Suitable Led for mother plants?

Cabrone

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Ok, the title is what I'm looking for. I am on my last T5 bulbs that I have over my mothers. My mother area is a table, 4.5ft x 3ft. I have 0 experience with Led's yet, so I want advice.
All of the data for Led's is focused on veg and flower, more than I think I will need. I am thinking of 2 viparspectra p1500's, $130 each. @ 150 watts each I think that would cover my area beautifully. Is this overkill? I'm hoping, with 2 of them in 4.5ftx3ft, that i can run them at at 50% and they will last 10 years. Would 1 be enough?
 

Rurumo

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Those would work fine for that area, I would go with 2 of them. I use similar ones now after using t5s for years, they will take a bit of getting used to. Don't put them too close even at 50%, they aren't like t5s, give seedlings at least 2 ft.
 

Cabrone

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Thanks for the tip on seeds. I usually start 1-5 seeds of 1 strain and then grow them large enough, to see which have good size and structure for inside, then cut a dozen clones and roll! I need to switch to Led's on my 5x9 area. The S.E. HPS is killing me. But with the biden economy, it's only going to get worse! Sorry, I should not have said that last part out loud. The lib' tards will eat me alive.
 
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OneHitDone

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Thanks for the tip on seeds. I usually start 1-5 seeds of 1 strain and then grow them large enough, to see which have good size and structure for inside, then cut a dozen clones and roll! I need to switch to Led's on my 5x9 area. The S.E. HPS is killing me. But with the biden economy, it's only going to get worse! Sorry, I should not have said that last part out loud. The lib' tards will eat me alive.
Just be careful with your environment depending on location. LED and a heater just makes stupid sense vs running the old faithful hps :peace:
 

Alfadog#1

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I put my mothers under SQ300W from photontek this model is good for that footprint the sq200 would be abit small and you could always use it to flower later on if you decide super good coverage and could go low ppfd with the dimmer and crank it for crazy growth
 

Cabrone

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I got 2 viparspectra p2000's.
This is my first led purchase. WOW! These things will blind you. I will be running at 25%-50% to start and see how the moms respond.
 
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