I will look through the kill a watt pics and post them up once I find them. I am not sure if I am hitting 1gpw since they are going in perpetual ( 4 under each light first cycle, then next cycle went in 3/4 weeks after, then 3rd cycle went in 2 weeks after ). I do think that once dialed in though a 200x3w in a 2x4 should easily do 1gpw with the right clone/strain.
I don't know if I will hit it this first cycle but now that I have certain keeper phenos that I see growing better under these leds than others, I see it being more than doable.
What I am wanting to focus on is growing 8 two ounce plants under a 200x3w panel. I want to keep dialing in that setup whether that be using 2 gallon or 3 gallon containers (1.7+ gpw based on 300 watts). I saw the best gpw list in the led section here on icmag and there are ALOT of impressive yields listed so far so it seems more than doable once optimized.
I think the 2x4 grow area is perfect for these panels and the larger panels will only cover it better and allow you to have the panels closer IF needed.
As far as my comparison growing under leds versus hps. I think 300 watt panels can keep up with a 600 hps once dialed in with the right strains. That is something I want to keep working towards and see which strain/pheno can achieve the best yields that also finish quickly.
I just can't wait to see how the 2013 led grow show goes and compare next years gpp ( grams per plant ) versus this years gpp. I think going by gpw and gpp are both worth tracking especially when growing perpetual style.
California has its ups and downs with our med laws. They give us collectives, then ban them, then remove the ability to grow outside, patient to patient exchanges being banned in certain cities among plenty of other b.s. It used to be much more med friendly but glad we still have what we have.
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