Closet grow are challenging so I think it its as important to have great ventilation. What is your plan for that?. If I remember correctly Texasbob had some really nice grows with CFL's before he went with the Viparspectra so I would try those first if I was just starting and growing in my closet. Decent LED's are not cheap and do put out some heat.
For LED's I have a viparspectra 700 par and a 600 par that work great. They both kick ass over the SF2000 I bought for testing. I am looking for LEDs to replace my HID lights.
If I had it all to do over, I would buy a really good LED and if I loved growing, which I did and you will, I would plan on buying more of the same light rather than buying a cheap light first and later buying a bigger better light and putting the first light in storage or the trash.
Dont believe the manufacturers foot print unless they have a PPFD chart that backs it up. What ever your foot print size is you need 600-1000 PPFD over all of it in flower.
Damn Carmalicious and Pineapple Chunk make nice blend for smoking
Texasbob and ChAs420 proved that you dont need a ton of cash to get some great buds! CFLs T-5s Viparspectars. A vipar 300 is a good cheap light, v 600 is another decent one. i own one of each. Once you get more into the hobby you can get more expensive lights if you choose...
Id recommend a HLG 260 Rspec! I bought one last year and really like it. goes for about $400. Be careful when you pick an HLG or any grow llight and make sure that it is full spectrum.
HLG for some reason sells several lights that are only good for vegetation. most of those lights are blue in color. Either way, make sure you get full spectrum
when i started i used t5's and still have and use ever day it waz the best way 2 start 4 me now i have hlg quantum broad newest for veg and a 400 watt hps flowering dollar for dollar the t5's were a great deal ....
I’m a made in America kind of guy for the most part California light works LED is what I use for years there not cheap but worth every penny I’m sure the made in china less expensive led work fine but definitely go with LED
But I do use my good old T5 for my seedlings till there big enough to handle the LED
Great information , I am looking at an led full spectrum light right now , It's 300w and I'm building a 4x4 room . I will look at their chart for the 600 - 1000 ppfd . Thank you guys . Peace !!!
A 300 watt LED wont cover much more than one plant in the corner of your tent. Nothing wrong with running 4 of them in there, in fact I would prefer that.
If you plan on growing 4 plants under that LED I am afraid you will be disappointed.
I really like my viparspectra 600.
Closet grow are challenging so I think it its as important to have great ventilation. What is your plan for that?. If I remember correctly Texasbob had some really nice grows with CFL's before he went with the Viparspectra so I would try those first if I was just starting and growing in my closet. Decent LED's are not cheap and do put out some heat.
For LED's I have a viparspectra 700 par and a 600 par that work great. They both kick ass over the SF2000 I bought for testing. I am looking for LEDs to replace my HID lights.
If I had it all to do over, I would buy a really good LED and if I loved growing, which I did and you will, I would plan on buying more of the same light rather than buying a cheap light first and later buying a bigger better light and putting the first light in storage or the trash.
Dont believe the manufacturers foot print unless they have a PPFD chart that backs it up. What ever your foot print size is you need 600-1000 PPFD over all of it in flower.
Damn Carmalicious and Pineapple Chunk make nice blend for smoking
You did it smart, unlike me who jumped in head first and threw all the cash I had like it was a future ex wife
Believe me CP, ain't no where near the cost of a future ex wife, even if you jumped in head first with top of the line commercial quality led's lol.
All my wives were future ex wives at some point, even the current one has potential to be one.
Much like my marriages I jumped in head first with doing the research
C
HLG has several good LED lights, at reasonable $ . Happy growin
Texasbob and ChAs420 proved that you dont need a ton of cash to get some great buds! CFLs T-5s Viparspectars. A vipar 300 is a good cheap light, v 600 is another decent one. i own one of each. Once you get more into the hobby you can get more expensive lights if you choose...
Id recommend a HLG 260 Rspec! I bought one last year and really like it. goes for about $400. Be careful when you pick an HLG or any grow llight and make sure that it is full spectrum.
HLG for some reason sells several lights that are only good for vegetation. most of those lights are blue in color. Either way, make sure you get full spectrum
when i started i used t5's and still have and use ever day it waz the best way 2 start 4 me now i have hlg quantum broad newest for veg and a 400 watt hps flowering dollar for dollar the t5's were a great deal ....
I am in the process of setting up my first indoor grow , I'm looking at 300w led for a 4x4 room .
I’m a made in America kind of guy for the most part California light works LED is what I use for years there not cheap but worth every penny I’m sure the made in china less expensive led work fine but definitely go with LED
But I do use my good old T5 for my seedlings till there big enough to handle the LED
if i had the coins i would have an HLG in flowering just made the change 2 quantum board for veg a couple grows ago ......
Great information , I am looking at an led full spectrum light right now , It's 300w and I'm building a 4x4 room . I will look at their chart for the 600 - 1000 ppfd . Thank you guys . Peace !!!
A 300 watt LED wont cover much more than one plant in the corner of your tent. Nothing wrong with running 4 of them in there, in fact I would prefer that.
If you plan on growing 4 plants under that LED I am afraid you will be disappointed.