Another full spectrum LED question
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60lm/w? That has to be some old burple tech. The 100w equivalent, 14w actual, household lamps, are about 3 times brighter, once the cover is pulled off. Three of which might cost $10 depending where you live. Though you would need something to screw them in.
Either way, you're illuminating about a square foot.
Either way, you're illuminating about a square foot.
So everything with lights would be fine together right?
I was thinking about 100w / led but if i use together would be enough 50 for 3000k and 50 for 6500k led?
Personally, I find blurple to be the wrong spectrum for quality cannabis flowers. Much too leafy and nowhere near the yield of a proper white light led. Mars Hydro makes some 50 and 100w lights I believe. Their TS series produces very nice cannabis flowers. 
I can see these being nice for a small veg/mum cab.
I can see these being nice for a small veg/mum cab.
Lost in a SOG
GrassSnakeGenetics
Id say youre wrong doug but it is a complex subject. Actually the science seems to show its green light present in white light that puts on more cell/leaf biomass and allows for greater use of Co2 built biomass not secondary metabolites (SMs).. the notion that "blurple" is incorrect is actually a fallacy but the green and amber spectrum is very useful for blooming and ripening and missing from blurple rigs by enlarge depending on the quality, or they would obv appear as "white" rigs. The ratio of royal blue to deep red is also critical, and red diodes die earlier so quality is super important or your results will just go down hill faster.
poor quality "blurple" only hit narrow peaks of royal blue and photo/deep red with little to no amber, far red or IR or uv. Some quality professional horti LED "purple" lights like the philips sunplus purple cobs are designed and proven to increase secondary metabolites because you dont need green or amber for that, as plants use them to ripen not initiate SM production. However i prefer to have green and amber in my cobs as i dont mind both bigger flowers with more resin.
poor quality "blurple" only hit narrow peaks of royal blue and photo/deep red with little to no amber, far red or IR or uv. Some quality professional horti LED "purple" lights like the philips sunplus purple cobs are designed and proven to increase secondary metabolites because you dont need green or amber for that, as plants use them to ripen not initiate SM production. However i prefer to have green and amber in my cobs as i dont mind both bigger flowers with more resin.
I have looked at these before. 3000k is white, and a colour many of us use. I think it's more like 100lm/w to, and the burple is the 60. A lot gets lost in translation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBdqRigjgkM
That's a review. The most striking detail, is that they throttle down the light, as thermal regulation. In his room (In Scotland, where he never turns his heating up) it leveled out at 71w. After starting at 100w. You can see that's not an efficient heatsink for 100w. It will cook, and the pvc cable will be highly inadequate.
Edit: I root with burple, and start seeds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBdqRigjgkM
That's a review. The most striking detail, is that they throttle down the light, as thermal regulation. In his room (In Scotland, where he never turns his heating up) it leveled out at 71w. After starting at 100w. You can see that's not an efficient heatsink for 100w. It will cook, and the pvc cable will be highly inadequate.
Edit: I root with burple, and start seeds.
I initially missed the idea to add combinations of other whiter light LEDs. With the right combination, you could indeed find a reasonable mix for decent flowering.
Personally, my take on the matter is the blurple is creating more of the wrong biomass. Having been comparing flower structure the last year from different lights, I have yet to see a blurple LED with any redeeming flowering results. Nothing I'd care to call my grown.
I like sticky, fragrant and delicious HPS style flowers and I get this from the spectrum closer to CMH, with more red. A very white light, with decent green/yellow represented. I actually like the Mars Hydro spectrum of their TS series, the flowers were easily trimmable and veery enjoyable. I'm used to 1k HPS output and this was very comparable.
Personally, my take on the matter is the blurple is creating more of the wrong biomass. Having been comparing flower structure the last year from different lights, I have yet to see a blurple LED with any redeeming flowering results. Nothing I'd care to call my grown.
I like sticky, fragrant and delicious HPS style flowers and I get this from the spectrum closer to CMH, with more red. A very white light, with decent green/yellow represented. I actually like the Mars Hydro spectrum of their TS series, the flowers were easily trimmable and veery enjoyable. I'm used to 1k HPS output and this was very comparable.
