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canagrow
canagrowstarted grow question 3 years ago
Is it worthy to grow plants with led strip found on amazon ? like this one : https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07QFPBQDR/ref=emc_b_5_i?th=1 or even cheaper ? It is hard to find some trusty testing of this kind of stuff
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 3 years ago
Forget them, they are crap and do not produce light in the right spectrums for proper growth.
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 3 years ago
All a brand sells you is a fine tuned spectrums..... everything else is just component. Once you find a smd that fits what your looking for you can calculate anything else. You can buy a strip of high grade led strip direct from source for 20 bucks another 20 30 for a driver and you are gravy. ( I'd strongly advise a basic knowledge of electrical workings before wiring yourself) buts it's like 30 - 40 mins of correct study. Check my recent diary if you would like to see application of such led strip. I personally run 600 smd 5032 let's on a single strip at 100w this pumps out around 32000 lumens of desired color. A 400 watt board can pumps around 60-70000 lumens at around 500 dollars. Light is light, dont let anyone sell you snake oil. I'll probably do a grow with just the strip to prove you can grow with 20 dollars of led next. Good luck 👍 💓
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Wicked_Stix
Wicked_Stixanswered grow question 3 years ago
I would go with something like this. It has samsung lm301 diodes run on a meanwell driver. I have been running these diodes and drivers for a while and they work great. https://www.amazon.com/EnFun-Updated-EF-2000-Compatible-Hydroponic/dp/B08C7DYMR9/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=EZH9IE15GQUZ&keywords=enfun+led+grow+light&qid=1646823302&sprefix=enfun%2Caps%2C145&sr=8-3&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 3 years ago
Light is radiation, you can grow plants with any light whatsoever given it provides enough photons to activate the photosynthesis process. You can grow with pure red, pure blue any combination you want, they will grow very differently and not very well when compared to "full spectrum" Cannabis plants can detect light using photoreceptors that detect light from 350nm to 650nm or thereabouts. What we mean by full spectrum is basically just "all the colors" white itself is not a color it's just all the colors at varying levels of intensity mixed into one "light" the brighter the light the more "lumens" or luminosity. White light is generally measured in Kelvin, this is gives you a general idea of the majority of colors within a white light, 2-3000 Kelvin will be warm with lots of reds, this simulates ☀️, cold winters bring 5-6000 Kelvin with alot more blues. This simulates winters/early spring. Next up you want LED - Light emitting diodes SMD - Standard micro device All board manufacturers actually sell are a couple smd leds stuck to a hunk of metal with some strings and a power driver.... 100watts 200 watts whatever.. Like computer chips the technology moves so fast, light chips that were good last year are ok 2 years later. Look up the latest smd led I think it's somewhere like smd 5053 , spend 30 40 min looking at different types / pros and cons etc. All a manufacturer
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Benzels
Benzelsanswered grow question 3 years ago
No. lols. U CAN use em to start seeds off, but after that no. If you look at the light output at 8 inches from the plant its only enough light to support a plant thats 1-2 weeks old at the most and thats pushing it at two weeks. It also has no red so you cant use it for flower. So its a waste of money. Look at the light reviews on the site here- there are plenty of lights that will work and are around the same price as this. VIPARSPECTRA P1000 LED Grow Light Full Spectrum, I have my eye on this now on ebay, 4 AU. If you want a cheap light I suggest this. Its cheap BUT its also decent, Im also getting the P600 for seedlings and clones. If you wants bit better quality, go for the VIPARSPECTRA XS1000 but it costs more. Entry level lights with a dimmer knob is rare, but these all have em. You cant spend less than 100 bucks on a decent grow light, u just cant ok. And by decent I mean decent all over.
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Dgessy
Dgessyanswered grow question 3 years ago
Lot de 6 tube led, pour une puissance de 120w. 20w par tube led. 120w est suffisant oour un petit espace genre 60x60. Le seul soucis, c'est que l'on ne connait pas la marque des leds....samsung lm281, lm301..... Si les leds sont bas de gamme, alors même avec 1000w pas bon.
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question 3 years ago
Don't waste your time. I have some of these. I use them mainly for lighting up lower sides to see better when I work on my plants. Get a real light that is full spectrum, and has IR and UV. Enough wattage as well.
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