Hello. I adore the technology of LED & all of their usefulness, but I just do not currently have the funds to afford a full set up. For example, say I have one new plant... let's use this picture: Say I want to veg that somewhere alone, with the correct ventilation, humidity & temperature. Would one of these LED bulbs work in this reflector type dome hanging above the plant? Here are the bulbs and reflector dome: A 10 Watt Tri-Band LED Grow Light OR LED Spotlight Bulb TriBand Spectrum IN A \tBayco 150-Watt Incandescent Portable Work Light I apologize for the size of the pictures. Would this work though if the light were in one of those work lights and hanging right above the small plant? I'm only looking for vegging maybe the first 4-5 weeks & then the plant would be put into the tent. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.
...hmm they might work. I'd go with a normal led bulb, like for household lighting. I use these style bulbs with great results so far: I pop the plastic domes off these. You can see what I'm growing under them if you click the link in my sig. I'm about halfway through my first flowering run with 5 of those bulbs. They are 13.5w, I paid like $11 each I think at lowe's .. but a similar 7w bulb could veg out a plant to a foot tall or so. The lights you show have much weaker leds...that's why there's so many at such a low wattage. They might work...but I know the style I use work for sure. The seedling will let you know how well the bulb is working by how it grows/stretches within the first week. I think the normal spotlightstyle leds like the ones above will work alot better. I've also done probably 100 clones under a 9w led. I don't really like those clamp lights...they're not very secure and there's much better options imo. Alot of ppl mount a powerstrip on the wall and use the plugin style sockets like these:
Oh cool. you might be able to move it a little closer. What's going on on the left there? Some veggies?
Yeah, I will end up moving it closer. That was just a quick mounting fix for the moment. Actually, those on the left are some clones I cut the other day. Lol, we'll see how they turn out!
Here's a few updates of the 3 young ladies. These pictures are 10 days from germination. GSC View attachment 144665 OG Kush View attachment 144666 Venice Beach Afghan View attachment 144667
lookin good dude... you mentioned earlier about a blue led grow bulb a few posts back. I recently discovered that those led bulbs with the yellow dome/ring on them....they're actually blue leds on the inside! ...I posted some pics recently in my thread....click here if you want to check out the bulbs I'm talkin about
Need more light or closer looks like it's stretching a lot. Let's Smoke About It.... http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1320164-Sade's-First-Grow-Green-Crack
Thanks man. Oh, really? I pass those bulbs all the time at my local Wallmart. Maybe I'll have to check them out. As for the 3 ladies, they are 28 days old today (9/15/2014). I have been taking some pictures along their journey. I will upload them a little later today. Thank you Sade. The GSC was the worst to stretch. The other two didn't stretch so much. I'd say they still did though. I hope you check back later to see their update! Thanks again bud.
Yea I'm subbed I'll help Let's Smoke About It.... http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1320164-Sade's-First-Grow-Green-Crack
Gsc 27 Days into Veg View attachment 145735 View attachment 145736 Ogk 27 Days into Veg View attachment 145737 View attachment 145738 Vba 27 Days into Veg (Stunted growth? Had a case of Thrips, but I took care of them). View attachment 145739 View attachment 145740 Thanks everyone! PS All three were topped last night (9/15/2014).
Thanks for doing this in the name of stoner science. Looks great for such a small amount of light. Getting me some of those bulbs bong posted earlier, got a new cab that's coming to life soon Sent from my Spaceship using the GrassCity App.
I'm still here friends, with these same exact beauties growing lol. They aren't under the 10 watt LED anymore, since they grew so big. Their lights will be turning on soon & I will take some pictures. Right now they are in week 5 of flower. Be back later!