Peter Stanley's pepper knowledgebase
Sansi sent me the light for free, to review it. Also, I will earn commissions for purchases made through links in this post. This is at no extra cost to you and helps support this site and my YouTube channel.
Sansi recently sent me their new 40-watt Daylight spectrum LED grow light for review. This is a very nice light, with good, even distribution of light. The PAR values were not bad, considering the power draw of 35.5 watts.
Mr. Hua reimbursed my purchase of this grow light for an unbiased review. Also, I earn commissions for purchases made through the following links. This is at no extra cost to you and helps support my site and YouTube channel.
This is a two months update on the Mr. Hua 200 watt cob grow light. The light does very well, but I think the specs are a little exaggerated, as far as coverage area, and light intensity they claim. The plants I’ve had under it have responded well though. They advertise it as a 600 watt, but the actual power draw is around 200 watts. You can see my video update with time-lapse below.
Unboxing and setup video
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You can easily remove, or replace, hydroponic nutrients using a battery operated siphon. These are the type siphons normally used for filling kerosene heaters. This is especially useful for containers that are not easily moved.
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I just want to share an update on the pepper grow using my HLG-100 quantum board LED grow light from Horticulture Lighting Group. This is an awesome grow light and I highly recommend it.
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This is a 10-week follow-up on the Sansi LED floodlight. It actually got two pepper plants to produce fruit in this time.
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I just purchased the new 200 watt LED COB grow light from Mr. Hua. It has nice specs, and I’m looking forward to seeing how it does growing peppers. Currently, I have it over a couple Khang Starr crosses that I transplanted from small Kratky containers; a KhangSta Red and a StarrRacha Bonnet.
Here are the product details:
Dimensions: 23x4x3.5inches
Item Weight: 4.8lb
Max Coverage at 24″ Height 5x5ft
Core Coverage at 24″ Height 4x3ft
HPS/HID Replacement: 600W HPS/HID
Avg. Power Draw: 200W
LED Quantities: 3pcs* 200 watt Integrated COB Bridgelux LEDs
LED Lens: 120 Degree
Input Voltage: AC100-240V
Frequency: 50-60Hz
Lifespan: 50,000 hours
Warranty: 3 years
Here is a video showing the unboxing, tests and setup:
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It’s important to pop apart the grow deck for recirculating models between gardens. This is because roots can get in the channels and block nutrient flow. It’s very easy to do, but not very intuitive if you’ve never done it before.
Here’s a video showing how to take apart the grow deck on an AeroGarden Bounty model.
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My pepper plant has done very well under the HLG-100. See the video below for the 30 days progress and time-lapse.
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I was growing a 7-Pot Peach in my AeroGarden Bounty, and it did very well. After 254 days, it grew so large that the truck started blocking the nutrient flow. Watch the video below to see what happened.
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Horticulture Lighting Group sent me an HLG-100 3000K light for review.
Product description from HLG:
HLG 100 uses our custom designed High-efficiency white light Quantum Boards. With a total of 192 Top Bin Samsung LM561C S6 LED’s, this fixture produces 15,000+ Lumens with just 96 Watts of power. Equivalent to 200W T5 or 250W CFL output or 200W metal halide. Lamp. Includes: LED Board, Hanger, Non-Dimmable Meanwell Power Supply with USA NEMA 1-15p plug. Checkout HLG 65 for a similar Lamp with less Power. 4000K recommended for Veg/Greens/Flowering. 3000K for supplement light.
I have this setup over an existing plant, which was a propagated clone of an unknown Lightning Mustard Hab cross. The plant is in a 27 gallon DWC setup, in a 4×4 grow tent.