Ep.1 (Lettuce) - [ Ссылка ]
Ep.3 (Final Results) - [ Ссылка ]
QG LED Review - [ Ссылка ]
(The QG LED Review contains PAR footprints for the lights in this video)

I am aware that someone will comment on my narrative saying "73 watts is half of 115 watts." Yes it's actually about 63% to be specific. However, considering the plant under the 73 watts of light strips was really only being lit by 2/3rds of the strips at best, technically you could cover up a portion of the strip lights and get the same result. And in that case, the plant is virtually only using a portion of that 73 watts which would easily be less than half of the 115 watt light. And those plants under that 115 watt light were using virtually all of the light area compared to the 1 plant under the strip lights. I know this because I was also growing a pepper plant under the strips at the same time. That's quite a bit a growth and light coverage for that low of a wattage.

Technical Info...
The white LED brand is Roleadro. It is 115 watts at the wall. The Blurple light is 130 watts at the wall and is generic brand. Info for these lights can be found in the links below.

I used the nutrient trio from General Hydroponics. I started off with a seedling dose and then jumped to the aggressive vegetative dose after the plants had their first few sets of true leaves. I started the test off with 6 gallons of water in the container and ended with a little over 2 gallons. The entire grow was over a period of close to 3 months in a consistent ambient temperature of 73F. I switched to 12 hours of light to initiate flowering and also switched to the nutrient ratio for fruiting. I also used an air-stone for the hydroponic method.

The PAR output was kept around 500um of light at the plant canopy. The PAR output on the lights was almost identical and the center PAR measurements are 1000um/6" - 400um/12" - 200um/18" on both lights (not the QG strips).

The time lapse camera used was a Brinno TLC 200 Pro with an aftermarket lens. 1 photo every ten minutes. The night cycle was removed in post. The veg lighting hours were 17 on. The flowering light cycle was 12 hours off.

Intro video to this series - [ Ссылка ]
Blurple Light - [ Ссылка ]
White LED - [ Ссылка ]
QG LED - [ Ссылка ] (Click Shop)
Nutrients - [ Ссылка ]

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