I don't bother with boron never had any issue at all just like many others using just straight MaxiBloom and nothing else. There are trace amounts of boron in tap water, soil, etc... It's not going to hurt to add it but it's not necessary and you'll notice no difference in plant growth if you don't add it.
Ditch the 1000 watt anchor pick up a name brand 600-700 watt led never look back. Thats a 4-10 table in a 8-12 room in a unheated garage in maine with 1400 watts of led no extra heat needed need to vent to keep temps below 90. Dont tell me leds dont throw a bunch of heat.
Offset the need for heat with a fan running to push the HPS heat away.
No there isn't. But the heat is being recycled. I've done the numbers and switching to an LED would cost money that would take years to recover with absolutely no benefit. The only thing I would be able to do is say I'm running an LED light. I wouldn't be growing better weed or saving money. It would take 4 years to recover anything spent on an LED and then I'd have to run a heater 24/7 in the winter vs just 12 hours during the lights off portion of the day. And the heat from the HID running 12 hours that I vent into the garage heats the garage and some of that heat remains throughout the day so that when the heater is running it's not at full power.
I run 1400 watts of led in a unheated garage, I use to run 2000 watt of hps an have to vent when lights were on now the vent only runs a few minutes each hr, So saving 30% right off the top 20% more on the harvest no extra heat? The dehuy makes plenty of heat lights out just like when i was running hps.
I don't see where you get the 30% and 20% numbers. I'm guessing the 30% is power savings but I don't know where the 20% on harvest is coming from. Even with a 30% savings on power for the light it would still take me years to recover any savings with LEDs. I vent continuously right back into the garage. What does the amount of venting have to do with it?
You dont see 30% less power an 20% more yeild as a good thing? Every one I know is dumping old school lights cant even sell them but hey hope ya happy with the the mag ballast an ya old I phone I have been running my leds for a yr now no more replacing bulbs an ballast shit right there thats another saving 4-5 hundred a yr
Why would I need more yield when I'm already giving at least half of what I grow away? That's' still no compelling reason for spending more money.
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Wow so LED make pot that doesn’t stink?
I was referring to heat issues. But yeah, I love pot that stinks and have no problem with my grow room odors. If somebody is in my place that shouldn't be I have a strategic positioning system of plug-in air fresheners that keep it at bay..
Ah I got ya. Nice I bet they don’t work at all but whatever makes you feel better lol. If your anything like me you probably don’t realize how bad it actually smells, every now and then I get comments about the smell when I’m positive there is none.
I see where ya coming from my power runs 24kwh now an we got a 10% increase coming the first of the yr its all led here you cant give away DEs or SEs cost to much to run here.
I know the numbers add up for you and many others to switch to LED but I'm just a small time grower with a 4x4 tent and cheap electricity.
That light will work in that space. You'll need an exhaust fan. A 6" fan will work fine. Your ballast should be dimmable and you might find that you can run it lower than full strength.
That's pure luck though.
Most do and require additional adaptation to seal them.
Thanks for covering cost, heat and efficacy on point, still more areas where to look at when deciding between LED or HID like bringing out the best out of a strain for example thrichome rich cookies pheno, ofcourse high wattage HPS will foster a good frost but if cooltube is needed then the glass will block uv and instead of extra thrichomes that protect leafs and bud more likely results in light burn, with modern LED success is quaranteed.
