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I'm LIT with Migro, go Shane!

I just bought a 4 aray from you shane ..cant wait to get it…they look awesome…im hoping to increase my yield significantly…thx

I have a 4 x 4 in a limited space that I can only access two sides of the tent - pruning was a nightmare so I set up a turntable from an 8 x 4 sheet of ply cut it half - with a Lazy Suzanne bearing and low profile casters between the two halfs - so I grow 4 large plants per cycle which I can rotate to trim them - working well but I do need a light upgrade...!

Excellent and informative as always keep it up have helped us novices understand the noice of lights!!! It is very appreciated 💚✌️

The size of the hydro plant over his shoulder! 😵🤯

I got it to flower and starting too, bud .I'm just using normal over the counter Bulbs, and I have gotten this far just the seed soil a pot and its crazy + the thing its in I made so it's a proper DIY . LOVE THE SHOWS MAN "" IT GETS MY 🧠 TICKING AND I HAVE .MADE A DESIGNE "" BASED ON BITS TAKEN FROM YOUR DIFFERT VIDEOS. SO RESPECT 🙏 MY MAN ✌️ ☮️ peace out

Thank u for the information always a great show ✌️

thanks for the tips!

Thaaank you. This is exactly the type of video i need to watch 🙏

Thank you. As always, great work. ... ✨💫

There's a lot of nonsense out there!!! Best statement ever

Great video Shane, I'm running the grow light science Progrow 850 in my 5x5 and so far, it's really a nice LED. happy plants 🪴💯🔥

You are the best. Thanks.

Thank you for your knowledge I'm trying

I'm binge watching your light videos tonight. I want to upgrade before i grow again. It's been well over ten years and my old light was a 1000 watt hps.

Thanks Shane 👌

Thank you for advice on the Spider Farmer lights & discount code.

I love your tips and knowledge....your videos have helped me a great deal..... ! I'm on my first indoor grow. I'm finishing up my first run but it's taking 5 months so far and I have a few weeks to go. In a 4x4 room with a 415watt led light is it worth it to grow 6 auto flowers to get smoke a little quicker or is is it really worth it to go photo period and be patient ?

Hey Shane, don't want to sound like I know more than I do, but can you talk about what BIN LEDs you for the Array line? Many thanks.

Love the videos. Can you do a video on the new hlg tomahawk? There new bar style.

Just bought your new Migro 4 x 4 can't wait to use with my auto girls. That are currently suffering in our humid cloudy weather here in uk

Hi Shane, I’ve got a 2 mtr x 2 mtr tent, I’ve got 4 x 600w hps, should I use 4 x 480 led,s ?? still wanting to make the switch from hps to Led,, but realy bricking it, please advise, thanks 🙏

I really wish I had found migro before I bought my lights. I’ll guess I’ll just need to get another tent

Sanan , Nichia , Phillips , Seoul Cree Moso , Sosen, Powerland , Osram inventronics, all great leds and drivers..

You are the man, Shane. So you want to grow? ok, this is what you need for a personal grow, and you don't need this. I have a 5ft×7ft x 8ft tall grow room, I have perched 2 sp4000 & 1 KS5000 Over the past 2 years, because I didn't understand, about even light spread, and that you don't need that much power to give the plants what they need, only 500 to 800 par O well

Looking for recommendations for 4'x6' trays. I'm looking to get away from HID. Right now running 2000w over each 4'x6' table with 4' tall plants. What LED's would you recommend to get comparable intensity and penetration ?

if I have a 4x4 tent is it better to get say 2 x mars hydro fc3000- evo or 1 x Fc4800-evo ? seems both will fit. does having two smaller 300w actually give you the effect of 600w in? or does one big at 480w better ?

I have 2 options for flowering. full spectrum or Red/white with alot of red . What's best for flowering?

what hight do you recommend for Led 1000w bestAV 2023 full spectrum? My first 2 autos were stunted, and had burn, didn't recover in time so didn't get much from them

Thanks for simplifying it Shane, I'm a simple man with a simple plan. I still havent found clarity on Co2 supplement + par + EC, and its a mystery to me. Really wanna/gonna get your latest, but being mid-pacific makes shipping dushlan a bheiith agat.

