I learnt a while ago after having the same problem with shells if you plant it a little deeper say 3cm they have enough time to release the casing before sprouting.
We have a section dedicated to LED growers
https://www.autoflower.org/f138/ would be cool if you could start a diary that way we can help if you have any problems and also get to see your new lights in action oh and we won't have to hijack ermlights thread anymore too lol. Don't take having you link taken down personally it's the same rules for everyone and we are just trying to keep SPAM in check.
Yes, I will start a diary and take some photos first. I hope we have not been hijacking ermlights thread since he should have got valuable information.
So we leave this thread but I want to finish with some conclusions abot LED vs HID.
At least me and Dutch Passion, famous seed experts have come to very similar results (with photo plants, not AF):
Good LED light is exactly 100% more effective than a new HID. But that does not mean 300 W LED light will work as well as 600 W HID. Far from that.
Since 300W LED light consumes approximately 170W (energy for fans included) it is comparable with 340W HID. That means it overpowers 250W bulb but not 400 W.
Many growers who had switched from HID to LED had expected too much from their new LEDs and had installed too little capacities. 600W HID should be replaced with 1200W LED capacities consuming 600W which will last almost forever while HID bulbs should be replaced frequently.
My neighbour can tell you much about HID effectivness. 4 x AF - 2,5 months 288 g, next grow with the same bulb but more experience 240 g, 2,5 months again. Third growth under same light, 4 x AF, more experience and two months have passed he expects 100-150 g, despite last 14 days he has been using additional 165WLED from my collection which added 30g to the result.
I am quite positive that HID works well only first 3 months. And I am quite positive that LED will perform almost as good as the first day after 5 years of continuos use.
