I have ten LED lights but have never bought bigger that 360W (as declared, 180W actual draw). I have been testing them (not only them but my overall abilities of growing) for 4 months already. And still do not have best LED practicises set. Why? Because I have always coped with some other problems (fungus gnads, overwatering, too wet vermiculite, root rot, serious summer overheating, etc. etc.).
But there were some periods when plants have thrived under LEDs.
I do not buy big lights because they do not give the flexibility you might need.
Believe me, after you start you discover many things and the main thing is that nobody but YOU can set up YOUR growing environment in order at the end. Everybody has different setup, different RH and heat around, different habits and knowledge and different wishes. So nobody can make the best setup for you today.
You can reach decent level only with a lot of troubles around you. Growing is far from easy, especially at the beginning. For the moment everything looks just fine, next moment you are in serious troubles.
Well, that is why I want to have smaller, flexible lighting. In any moment I can make any change I want. But these are my preferences, maybe not yours.
I am now setting my grow in the way that I will have plants in different growth stages, same time, same place. With flexible lighting you can do whatever you want. AF are satisfied with 20/4 in all growth stages.
Now after finishing with photo plants, my babies are two weeks old and I am adding new ones today.
I think from now on I will always keep the place full of flowering, vegetative thriving and nice young seedlings. And different strains of course and different seed houses. Some proven, some to test.
After some time, things will maybe look different but for the beginning I would go for bigger flexibility. Autoflowers offer it. Besides, I will always grow a little bit too many plants and remove bad performers. It is not so costly but can increase yields. AF have clock, slow growth, low yield. They finish no matter what you do.
But there were some periods when plants have thrived under LEDs.
I do not buy big lights because they do not give the flexibility you might need.
Believe me, after you start you discover many things and the main thing is that nobody but YOU can set up YOUR growing environment in order at the end. Everybody has different setup, different RH and heat around, different habits and knowledge and different wishes. So nobody can make the best setup for you today.
You can reach decent level only with a lot of troubles around you. Growing is far from easy, especially at the beginning. For the moment everything looks just fine, next moment you are in serious troubles.
Well, that is why I want to have smaller, flexible lighting. In any moment I can make any change I want. But these are my preferences, maybe not yours.
I am now setting my grow in the way that I will have plants in different growth stages, same time, same place. With flexible lighting you can do whatever you want. AF are satisfied with 20/4 in all growth stages.
Now after finishing with photo plants, my babies are two weeks old and I am adding new ones today.
I think from now on I will always keep the place full of flowering, vegetative thriving and nice young seedlings. And different strains of course and different seed houses. Some proven, some to test.
After some time, things will maybe look different but for the beginning I would go for bigger flexibility. Autoflowers offer it. Besides, I will always grow a little bit too many plants and remove bad performers. It is not so costly but can increase yields. AF have clock, slow growth, low yield. They finish no matter what you do.
You are getting the AFNlogoSWING:clap::styles rasta:To THE AFN ARMY mjsmokes...first im a big GN fan and i havent grown with the BS lights but from what I have seen GN spectrum is better IMO and the price is right..look around ad see what the actual power draw is of the BS.1 gn-ms0006 will cover a 3.5by 3.5 area thats what such passion says but I rock 2 in a dr90 ..If you plan on having them at different stages ages then more lights will get you greater flexibility like yoda said ..the BS wont do you wrong but the GN will do ya better I think:tiphat::styles rasta:
