chickenpoffpie
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone. this is my first time posting to a forum of any kind. Medical marijuana has recently been voted to be legal in my home state and I've done a lot of reading on growing marijuana, and it seems the more I read about growing it, the more excited and eager I become to grow my own. I can only pray I will be approved for a medical marijuana license.
Anyway, I was wondering if instead of spending my money on an expensive grow light, I could just buy a couple of these 7 bulb light splitters that I've seen on amazon and just buy some 9 watt led lights from Walmart.
If I were to buy two of these bulb splitters and fit them with 9 watt led's, I could equal 126 watts of led light. I feel as though a lot of energy is wasted in how far traditional led grow lights have to be kept from the plants from burning them.
My thinking is that since these 9 watt walmart bulbs are each such low in power and are covered by a plastic "bulb" that disperses the light, and that it is not concentrated in a straight beam and won't light burn the plants (unlike how traditional grow led lights do if you move them too close), I could move them closer to the plants because the actual led bulb has that plastic light dispersing "bulb" over them that traditional grow led lights lack.
I haven't found any information on the internet from people growing with these types of lights so I was wondering if anyone on this forum would have any insight on this kind of setup given the information I have provided. I understand lower kelvins are for flowering and higher ones for vegging and will take this into consideration if and when I start legally growing for myself.
Thank you.
Anyway, I was wondering if instead of spending my money on an expensive grow light, I could just buy a couple of these 7 bulb light splitters that I've seen on amazon and just buy some 9 watt led lights from Walmart.
If I were to buy two of these bulb splitters and fit them with 9 watt led's, I could equal 126 watts of led light. I feel as though a lot of energy is wasted in how far traditional led grow lights have to be kept from the plants from burning them.
My thinking is that since these 9 watt walmart bulbs are each such low in power and are covered by a plastic "bulb" that disperses the light, and that it is not concentrated in a straight beam and won't light burn the plants (unlike how traditional grow led lights do if you move them too close), I could move them closer to the plants because the actual led bulb has that plastic light dispersing "bulb" over them that traditional grow led lights lack.
I haven't found any information on the internet from people growing with these types of lights so I was wondering if anyone on this forum would have any insight on this kind of setup given the information I have provided. I understand lower kelvins are for flowering and higher ones for vegging and will take this into consideration if and when I start legally growing for myself.
Thank you.
