177 replies to this topic

[bf74]

whats up you buncha heads? I'm just postin some led stuff here.The pics are from my current 300 watt led grow.The small plants have been in flower for 3 days under 300 watts, and were vegged for 20 days under a single ufo-90w.The strains are blueberry, la confidential, nightshade, blue hash, california hash plant, and a weird mystery greenhouse sativa clone.The flowering plants(2) are the same mystery sativa.Grown in ffof soil, and using Pura Vida nutes. The equiptment is 2x 90w illuminator ufo's-4 12w 1w diode white led fixtures (pure white) and 1 50w 660nm red ufo.The wavelengths used are 460nm,430nm,615 nm, 660 nm, and of course the all important white leds- til we know exactly which wavelengths is which proportions are needed white seems to do the trick. Some things to consider- hps is currently more efficient-yes, I said it - taking cost and the richness of the hps spectral output- more intensity, more lumens per watt.But thats what folks like me are working on. I've got a ton of led pics from my experiments over the last year-let me know if ya wanna see em.peace

Attached Thumbnails

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

[weeeeeee]

oh shit i have been waiting to see a grow with leds on here and i must say tahtlooks pretty fucking good congrats man

so you say you got em under 300w of leds? keep us posted

peaaaaz

just curious how much money did you spend on all that led equipment and what all was in there i sawwwww....a panel a couple or more ufo's and some other stuff just curious

[bf74]

some past led grows

Attached Thumbnails

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

[bf74]

oh shit i have been waiting to see a grow with leds on here and i must say tahtlooks pretty fucking good congrats man

so you say you got em under 300w of leds? keep us posted

peaaaaz

just curious how much money did you spend on all that led equipment and what all was in there i sawwwww....a panel a couple or more ufo's and some other stuff just curious

TOO MUCH!! lol. All told I've sunk over a grand into my mad quest- crazy, but thats me:headbang: And thanks man.

[pizark2]

that sure makes for some pretty photos,good job

[weeeeeee]

yeah i was gonna say i almost bought myself some of those ufo's about 2 years ago but didnt feel like blowing $400+ per light hahaha and i think that was the sale price for them.... more power to you though adn honestly this is one of the better led grows i have come across

[Jaspmf]

It's hard work from people like you that helps to push the envelope :D

Cheers, keep fightin the good fight!

Cool pics BTW

[bugs]

Very nice! A lot of us have been curious about LEDs as grow lights.
I'm sure that costs will be going down, and wouldn't be surprised to see LEDs competitive with HPS soon.
HTGS has a UFO-type 90-watt light, with improved spectrum, for under 200 bucks. They claim it's comparable to a 400w HPS.:mistrust:
If it's even close, that's pretty damn good. Considering there's no need for extensive cooling etc., it could be a pretty good deal.
Wish I was in a position go give it a go.

[chimp]

:bow: moved to grassroots forum.

[bf74]

that sure makes for some pretty photos,good job

thank you, more to come:rasta:

[bf74]

yeah i was gonna say i almost bought myself some of those ufo's about 2 years ago but didnt feel like blowing $400+ per light hahaha and i think that was the sale price for them.... more power to you though adn honestly this is one of the better led grows i have come across

you woulda been sad if ya had-2 years ago they didnt have the current bridge lux leds-with the 4th qtr chip-set-these are the animals responsible for the recent increase in flowering capabilities, the new tek is cheaper and 10x more powerful, but we're not there yet.I'll post a pic of the real absorbable light spectrum-not even close to the bs printed in led ads-all lies btw, hps matches it almost perfectly-I dont know what these led hucksters are talking about-and until current tek matches that spectra, and diode wattage is increased, nobody can seriously say leds are better.And thanks man.

[bf74]

It's hard work from people like you that helps to push the envelope :D

Cheers, keep fightin the good fight!

Cool pics BTW

cheers mate, will do, you bet

[bf74]

Very nice! A lot of us have been curious about LEDs as grow lights.
I'm sure that costs will be going down, and wouldn't be surprised to see LEDs competitive with HPS soon.
HTGS has a UFO-type 90-watt light, with improved spectrum, for under 200 bucks. They claim it's comparable to a 400w HPS.:mistrust:
If it's even close, that's pretty damn good. Considering there's no need for extensive cooling etc., it could be a pretty good deal.
Wish I was in a position go give it a go.

htgs is a knock-off of prosources illuminator line-prosource is the only one that has it.HTGS is just using the same wavelengths as prosource-what they're not doing is the reseach necessary to see which diodes need more or less power coursing through them-too much of one or the other cuts down on results- and to my understanding, htgs just dupes the diode array-not the chip-set.For 150 beans more you get the real thing-youch, I know, but when it comes to a new tek in its infancy-you're gonna have to pay for the good stuff-remember when plasma tv's first came out.

[bf74]

just took these pics

Attached Thumbnails

• 
• 
• 
• 

[bf74]

the little gals are from feminized seed-4 days into flower, 24 days alive total.The sativas are 8 1/2 weeks into flower, the big gal has a ways to go, a greenhouse seeds feminized sativa-supposedly used as breeding stock-very sensitive to nutes-almost killed her 2 weeks ago, didnt think she'd make it-but there she is, minus some fan leaves but still kickin out nugs.

[weeeeeee]

man i love how squat and broad those ladies in the last photo are i am definitely pullin up a chair for this shit

[bugs]

htgs is a knock-off of prosources illuminator line-prosource is the only one that has it.HTGS is just using the same wavelengths as prosource-what they're not doing is the reseach necessary to see which diodes need more or less power coursing through them-too much of one or the other cuts down on results- and to my understanding, htgs just dupes the diode array-not the chip-set.For 150 beans more you get the real thing-youch, I know, but when it comes to a new tek in its infancy-you're gonna have to pay for the good stuff-remember when plasma tv's first came out.

If the wavelengths are the same, dispersion angle is the same, power is the same, conversion efficiency is the same. Read "same" as similar. Then what's the difference?
As you said, it's a maturing technology, and some are going to sell equivalent products for a lot less money.

[bf74]

If the wavelengths are the same, dispersion angle is the same, power is the same, conversion efficiency is the same. Read "same" as similar. Then what's the difference?
As you said, it's a maturing technology, and some are going to sell equivalent products for a lot less money.

Okay, current tek had the same amount of power evenly dispersed to all the diodes, and to the best of my knowledge-prosource is the only quick bucker thats kicking out the extra dough for the goods in ole China, you dont even want to see the pricetag on US manufactured led units-1500US and up!, you see they've been collecting all this led feedback and it got their asses in gear to invest in the current "advancements"-which is just some better electronic parts that have always existed anyway.What prosource did was get a hold of the current pulsing technology-providing different amounts of power to individual diodes to accomodate our plants specific needs.Their not making these things for lettuce anymore-the price difference is in the quality of electronics used, basically.It's business.We want our fat led buds-but they want their money-believe that.

[Dan Dare]

Nice work bf74, I'll echo Jaspmf's comment that its folks like yourself who push the envolope and trailblaze for the rest of us. Keep up the good work !:eusa_clap:bow::eusa_clap

I grew blueberry for a couple years, its one of my favorite strains !
Keep us posted matey !:headbang:

[bf74]

Honestly, I dont think ANY led product for growing shouldnt have been sold until like the new high power leds we're available.Thats like 3 years of ass pounding, courtesy of the led grow people.600 for the first pieces of shit that hit the market.And people bought em!!In droves-they made a nice profit on something that didnt work.Hence their are no real "haters" for this technology-just cautious consumers, and rightly so-99% of the shit out there is trash, sorry it just is.