would two of these be a good supplemental lighting system in addition to a 1000w HPS in a 10x10ft space? I'm hoping to grow square watermelons.
1101122
I hope you grow square water melons too, and they are sweet. But these are very nice lights, no problems. :)
1101123
2 of these would be more than enought to replace you 1000 watt hps...I wouldnt use it in conjuntion with led.. there 2 differant types of light.. Most of your hps light is wasted, about 70 % of it anyway...your plants only use 30% of the hps light to grow. the rest is just heat which causes more trouble than its worth..LED light is much differant. Your plants will be able to use 90% of this light to grow...They will be bigger greener and need less nutrients...also the electric bill will be about 90 bucks less a month without the use of your high power HPS system.
1101124
Dear Joe, I don't know about watermelons, but for sure this will be a great setup for tomatoes. The best for you is to concentrate your plants on a 4x4ft space in the center of the tent, in the case of tomatoes you can grow from six to nine of them. Then place your 1000w hps on the center, surrownded by your leds with a space of about 15cm between them and at least 50cm from the plant canopy. I hope this may help you. By the way, I'm loving my leds!!!
1036510
you could use HPS bulb for both veg & flower, but your plants will tend to stretch more during the veg phase. If you could, I would recommend using the mh for veg
149331
You should check out the BloomBoss PANEL 32w LED as a good alternative. It is much higher quality and it is backed by a 1 year warranty by a company that is based in the USA. It covers a 2' x 2' space very well.
70767
It wouldn't hurt. Id go with the planted plus. It has 660nm red leds and slightly higher par values
1510244
This with the single strip would only grow low light plants like java ferns, some anubias etc. If you plan on getting more led strips there are way better lights for the cost.
6739
I have two 1000 watt lights but I took the glass out of the hoods I haven't tried anymore than that.I would recommend hanging the lights before you put your plants in if you want to try more than that to see if the structure can handle it.
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I've been in horticulture for over 15 years! That 600 will not give enough lumens out in a space bigger than 4x4!It will affect your final product
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Not enough. Its not the lumens you have to be concerned with but the fall off for distance. These produce very nice light but they are better for fill in on bottoms and middle of plants. Only hps and ml gives real source light. Sure, you could string up 20-30 in a small space, but at that point, your not saving any wattage and your bulb replacement cost is prohibitive. They last about 2-4 months. Check out some of the setups on utube. Good luck Bonnie.
1299696
It would be a very nice light for a 10 gallon. I have 2 of them on my 125g.
1480599
The light is awesome for lps and sps corals. It should be good for an anemone too but it depends on what the anemone likes.
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It will work for growing plants if you give them the right spectrum of light. You can get bulbs of any temp for this fixture. This would be good for a 1ft by 2 ft area for vegetative growth only. If you are growing fruits and veggies you need a bigger fixture.
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This light does VERY well, I have dwarf grass, moneywort, telanthera (think that is how it is spelled) among others that require high light and they thrive with this light. I say start with 1 and see how it goes, no matter how much light you have you will always want a c02 system as it really is a requirement for the plants just like food is for your fish so keep that in mind as well if you want a really gorgeous planted tank!
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Hi Benjamin, I would say you would certainly need more watts for bigger and healthier plants.. It perfect for the seedling and helping them along once they sprout.. However, it's a bit narrow and not enough light for year round use.. You would probably need 4 of those little 54 watt bulbs to make it worthwhile..Good luck..
769853
Depends on what you're trying to achieve. If growing low light plants you might want to have two of these lights. I don't think one light will be adequate, in my opinion of course.
1372151
I'm using one of these with my 10 gallon, 3 lights installed, two white, one red. I have java fern, java moss, vallisneria corkscrew, and two types of anubias & everything is growing extremely well under these lights! However, If you're trying to grow any groundcover (dwarf hair grass or dwarf baby tears) I have had zero luck getting that to grow at all. (I should mention it's a low tech tank, I don't use any Co2, but I do have lots of cherry shrimp generating fertilizer) Overall, I'm really happy with this light set-up.
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This light is very nice for starting and vegetative growth, you will want to have many "plants" under this light. You will, however, run out of room as your plants near the "fruiting" stage. If your plants are healthy you will end up with only 2 to 4 plants worth of space in the area of productive light provided. I wouldn't trade this fixture for any other comparable fixture.
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1 could take on that size space but 2 would give more intensity and prob would be better. Way better than HPS because even with 2 of these GL60 LED's, the temperature will so much cooler than a 400 watt hps