Grow lights – Page 2

April 11, 2019October 18, 2019

Sansi LED Floodlight grow update

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I’ve been using the Sansi LED floodlight as a test grow light since August of 2018. This light isn’t marketed as a grow light, it is for general utility, illumination. Sansi sent me this light for free to review. The color temperature is 5600K, which I think is great for growing. I suspected it would be only ideal for vegetative growth, but my plant test subjects have both fruited under it, not once, but twice.

Here is a video of the update:

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019

Update on HLG plant

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I’ve called it the HLG plant because it’s the only one I’ve had under my Horticulture Lighting Group HLG-100 3000K light. The pepper plant is an unknown cross with Lightning Mustard Hab and has grown prolifically. I need to make room in the tent and make use of the light for this year’s pepper starts. So I pruned it way back, and trimmed the roots, and moved it from the 27-gallon tote to a 5-gallon bucket. I also changed the nutrients from Flora Nova Grow to Dyna-Gro 7-9-5. I’ll soon move it out of the tent entirely and put it under one of my red/blue LED lights. I’ll need to sanitize the grow tent and set up space for my new pepper plants.

Most of my pepper plants have been transferred out of the seed starting system and AeroGardens, into small wicking cups. I’ll probably put most of them in tote lids so they can all feed through the wicks out of the totes.

Here are some pics of the plant I just pruned back.

Plant after transplant — After transplant

February 12, 2019October 18, 2019

Sansi 40 watt LED Daylight grow light review

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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.

January 28, 2019October 18, 2019

Mr Hua 200 watt cob grow light update

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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

December 12, 2018January 3, 2019

HLG-100 from Horticulture Lighting Group – grow update

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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.

December 11, 2018January 3, 2019

Sansi LED floodlight update

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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.

December 6, 2018January 3, 2019

Mr Hua grow light 200 watt COB

Mr Hua 200 watt cob — Mr. Hua 200 watt cob

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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:

October 26, 2018January 3, 2019

HLG-100 30 day update – massive plant growth

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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.

September 24, 2018January 3, 2019

Horticulture Lighting Group — HLG-100 unboxing and setup

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Overview

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.

Setup

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.

Video

September 14, 2018January 3, 2019

Sansi 35 watt LED grow test – 7 week followup

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Follow-up

This is a follow-up to the initial setup and testing of the Sansi 35 watt BR30 LED. See original article here.

I’m surprised how well this light is doing for growing. It is not designed to be used as a grow light but does a decent job of it. I’m getting lots of nice roots and leaf development, and even fruit! See the video below to see the progress.