lighting

  1. S

    LED Lighting (Noob Help)

    I have a 1,000 watt LED light, It was expensive and said it had all the colors of the sun (Im high sorry). Basically what I am here to ask is; 1. How high should my light throughout the growing process? 2. How close should my plants be to my light? Information 1. My LED light is 1,000 watts...
  2. aceloc

    pretty simple questions, from a paranoid grower

    hello. i have a few simple questions im sure any seasoned grower can help me with. #1. Apparently some time yesterday, my mh bulb died on me. i didn't notice until today. worst case scenario is my plants went without light for part of one day, and some of today until i noticed today and...
  3. AmbitiousGrower

    IMPORTANT LIGHTING QUESTION!

    I just need to know how long after lights go out do plants go to sleep?
  4. M

    Has Anyone Switched Over to LED Lights?

    Just curious to see if anyone has any stories about switching over to LED grow lights. Anything out of the ordinary with the buds? Are the plants healthy? Recently saw an article about the savings of led lights, so I thought I would ask here to see if anyone has had any experience with them...
  5. W

    What the F happened to my light? Blown ballast or breaker?

    I am running 2 1000 watt Cali ballasts on opposite 12 hour cycles in a bedroom, one is inside a tent one is outside. Their running times never overlap and the only other electronics in the room are a couple of fans and a dehumidifier. I woke up this morning to find the breaker for the circuit...
  6. Chicsgro2

    Bare Bones Basics

    I digress today as I read all of the struggles we have as growers. Lighting, nutes, Ph, temps, etc. etc. But when I was a freshman in college MANY MANY moons ago, I planted a seed of some dirt weed. I placed it in some soil I got from a local store (don't even know if it was miracle grow but it...
  7. Chicsgro2

    When lightbulb goes dead and ...

    There's no replacement. This is the first time in over 5 years of growing that I have had an HPS bulb blow out and I don't have a replacement. My girls are almost 6 weeks into flowering and all I have is a MH vegging bulb of the same wattage as the HPS (600 watt). Will using the MH, to keep the...
  8. W

    LED light specs, good

    So I'm starting an auto flower grow and will start the journal when I'm allowed (still gathering materials now) It's AK48 auto flower (I hear they're great for newbs, true I am a newbie) going to use 3-3gallon buckets n fox farm trio for nutes. I haven't decided on soil yet but I'm looking at...
  9. highway42O

    Rotating LED

    So Im setting up a grow room, I have one H380 Kessil LED that I will spin over the plants so each plant is getting direct light for 15 seconds. Its spinning at 3RPM. Im using areoponics with six 6' pots in a circle. Think this will be enough light?
  10. G

    Lighting help???!!! New grower CFL and LED

    Hello cannabis cultivators, I'm looking to put two 3' 6500k t5 lights diagonally from each other buying four cost too damn much (one for each corner of the box) then I need help choosing a cheap led I can put on top of the box need one that the plant can be close too. Any help would be great...
  11. shogon92

    Sour Tangie Scrog & Defoliating questions

    Hey fellow members! Just thought i'd post an update of how my fourth week of veg is going indoors.. I'm growing Sour Tangie's and a Critical Kush, had the Mars Hydro 144x5 (700w) LED for the first 3 weeks and included a 600 watt HPS sunmaster as well which they've responded well too! Temps are...
  12. MickeyMFNMouse

    Need all the best tips I can get for first time grow

    Hey guys, I'm new here and decided that maybe everyone could post some REALLY GOOD TIPS for first time growing. And I figure other people looking for tips as well could find this. So to start out and keep this brief, one day I got the cool idea to take some seeds from the last of my reggie and...
  13. shogon92

    300 WATT CLF's!!! Yay or Nay?

    Hey guys! Came across these 300Watt CFL lights today and wondered if anyone has used them yet and/or how there results were! Unfortunately theres nothing online, no reviews or videos so i sort of hit a brick wall with wondering how well these would do in a tent space providing they were on a...
  14. serhgroer

    Is this enough light?

    14,000 lumens total 36 x 20 grow area CFLs are 4 inches from top of plants Does anyone know the rate at which lumens fall per inch?
  15. Doug80

    King led lights

    has anyone tried the king 900 watt or King 1200watt led lights they sell on Amazon woundering if they are worth the money I'm thinking of switching from hid set up to led and was woundering if any one had input on this
  16. MedicalMike420

    Light setup (A or B)

    What would be better, b leaves me with some not as well lit areas which includes doorway and small corner, but better cooling, A has rediculous cooling that might not be very effective but would have more even light spread. Also have a 300 watt Apollo led which is gunna get used as needed, not...
  17. Z

    Best, Cheapest Set-Up for 120sqf room

    I will be putting together a 120sqf grow room this year. I have only experimented with a few plants, so set-up wasn't necessarily difficult. Now that I am upgrading to an entire room, I do not know the most efficient way to fit and maintain the crops. Also, if I should go with LED lighting or...
  18. Rman18

    First time indoor need some advice

    Hey guys, its my first time seriously growing. i have done one outdoor plant before but that was it. I have just received 10 seeds containing various autoflowering strains, i decided to go with auto's just because it will be easier to maintain and shorter time frame and think it would be good to...
  19. Everett42faulty

    Light cycle super messed up

    So I have a temp flower room set uo while i set up the main room. I put them in the dark for 24 hours to force flower sights then it got one true day flower. Then the light stayed on over 24 hours the following day I notice the flowering sights were dramatically yellow and I corrected the...
  20. Rman18

    First time indoor CFL grow need advice

    Hey all! As the title pretty much explains everything. I have just ordered 12 auto flower seeds from uk seed bank. I ordered auto's due to the fast process. For my first time I feel as a smaller and faster growing plant will be better for my first time grow. So no Critism on the type I will be...
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