Hey midnite, certainly don't consider myself an expert but have worked with several LED's and done a lot of reading on them for over a year. One thing different with LED's is that the light is more or less directional, they don't spread light 360, typically (lots of variables) the LED's are mounted @ 90-120 degrees, many panels mix the angle. You can mount them on whatever angle makes sense where you're trying to cover. The light coming off them spreads but stays pretty well within the installed/directed angle. imo this makes it excellent for this purpose you're looking at using them for. Only thing if you checked my last LED journal with the LG LED's, they work well, they've been reliable and the grow from seed, clones, and veg well. But after 2 flowering rounds with those lights, the buds were had no density in comparison to say hps or outdoor bud. So I guess my advice would be to consider LED's for supplemental lighting but be careful to choose some efficient LED's. Either DIY a panel with Cree COB's, or go for some higher end panels like the Hans or A51. Last thing you want is fluffy buds on the edges/sides you're trying to cover off with the LED's. I discovered first hand that the lower end LED panels have a use, I'll continue to use them for seed/clones/veg, but lack in the flowering spectrum/efficiencies.I came indoor from years of outdoor so my expectations may be higher, but in the end, we're trying to grow decent bud, as close as we can get to outdoor. I'm moving to CMH for the core and some LED side-lighting this round. At the same time I'll be building a couple of 100W DIY panels with Creee COB's to replace the tubes I'm running as side-lighting this round. They'll be used to either run separate flowering runs (timing dictated) or supplement the CMH. Cheers.
