Ok so heres my question. I intend to grow one or two lowryders in a Rubbermaid tub and I'm concerned about heat. I know I could easily rig up a system that would work fine using CFLs but i want to know if these cheap led boards are a viable alternative when doing a micro grow- Amazon.com: 225 LED Quad Band Red, Blue, Orange and White Full Spectrum… Now I know these are cheap Chinese "crap" as many have said on the forum but if Im only growing one or two small plants would three work in such a small grow?
That panel is useless. Although it has 90 LEDs, it's only 13.8 watts. There's nothing you can grow with that. You're better off with a single cfl. Save your money and get two 4 packs of CFLs.
Ok man the reason I ask is because of the heat. 4 cfls in a rubbermaid tub would work great,I know this, but will it get hot in there?
without adequate ventilation it will get very hot. vented properly and it will maintain a constant temp.
You can probably get by with just an exhaust fan and a passive intake duct. Though I must say, growing in tupperware is pretty silly.
A lot of people grow in rubbermaid man nothing new or silly about it. It's better then growing in a pc case which is what I was looking at.