I'm growing for the first time. I picked up two baby plants, about 4 inches tall. I purchased one HPS (high powered peice of shit) Got home only to discover that it uses too much power, 1000w, wasn't thinking about that when I got it. And it puts my whole room at about 95f, which, a plant should be put in around 70f. Plus, the damn thing is in my bed room, so the place looks like a space ship is taking off in there. Very uncomfortable. I want to know if I can turn off the lights untill about 15 hours from now till I exchange this crap for a more modern LED grow. I was looking around and an LED light, good enough for 4 plants is the same price I paid for the HPS, 450$ - 500$ Ehh.... I think the guy was trying to get rid of this dumb light.. Also.. Has LED grow lights advanced a lot since 2008? This is what I'm looking at getting.. http://www.blackstarled.com/219.html It sounds like it would be as good as this artificial sun I have in my room..
Proper planning from the outset would have saved this....see my library on my blog... use 2-3 cfl's until you get this sorted, along with a small fan. peace "V"