Lighting Off the Shelf Screw in LED Bulbs as a Viable Alternative

[alfa88]

I going to build a new light with the led bulbs. I was thinking about adding a t5 reptile bulb for some uv light . This one has some red and blue leds . What do you guys think? View attachment 832250

Quite a bit more expensive than Mr. Sparkle's $12 setup.

 

[Tommy boy]

Just a little. I was just thinking a bit of uv light might be beneficial.

 

[alfa88]

In my case a concern is canopy distance. After a bit more Googling I realized that I may have over done it with too many LED bulbs. I replaced 2 - 23W warm CFLs with 4 - 60W equiv. warm LEDs. The buds started out freakishly white but recovered (excessive light/ bleaching?). My next grow I'll try 4 - 100w equiv. daylight/ 2 - warm Led for veg and switching to 2/4 for flowering. Hopefully that's not too much for my small setup.

 

[Tommy boy]

I grow in a 30x30x84 space. I have 16 100w equivalent .I try to keep the lights at least 18 inches away from the tops I haven't seen any light stress.

 

[alfa88]

Just a little. I was just thinking a bit of uv light might be beneficial.

I've seen that recommendation for LEDs . How the 'off the shelf' bulbs stack up I know not. I'm not that clever.

 

[Tommy boy]

I was using a 400w hps and I think my 250w of screw in bulbs is just as good if not better

 

[alfa88]

I grow in a 30x30x84 space. I have 16 100w equivalent .I try to keep the lights at least 18 inches away from the tops I haven't seen any light stress.

My area is almost 1/2; 10X24X30 but it suits my wants. I'm always striving to increase yield though.

 

[Tommy boy]

Yeah that's pretty small. Have you thought about LST or a scrog?

 

[alfa88]

Yeah that's pretty small. Have you thought about LST or a scrog?

On several occasions I have resorted to LST. 2018 may be the year of scrog for me. Boy-howdy.

 

[hashead]

Budget growing, totally my style! Wanna hook up some supplementary lighting, what do people reckon on these?