Led lamp test! 1 week!

[wille]

They promise it can lit up a large space (several square meters) but then again, it's impossible to confirm is it enough for flowering pllants. I'm sure it's enough for growing the leaves etc but flowering definitely needs much more light.

Oh and, Dutch-Habanero F1 Bonchi is looking even better now... for some reason, it started to flower a lot even when  it's full of fruit! Never seen that to happen with DH F1 before!

Pictures to come later.

This LED lamp is much better than I ever could have expected!

Damn! There will be more pods than leaves! 

[Fatalii]

Looks like that!

I think I will harvest the pods quite soon and let it flower completely. Now it's obvious that it isn't the LED lamp that won't restrict the amount of fruit, but the pots they're growing in.

It's good to keep in mind that all of the Bonchi's under the LED lamp are in TINY  pots. In large pots the growth would be more obvious of course.

But, as I said before, this lamp really suprised me!
The yield is what really shows how effective the lamp is and itt IS effective!

[wille]

Yeah, that LED-lamp really seems to be quite effective! Now let's just wait for the price to come down a bit! 

[Fatalii]

Here's the latest pic of Dutch-Habanero F1 under the led.

I will add some topmax soon to boost the flowering even more!

[Chilicutter]

Caramba!
That looks so delicious.
I could eat whole plant
Must try grow some bonchi in autumn.

[lee]

Looks really awesome

[sputnick]

Sweet!


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[buggedcom]

549€ seems like a lot of money if you ask me. I've been looking for a replacement for my 2700K CFL that just popped after 3 weeks (annoying as hell) and have been considering LED's. I'm looking at these as an alternative and they are considerably cheaper. They appear to have less wattage but have the same kind of spectrum output, plus the GrowLED 38 comes in different red, blue, or mixed, thus allowing you to mix and match.

http://www.earthled.com/growled-led-grow-lights.html

An American company but they appear to ship to Finland. I haven't checked yet but am sending them an email tomorrow.

[Fatalii]

Yeah, there are planty of cheaper ones, but are they as good?

There can be always good promises of the spectrum etc. but how they work in practice?

Many companies around the world are trying to get rid of the older LEDs now, so yes, you can get cheaper ones.
I've already heard many sad stories about spot leds and the ones that have bad spectrums even the specs say they are perfect..

The price is still quite high, but compared to HPS, LED lamp pays itself back quickly!

It's like with HPS lamp.. people shouldn't think too  much what it costs, but what will it cost in a long run, as long as you will use it.

And these are still quite new stuff, eventually the price will settle!

[wille]

I agree with you Fatalii. I think that when these LED systems become more common, the price will drop. And as the old saying goes, "a poor man can't afford to buy cheap things"...  (freely translated )

[lee]

Within 2-3 years prices will drop dramatically. LED is the future!!.

[AlexChupetinho]

Hello friends of the UFO! (*grins)

I've googled and found out that most of the producers of the UFO LED lamp are located in China. They also produce panels and other lamps for growing plants. I asked about the price a few days ago and they answered me very promptly:
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About UFO you asked ,its feature is as :
         1)Shape :Round
         2)LED qty :90 pcs 1 W high power LED  (Red :blue =7:2 or Red:Blue =8:1)
         3)Power:90W
         4)Wave Length : RED :620-625nm,660nm ,Blue :450-460nm

Price :126USD/pcs FOB Shenzhen and if qty is big ,the price will be negotiable!
Ship cost for 1 pcs to  Germany  is 58.6usd by DHL
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The problem is the toll: I must find out how much EU will want to have
Anyway, the price will be about 150 euro plus toll. Not bad! Could be even less, when ordering 10 or 20 lamps.
In any case, I will not construct a lamp by myself since it has to be solid enough and the UFO has 3 fans that are electronically controlled to avoid overheating of LEDs. (so the description)
The LEDs are high power (1W a piece) which is very much, comparing with a "normal" LED (about 30mW). Buying is better.

The question is: red:blue 7:2 or 8:1?
Fatalli, you're the "pioneer" of the UFO lamp growing, which composition of red/blue would you recommend (my whish ist to grow bonchis).

regards
Alexander

[Fatalii]

Check the latest updates on my site, you can see the exact ratio of the blue / red lamps there on the led pics!

It's hard to recommend anything else after seeing how well it works!

[talas]

Alex have seen a number of these used in Dubai and was told the price of these will go down quickly as the l.e.d
are being produced in higher quantity`s and also larger versions are being made for commercial applications,if your thinking for next season..i would certainly wait till the prices drop further   

[tadytomas]

well I plan to buy some LED lamp in autumn when the GH season will be over. Hope te price drops... a lot.. 

[talas]

Yes lets indeed my plan to 

[AlexChupetinho]

I'm curious to see how deep the price will go down. I can already get the UFO in ebay with 225 euro.
For the meantime I bought this here:
https://www.growshoponline.nu/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=12&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=878&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=14&vmcchk=1&lang=en
Should be very good!

[talas]

Nice pair of Fluorescent,You will get some great growth with those 

[AlexChupetinho]

hope so!!! 

[Herpiili]

90W ufo leds are already available at about 170 euros+50 eur shipping to Finland from one manufacturer's local office in Amsterdam