Good stuff

Great info here. However the Migro Aray 5x5 light on the website is priced at $677.00 and if you change to euros it is even more €736,82. Is this correct ? It says $649 in the list here.

good tips ... Ive just gone from 2 lights of 500 watts in my 5x5 to one EVO 8 (730watts) from AC Infinity & wow , its super efficient & the same wattage im getting loads more light & coverage ..so yeah look fwd to you reviewing the EVO Ionframe lights with the new EVO diods & see what you make of it & its new spectrum it has.. looks a lot warmer 😎

Love how you explain these topics. Maybe a silly question but why don’t we see any light fixtures that are completely red leds?

Where can I buy that shirt?

Shane, have you done any tests on any of these new LED set ups from the old hps manufacturers like maxibright and lumii that use the HID ballast??

I'd love to see a video covering what light to use for keeping a mother plant. I am currently thinking of getting a Migro Aray 2 for the job in a 2x2 tent, but i am unsure if that's a smart thing to do since it would be dimmed constantly :D

What light do you use to give you that effect 😉

Those vegetables growing in the background are going to be the nicest tasting in Ireland you can get once they are done hahaha!

i use a 18hr on 6 hour off. who does 16/ 8 thats crazy?

I can't tell you how happy i am with my Viparspectra KS 3000 in my 1m x 1m tent. I got it a few weeks ago. I could not resist bc now you get a better driver with it compared to last year. The spread is outstanding. It actually pushes 325 Watts in real and you can connect external controller like the AC Infinity 69 controller. I coudnt wait for your new light Shane. l would have had to go with the 4x4 model anyway for my 1m x1m tent and run it a bit lower in wattage. And the different cost was another point to look at. Im sure your 4x4 model would have been awesome in my 1m x 1m tent...but the KS 3000 was like almost 200€ less than your 4x4 model. And another reason was i could not wait any longer...😜 But im still running two of your old COBs for veg and cloning...still working after more than 5 years...but they don't have to run that hard anymore. 😉 I actually know that one of your new lights would have been a blast for me...keep it up Shane. Im a big fan of your channel for over 5 years now. 👍👍👍

Thank you, Shane! You’re read all my previous comments and answered all my questions! What about multi tier using of led for commercial grow? It’s not a simple setup for the weight of led…. Please, record a future video about it

Hello Shane Thank you for the info. Spider farmer 30 watt UVA & now a 40 watt UV & IR bar light for a few bucks more. Does this IR do any good?

hello shane i like video Shane a question about you talk about warm white and cool 4000k Led in this video would it be ok to add 6400k leds as a supplement i`am thinking of adding 4*20w (2ft length) samsung 6400k strips vertical in the 4 corners where par maps seem to fall short what do you think

So this list of light that was compared was for a 5x5 area. I'm wondering where would the Aray 12 be in this list ? Because it is slightly pricier that Aray 5x5 but the efficiency is the same.

In a 3x3 tent my best in organic soil are: 315W CMH - 1.76 grams per watt. 300W LED - 1.35 grams per watt. And these are autoflower grows.

do you have a video along the line if UV & IR on light that are either fixed, fixed but own switches and add on supplemental (like spiderfarmer has) as well as timing for those with there own control, assuming they shouldn't be on all the time.

Good guide but everything is relative in growing. I've seen people pulling off 500+ grams from 1 autoflower. You can definitely fill up 3x3 with 1 auto. The key strategy is genetics, hydro and a lot of light.

You should expect about 60 to 70 grams per square foot in a 4x4 with 600 watts 4 plants in a scrog in 5 gallon coco pots with masterblend nutrients..

Any plans of testing the Omega infinity?

Love your videos, very informative about growing using variety of LED’s. Do you have a thought on the quality of the plants, buds, when growing 9 plants in a 4x4 tent compared to only growing 4 plants, in a 4x4? Do you loose quality of buds when you grow small plants vs larger more mature plants? Do smaller plants produce the same exact same THC levels , and terpenes, regardless of plant size??? Thanks

Please do a review and par test on the AC Infinity ionframe Evo6 or Evo8 grow light next!!! I'd greatly appreciate it!!!

