens which is the measure of how much light there is. We have just known that with traditional light there were certain values. LED’s don’t follow those same rules.
WindblownSquash
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The response was to you actually
WindblownSquash
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You
Midiver
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No soup for you!
WindblownSquash
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If you have your lights in a tent with reflective siding then it will seem as if your lights have better penetration than they do because led bounces off of reflective surfaces particularly well
PadawanWarrior
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Nice. My favorite Combo is cmh and LED's so far. It kicks ass.I'm using two cheap Spider farmer 1000 led lights and one not cheap Sun System Boss 315 CMH.. Wonder what kind of quality I'll end up with from using a little of this and little of that?
Midiver
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No more cars for you!
Midiver
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Are you using red and blue LEDs or those white full spectrum lights
PadawanWarrior
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HLG Rspec's, and HLG 100's. Those Spider Farm ones look really nice too. You're plants are gonna love it. The cmh puts off some UV to get them a little frostier.
Midiver
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Great, info HLG has some great prices on those. They have reg. MH for 80 US Dollars with custom General Electric bulbs, but I bet not digital just magnetic which have been reported as way less efficient. Nevertheless they are perfect for starters with supplement LED, even with burples. I watched a video tonight of the largest grower in the states, all the lights were LED panels about 3 to 4 Ft above the canopy and those lights were dim, they would auto adjust to the plants bio needs. Hydroponic grown mist with huge buds looked like over 12 inches. Biggest seller was tha S Afracan Sativa.
NeWcS
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hahahahahahaaaaaa lol. Put the cool-aid down and step away from the brain-washing machine. What a joke of a statement. Wake-up.
Couch_Lock
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Its a nice combo, its what I used for 2 grows prior. This time I'm all LED, so Im curious the difference I'll see. I'll say one thing I've noticed, I have faster early growth this run. Not sure how they'll finish.