LEDs/CFLs VS HID/HPS

jonnyappleweed

I've have started an experiment w/8 seedlings in soil,24"w X 21"d X 49"t Wardrobe box(foil lined),24v circulation & thermostatically controlled ventilation,2-225 red/blue LED panels overhead and 65w
6500k CFL(will change to 60w 2700k CFL in bloom)by adding addl.
CFLs to the LEDs I hope to increase yield & bloom time.
AND ALL THIS AT LESS THAN 120 watts... IN 16 CUFT
Please check out this dude has just about got it right(bloom time?)

I thank all of whom have contributed to my research thus far.




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Hobo

hmm interesting, ide like to see how this turns out.

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Squirt

Yes, i'm also interested.

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Mogie

That means we would like pictures please.

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videoman

Yes pictures please, document it clearly for us simple minded folks.
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green_nobody

right, feed us some pictures and facts please - what else are you doing there? tell us about your medium, fertilizers, feeding schedules, the lumen per watt ratio of your LEDs and what LEDs you are using exactly - plenty of questions rain down on you now

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jonnyappleweed

I have just uploaded pictures, attached to How to build a LED growbox.
These were taken before installing the LEDs. More to come soon....

jonnyappleweed

I,m trying to keep it simple, I'm using a soil mixture of bagged garden soil(no added fertilizer or moisture gel)mixed with perilite/vermaculite/peat...
As of now I'm watering twice daily 4oz of rooting solution/water on flood/drain.
I just put them into there first pot(5"peat pot)inside a 5" nursery planter,this raises peat pot off bottom of tray giving 1"of air space to bottom of peat pot.
I'll use Miracle-gro 12-4-8 to feed(switch between that and worm casing tea)
I dont have a light meter(yet)so I can't tell what the lumen per watt is.But I can say
is my LED Panels are 12"x12" square contain 60 blue & 165 red LEDs each,they use 13.8 watts of power,are full spectrum,and 1 panel will supply 18sq" of surface area of
with light. PURCHASED FROM: LEDWHOLESALERS_INC (e-bay)

ice#1

theres a guy on another forum i go to that grows lowryder and lowryder crosses under a sweet floro, led mix he evan builds his own led system he gets some monster yeilds for being lowryder and x's and useing floro's and led mix beefiest lil lowryders i've ever seen

jonnyappleweed

I have made a couple of changes to my grow box,I've taken out the CFL and are using just the LEDs.See the pics. in the gallery