What LED's are best for vegging

ChronicClouds

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I want to start vegging with leds. Can anybody point me in the right direction for LED vegging lights. I would like all help, but experience is superior
 
mr2shim

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Proper quality LED lights are rather expensive. You can get the cheap ones on ebay that really aren't that great and don't produce like you think they would by the product description. I'd say use a 200w 6500k CFL or Daylight MH
 
somedude247

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mr2shim is correct. Flouros are the cheaper way to go. But if you have the money IM me and Ill tell you about the lights Ive been talking about. Best on the market LEDs.
 
ClosetSafe

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jean2 said:
With UFO LED light you can have a safe vegetable gardening. All you have to do is simply hang one UFO LED light. IT provides plenty of lights to a 12 foot vegetable growing area than a typical living room lamp. UFO light is the best to use. You can get from any hydroponic store but I would like to suggest you to get from Advanced Nutrients for the best UFO LED light
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ok, I never heard of advanced nutrients making a UFO LED... and that link is to an UNO HID



As for OP, I'd get something with some white up in it. And least some red, even though it's veg, it's still photosythesis, all blue is stupid.
So for veg, I think something like this is going to work best.
 
somedude247

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^^^^
LOL Its not Advanced Nutrients!!! They dont have anything to do with it. It Advanced LED Grow Lights that makes them.
 
somedude247

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Oops, just reread the post. I didnt know AN had a UFO out. Im becoming rather disappointed in AN lately.
 
somedude247

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And the all blue veg light does contain the correct spectrums close to the red range. Its just veg, red really isnt needed that much. YES, photosynthesis does require it, but not at high levels during veg. And just for vegging, about any light on the market will work.
 
ClosetSafe

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somedude247 said:
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LOL Its not Advanced Nutrients!!! They dont have anything to do with it. It Advanced LED Grow Lights that makes them.
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I know that you meant Advanced LED, but Jean2 clearly said Advanced Nutrients and then added a link to Advanced Nutrients website.

jean2 said:
With UFO LED light you can have a safe vegetable gardening. All you have to do is simply hang one UFO LED light. IT provides plenty of lights to a 12 foot vegetable growing area than a typical living room lamp. UFO light is the best to use. You can get from any hydroponic store but I would like to suggest you to get from Advanced Nutrients for the best UFO LED light
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Also AN does not have a UFO LED that I know of (somebody can correct me on this). The link posted is for an Air-Cooled Reflector.
 
ClosetSafe

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somedude247 said:
And the all blue veg light does contain the correct spectrums close to the red range. Its just veg, red really isnt needed that much. YES, photosynthesis does require it, but not at high levels during veg. And just for vegging, about any light on the market will work.
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hahaha, nice save... but not good enough... there is nothing but 460 nanometer wavelength blue in a damn blue led (460 nm)...
 
somedude247

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I edited that post afterwards, its not very close to red in spectrum, but the light is optimized for plant growth. Plants use light we cant see also.
 
ClosetSafe

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Op, if you want to get all blue, go get an aquarium light. It will at least have some white in it:


Then there is this thing as another option.
 
ClosetSafe

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ChronicClouds said:
i'm looking at these:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/140593941205?var=440025039619&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_7813wt_1037
http://www.ebay.com/itm/280718193340?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_2662wt_1270
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-180w-Lighthouse-Blackstar-LED-Grow-light-3w-VEG-/280660305912?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4158a867f8#ht_6939wt_1037


Anybody think these will work/ have/ or tried them???
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I never heard of grow light pro. Maybe you want to start a thread asking for reviews on grow light pro? Black star is easy to research. Look at actual grows on here with the black star by using the search feature.
 
ChronicClouds

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ClosetSafe said:
I never heard of grow light pro. Maybe you want to start a thread asking for reviews on grow light pro? Black star is easy to research. Look at actual grows on here with the black star by using the search feature.
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Search Button??? uhm?!

Yeah I researched them both. I got kind of confused. Mainly because of that guys bad accent and terrible grammar. I quit worrying about the watts and focused more on the lumens. They all seem bright enough to veg though. Now I actually think if I'm spending this much on a light and I'm not gonna flower with it I'm wasting my money. ???

Thanks for the help and input so far
 
ClosetSafe

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ChronicClouds said:
Search Button??? uhm?!

Yeah I researched them both. I got kind of confused. Mainly because of that guys bad accent and terrible grammar. I quit worrying about the watts and focused more on the lumens. They all seem bright enough to veg though. Now I actually think if I'm spending this much on a light and I'm not gonna flower with it I'm wasting my money. ???

Thanks for the help and input so far
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Oh, if you are just getting if for the mothers, maybe 1-2, I think you would be happy. better than some 150w mh
 
hoss12781

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Check the journal in my sig to see what I've done with mine. I grow autos and have four right now at four weeks old. They're happy under Hydroponics Hut and GLH leds. I also have some piece of crap 90w ufos from Ebay working as side lighting but wouldn't rec using those for top lighting.
 
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