And one more thing that I can't resist asking. In the website the Aray 5x5 Efficiency PPF/Watt is 2.7. In this list however usable PPF*/Watt is 2.4. Are these different metrics ?

Whats your opinion on the best value LED light for a 4x4?

1.5grams with the lumitek ats 300 pro

Are you going to come out with an aray 5x5 + red? Wondering if it will matter, guess theyd just stretch less.

still using diy build growlight,... when it finally fails me i'll get the mars hydro

Since HPS is getting increasingly hard to come by Sooner or later I will have to switch up so Its good to know where the industry is at. It is going to be a sad day when I have to put a bullet in my ballast and say farewell though. It has given me good, reliable 1g per watt results for many years all now hassle free. Asking too much of your grow space is also something a newer grower does. Sure you can get 2G per watt, but do you want it? If you pack your space too tight, even with circulation you can run into mold and bud rot then you lose the whole crop. Unless you are prepared to start filling your space with ac and CO2 tanks and dehumidifiers. I don't even have AC in my house. My pot plant ain't getting Air conditioning before I do. 😂

Pretty sure this cool cat was the singer for oasis.

Is the MIGRO ARAY 2 lamp enough for a 70cmx70cm box for photoperiod plants?

what spectrum do i select on the ppfd app for the viparspectra xs 1500 pro??

The sun is the best growlight, so if you can, place your plants outside! I use a TS-1000 to supplement my big autoflower in the evening!

1.5×1.5 how many Watts 700 ?

Sounds like you've never grown in a big bed of soil. Not to be disrespectful, but I would setup a 4x4 bed and it'll change your mind.

Need something for a 2x4 but I'm cheap

Over 2g per watt is definitely achievable with top end leds

You’re right about the grams per watt I know people who are getting 1.7 and I’m super impressed since I’m only doing like 1.2 then I find out they are using dehumidifiers , 1 ton air conditioners , heaters and flowering for 11 weeks . I’m just using a 300 watt extraction fan and flowering for 8 weeks. Everyone is fudging the numbers , even the way they clean and dry , heaps of stem and still damp . I fully agree anyone saying they are pulling over 1.5 are actually pulling their Cocks.

Wait are you talking specifically about weed?

Mars Hydro will not honor warranty claims

Did geekbeast go out of business.

You sabatoged the dirt grow by NOT giving them newts. Do you not fertilize in a garden? We always fertilize. Do it again with rust brandons dirt recipe. Bokashi earthworks has amino acid ferts.

LEDs are useless if it's not summer. You have to heat your room or it's to cold. Cmh even need heat in winter. Hps is needed so you don't need heaters in winter.

Say watt one more time 😂

👍👍☝️Mostly led grow lights without app have to big blue in spectrum and not enough darkgreen, yello, orange and red for flower, veg. and bloom switch-knob is better, so big blue in bloom makes longer bloom-days 1,5week and its not good for money!!! Your new 500w canapa partner bar light is nice, but i wish you have this 500w light as a half 250w 2-bar grow light with seperatly long cable on the dimmer-box to fix it seperatly outside, like the nice even ppfd, good luck!!! Germany will legalise cannabis in the next month - 1 jear, so i hope the goverment works and i can buy a good small grow light, hope you having this 250w 2-bar light to this time, i think your array have not a perfectly ppfd, little to big blue and to less bloom spectrum, but 120degree is not efficiency, the pure sun is coming directly, so with optics 80 degree on the middle, and lower degrees on the end of the light its better for a perfect ppft= is when all plots having the same number of 940-1100 ppfd!! greetings from 🇩🇪 wrongdog

I really miss the old forums I was a member of for almost two decades. Firstly at OG (Overgrow) thru Mr Nice nl Looking forward to your upcoming group Joe King Park 😉

I cant afford a HLG fixture. What is the next best thing for a 5x5? I have two AC Infinity EVO6 for veg.

125-150 LEDs watts per plant

Roi 720 that is all

lol its simple the bigger the better lol who care other then that

Damn i gotta step up my light game. I'm still using blurple lights. Giixer1000 😂 hey it works good actually at least i think. Nothing good to compare it to.