I will gladly give you a big lecture on LED Grow Lights for cannabis! I wrote a whole article about Grow Lights (click here). I actually bought the old “blurple” lights when I first started, and they were OK for the “veg” stage, but as soon as my girls started to flower, I really had to upgrade.
“Blurple” BESTVA LED Grow Light – for my veg stage
Grow Lights VEG STAGE:
This really wasn’t the greatest choice but the price was right.
I am considering using it as an experiment for a future grow but I decided to upgrade to the MARS for my first crop.
The “Blurple” BESTVA, when you go searching and shopping online, SEEMS like a rock-solid choice, but in practice, it just doesn’t have enough strength for the flower stage.
MARS HYDRO TS 3000 for my flower stage
Grow Lights FLOWER STAGE:
I think I bought this light in the nick of time for the flowering phase of my first grow.
When I found, to my horror, that my cheap little blurple light was going to yield a very disappointing first crop, I dropped everything and bought the MARS TS 3000.
I do like to get a deal, so I shopped around, but I had issues with customer service that caused me a certain stress level as time ticked and my girls malingered with the old, inferior light on their brand new flowers.
I’m putting a link to Amazon here, but by all means shop-around. Anyway, this is the actual light I am now using and I’m pretty happy with it so far.
Mars-Hydro TS 3000 LED Grow Light Daisy-Chain Dimmable for Indoor