Grow Light Advice

Do not waste your money on fluorescent. Yes, spend the money on proper LED grow lighting. I would even say the Mars Hydro you mentioned is on the small side. I know you said veg only but what are you going to do during flower? I like a light that can provide at least 30 watts per square foot but 35 watts is better. So, even a small tent would need 120-150 watts of quality, white LED lighting. Most lights are variable power so you can turn the power down during veg and then turn it up for flower without the need to buy additional lighting. Lighting is CRITICAL to good production. Poor lighting gives you poor yields. Lighting is really where you need to spend what it takes to get what is needed. While paying for the light might be difficult now, it will provide years of good growing.

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Niello led " Quantum Bar"mit Samsung 301b Chips ! Hab momentan eine mit 200 Watt und sie kann gedimmt werden ! Super Lampe

Also anyone know why the website blocked out all the dollar amounts I listed for the lights I mentioned?? Anyways all the lights I mentioned in the P series (600 &1000 ) were under a hunge bucks on their website. XS series is more expensive but better meanwell drivers.

And having run multiple lights on fish tanks over the years, And i had 19 -22 tanks running at one point with over a dozen lights from fluros to LEDs and all sorts... . LEDs dont burn throu globes. other lights do, and yeah LED's are such a massive diff its not even funny . Once LED's came along and I tried one on a fish tank heavily planted with expensive rare plants, and they grew like crazy, I quickly switched all tanks over to LEDs, with same result. Very quickly switched over to basic LED grow lights before I even looked to getting my own custom LED Fluro tubes made up in china for sale about ten years ago. Now go have a look at a good quality replacement grow light bulb and tell me what they cost?? Hmm?? I grew weed with HPS for ages, the ballasts hummed and and got hot as, your power bills are high and the plants are weaker looking than if you ran a half decent half the power LED. Run a similar powered LED and the results are amazing. There literally is no reason to use old tech anymore- But the price of the bulbs is what grabbed me the fastest as the more lights u have, the more bulbs u need and the price adds up very fast. Also the added heat from a MH light near the top of a tent will make the material brittle faster than a LED so ur tents last longer on top of all that!! Did I mention the ballast/transformer for the LEDs dont run hot like the ballasts for MHs do? So they last ten times longer also. Now tell me where can you find a MH that is cheap enough and good enough to use instead of ANY half decent LED? I hope I have convinced you the right way to go, I can list a few diff lights depending on your budget but the ones ive mentioned are the same ones Im either getting or plan to get. The P 600 series for seedlings and the XS series for growth and flower -likely a XS1500. Again I urge u to look into the P1000 and see what you think. The P1500 may be better suited to a larger tent if your doing alot of smaller plants for on-growing elsewhere for more even light coverage. best of luck..

Take the MH light. Place it on top of a fish tank or better yet, a reptile tank. Now go get a Viparspectra P600 or P1000. Then thank me later. Better made than the mars light and it has a dimmer knob. U have no idea how useful dimmer knobs are. Unless mars has done an update they dont have them. On ebay the P 600 is under Au ( US) - im getting one for seedlings. The P1000 is the same size as the mars light and what Id prob suggest. ( US- On their website) Just look it up and tell me what you think... if you look at the Mars and the Viparspectra, its pretty easy to pick which is the better light. If you have a bit more money and want a better light again , go for the XS Series from Viparspectra, costs a bit more but gives off even more light per watt than the P Series.

@Cold_Farmer, i am talking only about veg. Im aware that i can dim the TS1000 but is the extra cash worth it?

Take the MarsHydro, but the TS1000. I have these in a 1mx1m tent and find them even too weak when the tent is fully occupied. In addition, you can dim the brightness very well and thereby reduce power consumption. This doesn't work at all with cheap LEDs, even if they are adjustable. And more power consumption means (with good LEDs) more brightness means more energy for the plant.

If someone has other suggestions for good economic vegging lights please tell me..