LED lights on the cheapo

[thekingfisher]

Sup,

 

first time poster, short time lurker.

 

so I have been doing some research on low-heat LED lighting systems and it seems to me that you can make a very cheap system in about 15 min, using blue and red led's and some Christmas lights.

 

It seems that, blue LED lights by their nature of being blue, emit about 460nm wavelength (perfectly in the chlorophyll absorption range in the vegetative state 400 - 500 nm) and red LEDs by their nature of being red emit 660nm wavelengths (perfectly in the chlorophyll absorption range in budding state 600-700nm)

 

dick smith/jaycar and others sell these for about .20 - 50c each.

 

It seems that I can pin a blue LED filled Christmas light to a board and blammo! i have a light.

 

 

OR IS THIS TO EASY TO BE TRUE?

 

my references:

Notes on LEDS http://www.cresttech.com.au/led_info_notes.html

marijuana grow light guide http://www.greenmanspage.com/guides/lightguide.html

blue led http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefro...duct/View/Z3822

red led http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefro...duct/View/Z4072

 

 

 

would really appreciate any comments on this.

 

Kingfisher

[Chato]

Hey kingfisher welcome.

 

I'd firstly suggest to do some more research for finished and harvested grows under leds then come back with your thoughts. That is of course if you can find any or anything that you would even consider posting the results of.

 

Quite simply you won;t find many if any of worth... The practical technology hasn;t caught up to the concept yet.

 

Wish you luck on your quest.

 

peace

c

[blueheeler]

You can buy LED assemblies from China on Ebay for about $100

 

Does anybody know if they're any good? And can you use a solar panel or two to bring outdoors light inside via the LEDs with a good result

[TheTreeBoundRat]

Like chato sais do some thread researching and bring back the best bud shots and grow details you can find. I'm not aware of anything decent being achieved from LED's personally however If you can find info to the contrary all the better. Icmag has a few LED growers i think. Good luck

[Chronmasta]

i remember reading a thread on this at planet skunk.......i think it was 'The B0fin' who had some plants under LED ... mind you, it was about 2yrs ago so might be a bit of a mission to find it

 

good luck with it,

 

 

Chron

[thekingfisher]

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=1...ht=LCD+lighting

 

a test on growing under LED

 

seems to work......

 

I'm thinking that 125 LED lights 85%red 10% Blue 5% white is all you need.

 

Looks like im off to the christmas shop to get me some dirt cheap lights....

 

keeping the little fellas warm seems to be an issue, must keep that in mind.

[Chato]

That's not exactly a harvested or finished grow and the plants are tiny.

 

It not something of worth in terms of a serious or even hobby/personal growers perspective, it;s nothing more than an experiment in the authors own words.

 

Not knocking you just suggesting you keep looking for a harvested guide so as not to dissapoint yourself when you yield an ounce for your 4 months work.

 

Bet the cops would label it a sophisticated set-up too even if all it is is bells and whistles...

 

peace

c

[crank]

LED's have more years to go, its not so much the intensity or the correct spectrum but the luminens and the range.

[thekingfisher]

Chato:

 

Yeah, trying to find a harvested image of something under LED is that hard part.....

 

I'm sure its out there.

 

ill keep looking and will post when I do.

[melicious]

I'm gonna give it a go with a LED panel I've just bought off ebay. 1stly, I'll declare: I'm not the worlds best gardener.

 

I'm starting outdoors then bringing inside for privacy reasons and have found the natural light through the only window in a good position has been enough to kick off but recent up-n-down weather has meant too much inconsistency for my purposes. Hopefully I can contribute some pics, cause the theory seems pretty interesting to me and I hope to present some good results for other novice growers looking for a cheap indoor lighhting solution.