Hello friends. We will finally be preparing our grow room over the next couple of weeks and have been researching for months about the lights. I had previously decided on 2 of these.
However, they are about to be sold out. After reading sooo muuch, now I am questioning whether my original choice was a good one and what would compare? My goal is 6 plants, autoflower mix pack from ILGM, I will be growing in a spare bedroom, with plenty of space, and ventilation. My budget for lights is about $350. I have been composting my own soil for this project since August and it is ready as well. Any info on how to make this the most successful grow on a time limit to get the most potent, dense buds possible is MUCH appreciated. I am a medical patient and along with everyone else cannot afford to purchase medicine from the dispensaries here in NM… So this will be my first attempt at gaining confidence in growing cannabis. Thank y’all again!
Welcome to ILGM forum and Hello @Growinglove420
I actually own two of those light and two of the galaxy hydro 9band with ir and uv ( same co as Roleadro)
I have 5 plants in a 7foot wide 4feep&6tall box
This is where I’m at with them
Just thought I’d share
Rule of thumb with light 50watts per square foot of grow space calculating with actual watt draw not rated so example the 400 watt light your looking at draw 197/200 actual watts
Use that #
@Growinglove420 Welcome glad to have a new member I have the same brand of cob myself but it’s just a single 200 W and works extremely well there are so many LEDs in so many different opinions I have been very happy with the light that I have a Got (meizhi led off amazon) i’ve been very happy with how they work there are a few other people on here who also use these lights I really like their new 600 W and I know that @Oldstoner also uses these lights everyone is here for you to answer anything they possibly can do to help welcome good luck and great growing
Total right now I have two 300 galaxy hydro and two 400watt Roleadro the
For a total actual watt draw about 700 watts @Growinglove420 @Masshole I actually own 4 of the 300 watt galaxy hydro light and they are about 87$ ea on Amazon
I used 2 for veg of the 300 watt
Truth is I think you’ll be happy with any of the light the good folks here are posting
And you know they been tested by a good group of people who will give you honest opinions
Lol @Masshole you know we like making people crazy around here with all of the answers she’s about to get lol
Good luck with your grow when you start and keep us posted @Growinglove420
I also have the galaxyhydro 300w led and I also have the marshydro 96 reflector series which are 200w, and to be quite honest with you for the price the galaxyhydro is an excellent purchase and I will buy more of the galaxyhydros instead of spending out big bucks on marshydro. Not saying that the mars don’t do an excellent job and have more of the color spectrum and offer more features. But just from what I have seen from my yields there’s not really a big enough difference to spend out the extra money. The cheaper lights work good enough for my needs. And I could have got 5 of the galaxyhydro 300w which are 150 true watts + 5 =750w for the price I paid for 2 marshydro which are 200true watts +2 = 400w and also keep in mind that these lights will need to be replaced after 50,000hrs which is roughly about 2 years of growing.
Cool! I looked at them when I first got the one I have. They was more then and I decided to go with the cheaper one just trying it out and I really like them for the price. When I get the funds I am replacing my 600w hps with 4 or 5 of the galaxyhydro 300w with the daisy chain feature you are talking about.
Personally hydromars 192 reflector series after much research on watts , par , spectrum they are the best lights for the money and the full spectrum is unbelievable… and the quality of materials is right up there with some of the best just based on my opinion and my own results. Whatever fits the budget and needs go for it . Good luck and happy growing
Okay awesome y’all. Thank you soooo much for all of your well wishes and advice. I’m going to read over all of your messages and see what will be perfect for our grow. I sincerely appreciate it, even though its alot more options lol it’s a guarantee to be what I’m looking for no matter what I choose bc you wonderful people have tried them already so no matter what in the end will have proper quality medicine. Yayay! Thank y’all again for being so welcoming. We will have many more questions in the days to come I am sure. I’m even more excited to get started since I feel like I will have the help from you all! (any input on autoflowers?)
Everything is good autos white widow you can’t go wrong really everything I have has been above and beyond great beans patience is key like anything else
A view from the webcam today shows why…
Thank y’all again for being so welcoming. We will have many more questions in the days to come I am sure. I’m even more excited to get started since I feel like I will have the help from you all! (any input on autoflowers?) 