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5 months to harvest? Geez I hope not. You only need half that time. My whole cycle takes 70 days, start to finish with 4.5' tall plants.
Forget about the LEDs for now, nothing can match the growth rate to a HID lamp. It sucks that LEDs are not the magic answer we all hoped for. LEDs and florescent lighting will grow plants, but only to a small percent of the plants full potential. I wish it was not the case, bud sadly it is. I know a few folks who can get some good smoke from their floro grows. But it just falls well short of using a HID lamp.
Veging in a 24 hour on light cycle is faster then an 18/6 cycle in direct proportion. This is not a feel or an opinion, it is fact. So you have to find a way to power up 24/7 if you want to have fast cycle times (and we all want that).
I have friends who have two wind generators tied to the grid. They get cash back from the electric company (no batteries required). The good thing about being tied to the grid is you can get juice when you cant make your own (no wind or sun).
The eletric company does not give a damn how much juice your using, or if you spiked in usage. The reason the electric company is responsible for helping cops bust people is, they find the grower running a hot tap stealing the supply. The cops are not sifting through everyones bill to see who is up this month, nore would the state let them. People just say that because they see the Edison guy on the news telling how he helped the cops for the third time this month bust an indoor grow op.
They cant use infrared heat pictures as grounds for a warrent anymore. If your growing 6 plants, I would not worry about.
If I was king, I would required all new homes be built with wind generators or pannels. I don't understand why they don't do this more. I can't even put in a wind generator or solar pannels in my hood, it's against the rules. Very sad.
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