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Hey all.
I'm starting a grow this fall indoors. I have a 11'x8'm room I want to start a crop of peppers in. They take months, and I want to plant a ton of them to sell next summer. I've got lots of space to take them outside next spring, that's not the point here tho.
What I'm asking for is advice on lighting. I'd like to keep costs as low as possible for power consumption, but, I do understand tradeoffs in price for quality. That said, my value points are spectrum quality and expected life of a unit.
I understand that paying more up front will save money in the long run - but I'm old enough to know that alot of 'features' that add cost don't matter. I think of a 36" television I bought years ago that had 'picture in picture'. Was the hottest thing at the time. Was also the most useless feature ever made. I knew the manager of the place I bought it at. He told me at retail it added about $150 (or 10%) to the price. So, 10% of the cost was for something that'd never be used.
Ok, so a little off track.
I've got a handy little 400w hps that's done me right for a long time. Now, for heat control and power consumption, I'm open to led. There's alot of really cool things happening now with them. And, diy does have it's appeals. I would need to invest some serious time into working it through tho. I'm pretty handy, so it's not too intimidating.
I expect to take a look at some options that fit the bill, and try to find the best fit for my budget and value points. I'm not married to anything atm, but led sounds like the path tbh.
In other words, I'm open to any and all suggestions about lighting, trying to raise some slow growing plants through the winter, and, popping in some proper mj beans too as I go.
I'm going to be spending some time in here over the next week or three, and edjamakate meself about led.
Thanks for reading this far. If you have any thoughts on requirements, total units needed, best quality for lowest price - feel free to suggest. I have no view on brands atm, although some advertise better than others![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I'm starting a grow this fall indoors. I have a 11'x8'm room I want to start a crop of peppers in. They take months, and I want to plant a ton of them to sell next summer. I've got lots of space to take them outside next spring, that's not the point here tho.
What I'm asking for is advice on lighting. I'd like to keep costs as low as possible for power consumption, but, I do understand tradeoffs in price for quality. That said, my value points are spectrum quality and expected life of a unit.
I understand that paying more up front will save money in the long run - but I'm old enough to know that alot of 'features' that add cost don't matter. I think of a 36" television I bought years ago that had 'picture in picture'. Was the hottest thing at the time. Was also the most useless feature ever made. I knew the manager of the place I bought it at. He told me at retail it added about $150 (or 10%) to the price. So, 10% of the cost was for something that'd never be used.
Ok, so a little off track.
I've got a handy little 400w hps that's done me right for a long time. Now, for heat control and power consumption, I'm open to led. There's alot of really cool things happening now with them. And, diy does have it's appeals. I would need to invest some serious time into working it through tho. I'm pretty handy, so it's not too intimidating.
I expect to take a look at some options that fit the bill, and try to find the best fit for my budget and value points. I'm not married to anything atm, but led sounds like the path tbh.
In other words, I'm open to any and all suggestions about lighting, trying to raise some slow growing plants through the winter, and, popping in some proper mj beans too as I go.
I'm going to be spending some time in here over the next week or three, and edjamakate meself about led.
Thanks for reading this far. If you have any thoughts on requirements, total units needed, best quality for lowest price - feel free to suggest. I have no view on brands atm, although some advertise better than others