DubB83
Well-Known Member
The thing is you need to build a panel if you want the correct results. Also the high wattage LEDs (over 1.5 amp a piece) produce enough light within 12" of the plant to grow if you have the correct color and enough of the correct amperage. To get your plants to flower better you will need a source of infrared light in the room, a CFL will work.
Go to the sites that suggestively sell their lights and look at their wavelenghts (something like 450nm and 650nm respectively for red/blue), go to an electronics site like digikey.com and order yourself some highwattage LEDs in the same wavelength. Order enough to build one panel 2 blue per 1 red and another panel that is 3 red per 1 blue.
Use your 2 blue per 1 red panel for veg and add the other panel for flower.
This will not be cheap as the right LEDs cost $4-5 a peice last time I checked and you will need hundreds as well as patience and soldering supplies.
For a 12v power supply I used a laptop power supply for my last try. It will produce buds and veg well for less wattage but you should still think about adding supplemental lighting like a few warm white CFLs during flowering.
Go to the sites that suggestively sell their lights and look at their wavelenghts (something like 450nm and 650nm respectively for red/blue), go to an electronics site like digikey.com and order yourself some highwattage LEDs in the same wavelength. Order enough to build one panel 2 blue per 1 red and another panel that is 3 red per 1 blue.
Use your 2 blue per 1 red panel for veg and add the other panel for flower.
This will not be cheap as the right LEDs cost $4-5 a peice last time I checked and you will need hundreds as well as patience and soldering supplies.
For a 12v power supply I used a laptop power supply for my last try. It will produce buds and veg well for less wattage but you should still think about adding supplemental lighting like a few warm white CFLs during flowering.
