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[–] 12114409? [S] 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

https://imgoat.com/uploads/2cc227532d/91902.jpg

Yes it looks ghetto as fuck, and no I don't give one trillionth of a flying fuck, it works.

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[–] Dkeere 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Fuckit man, I started with a cardboard box lined with foil and a single incandescent wired to a cut up extension cord.

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[–] 12155617? [S] ago 

Yes, objectively. If you're considering their performance they're better in every way, less heat, less power, more light, and the lights only produce the proper wavelengths needed, they don't just piss out all colors of the rainbow at once like an HID/fluorescent/incandescent. They cost a little more per watt but IMO that's not even really an argument anymore unless you're extremely tight on cash.

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[–] Dkeere ago  (edited ago)

Nice lights. Well out of my price range for the amount of shelf space I need to cover though, and my shop lights work well enough for that. edit, did the calculation on price. That would cost me almost $700 to cover my 24 square feet of seed starting area, vs about $150 for what I'm using now.

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[–] 12124812? [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Damn you need to cover that much shelf space? I've started everything that's supposed to be started inside and then some things that are supposed to be direct sowed because I had so much bright light area left lol

To be fair, if you buy a single $80 300w (130w or so actual) LED panel on Amazon, that should cover at least half of your area. I mean in theory it would cover all of it but it's one of those things where you can't really bend the light to spread it out so you kind of have to deal with lots of unnecessarily bright areas reducing total coverage.

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[–] Dkeere ago 

I actually need about five times that, but I've gotta work with my limited budget due to home repairs. Keep in mind though that I'm trying to start a nursery and am growing well beyond the capacity of the typical garden. I've got about 100 individual types of plants started, with 200 needing to be sown in two weeks, and another 250 or so before spring. That's just individual types though, not individual plants. I'll probably have about 5000 individual plants going inside before spring. I'm also growing them for nursery size vs garden size, so many of the plants are being started month earlier than you normally would. Lots of juggling plants around, but eventually I'm going to have to break down and put together a cheap temporary greenhouse.

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[–] middle_path ago 

Cool set up. I knew you'd end up buying it.

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[–] 12115048? [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Well I was going to get one that would be about 130W actual (my current 2 are about 35W each) and I'm glad I didn't now because these fuckers are blinding on their own. I'd grow the best weed on earth if I had a 300w light in a room that small.