Hempstar 3 Stage LED Grow

rasputin71 said:

I am trying to keep 5 in flower, spaced 2 weeks apart. They spend the first 4 weeks on the 400w MH dominant side to reduce stretch, the next 4 weeks under the HPS side, and the final 2 weeks in the center (hopefully) getting both spectrums.

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That sounds like a great plan. If I was still running HPS I'd definately be keeping MH for early flowering. My original plan was to have a three stage grow (a month apart) but hoping to kick it up to a five stage grow and have them three weeks apart. Gotta work with the plant numbers though so we'll see how that pans out

Run a bunch of 9 week strains and you can rock 3 in flower 3 in veg 3 weeks apart

what is the exact name of the 170w led lights you used?and where did you get them?

alexarasbest said:

what is the exact name of the 170w led lights you used?and where did you get them?

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I vegged under a single ISIS-1 170 (which has an actual draw of 120 watts) and the flowering was done under two 357 Magnums (which have actual draws of 180 watts). I ordered the ISIS from ledgrowlightsdirect. The Magnums I ordered online also and I think the site was www.357led.com and I know it's back in this thread somewhere but just googled them and looks like there's a bunch of sites/reps now so not 100% sure which one I ordered from. They are both from the same parent company from what I understand.

Love your led grows dunit. I'm thinking about picking up the 357 magnums myself. the website didnt allow me to use my credit card though...only money wire or money order. did u have to use the same payment methods? i just dont want to get ripped off =/

Rian said:

Love your led grows dunit. I'm thinking about picking up the 357 magnums myself. the website didnt allow me to use my credit card though...only money wire or money order. did u have to use the same payment methods? i just dont want to get ripped off =/

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The first time I ordered I used CC. One of my friends ordered and used paypal. When I went to order the second time neither option was available so I emailed and asked WTF. The response I got was that paypal and their merchant account (visa/mc) had flagged them as drug related and they have to have a security screening to determine it's a legitimate business and its gonna take up to six weeks to get cleared. That was about three weeks ago. Paypal, Visa, MC are all US based (for a Canadian company) and the DEA are a pretty terrifying bunch so not surprised they cover their ass.

I guess there's a downside to actually posting on your website what they are designed to do.
I wondered about the "truth in advertising" when I first saw their website and sounds like it's biting them in the ass.

I am in Canada and so are they so for me I wasn't worried as I sent a wire transfer from one canadian bank to another. Wasn't like I was mailing a money order off shore. I'm cautious by nature so I did do a little research and their parent company was registered in Sept 2008 so not exactly fly by nite. Their registered business address is an actual physical address in Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia and not some PO box.

That's about all the assurance I can give you. I can't guarantee your lights will show up but mine did. I just ordered another ISIS for veg and that should be here in a week so I'll let you know when that shows up.

I used to thing that Paypal made a company legit and I'm still waiting for refunds or a Toyota key FOB, iphone case and oakley sunglasses all ordered from seperate ebay power sellers and paid for through paypal. My "disputes" are more than a year old and one is three years.

Paypal sucks and sure doesn't make a business legit so no matter who you order from do some research!

was readin through from the beginning but ran out of time so sorry if its already been discussed... ledbudguy pulled down over 700+ grms with 850 watts led but thats running 5 isis wich is there advertised wattage.... the web site says 120 watt actual draw sooooooooooo its a lil more like 700+ grms on 600 watts of actual draw wich makes it more like 1.2 grms per watt (or somewhere close seemin i cant remember his exact weigh in).... correct me if im wrong or missed sumthin but thats a lil more impressive than the already impressive "almost 1 grm per watt" acclaim from his journal!!!

filenid said:

was readin through from the beginning but ran out of time so sorry if its already been discussed... ledbudguy pulled down over 700+ grms with 850 watts led but thats running 5 isis wich is there advertised wattage.... the web site says 120 watt actual draw sooooooooooo its a lil more like 700+ grms on 600 watts of actual draw wich makes it more like 1.2 grms per watt (or somewhere close seemin i cant remember his exact weigh in).... correct me if im wrong or missed sumthin but thats a lil more impressive than the already impressive "almost 1 grm per watt" acclaim from his journal!!!

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He pulled 762 grams off 600 watts actual draw. 1.27 grams per watt. He set the benchmark. He's cutting down his newest one tonite and looks like he's gonna wax that record.