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I didn't veg with them so couldn't really give any hands on input. My thought on that are that these lights are set up for penetration and although they would work fine for veg I think they'd be overkill, at least at first. I'd be inclined to find a lower power light with slightly wider lens...

I was kind of in the same boat on this one. If they're so great why is hardly anyone producing or using them? In the end I think it all comes down to marketing. I think that HID is going the way of the dinosaur (but much slower) and when a company looks at whether they should produce the next...

Hey Swusaz you have 6 plants under a 240W blackstar right? So you cut down one so far and got a half oz? Looking good

It's not about the total wattage of a panel so much as the individual wattage of the diodes and the lens angle. A Kessil (when they work...lol) is only 36 watts and it would bleach plants too if you put it close but they are 3w diodes with a very focused lens/reflector set up. My Magnums have...

It sure doesn't hurt to error on the side of more light so not gonna argue that 3000 would be better than 2000 :-) Yes I used to cover the same area with 600HPS and would expect a pound from that. Currently have 360 watts of LED and was really expecting to break a pound prior to this nute...

If I was trying to cover an 8 x 10 area I would expect to use about 4000 watts of HID or 2000 watts of LED or mix and match using those ratios. If you need heat then using some HID is a good way to go as at least the power is not wasted like it would be with a space heater.

Well we are at day 50 of flower. They are drawing down pretty hard and have been well flushed as they were definately showing signs of lock out.

I like the sound of the setup and hoping to get a three part perpetual harvesting every month once I get dialed in. The only part of your system I'm not understanding is the lighting arrangement. You basically have three tables of 3x8 with one in first 3 weeks of flower, one in mid 3 weeks of...

I'll post some pics in a couple hours. Here's hoping. I'm pretty sure I'll get good results but maybe not the great results I was hoping for. Going back to PK for the next grow cause I know that strain well and what works for it

I have 12 in this current grow and 18 (purple kush) in veg under my ISIS. I'll have to look back in the post because I documented sise. I think I triggered them at about 17-18" and they are about 24" right now. I don't really have an issue with the height but was hoping for bushier plants and...

Put up some pics :-)

Well been dealing with some issues and will post some pics tomorrow. Really seemed like the girls were stalling starting about a week ago. Trichs were starting to mature early (or at least I thought so) which is a sign of stress. Tracked down a guy who grows this strain all the time and he...

I think you should just believe results :-) I'll keep you posted at weigh in time.

I think after spending too many hours reading manufactureres specs I just focus on results. The plants LedBudGuy grew with his ISIS weren't exactly giants but they were way taller than a scrog canopy and penetration sure didn't seem like it was a problem on that one. 1.7 grams per watt is the...

I have an ISIS. Their red leds are all 3W which is where the penetration is critical IMHO.

If it looks brighter to you that isn't actually a good thing. Our eyes are most sensitive to light in spectrums that are least sensitive to plants. Basically the Par curve is almost inverse of the visible light curve. My feeling on the two is that the Penetrator is putting more PAR light out...

1000w HPS has a claimed coverage area of 12' by 12'. Remember that general horticultural lighting, which is what most manufactureres claim to sell, is based on greenhouse applications. I bet you could easily grow 25 sq ft of lettuce under my ISIS :-)

Except for the rare few lights that are solely Veg lights the rest of the panels are heavy in the reds as they are designed to produce in flower. Some panels have a veg and flower mode but all that does is turn off the blue or red spectrum. Because most of them are heavy on the reds to begin...

Hey it's all about learning and improving. I didn't know enough about the strain I was growing with and I also just found out they are a strain that uses low nutes. The last three days I really felt like they stalled like they were having lockout and did a flush and the third flush was still...