by Shane Torpey | Sep 18, 2018 | Grow Diaries
Customer Grow diary report Grow diary and yield report for a customer who purchased two MIGRO 600’s to replace his HPS grow light setup in a 8 ft x 4 ft (2.4M x 1.2M) grow tent. Setup Plants: 8 x clones Black Cherry Punch – in House Genetics. Medium: Canna Coco...
by MIGRO Editor | Apr 18, 2018 | Grow lighting basics, Grow lighting tips, LED Vs HPS
This is a guide to help you decide what HID technology to chose for your grow. We compare the spectrum output, efficiency and lifetime cost of the most common types of High Intensity Discharge (HID) grow lights: Metal Halide (MH) High Pressure Sodium (HPS) Ceramic...
by MIGRO Editor | Apr 6, 2018 | LED Vs HPS
The Best Small Grow Light 2018 We have tested a range of small grow light systems to determine what is the most efficient, what has the best spectrum and how much they cost to buy and run. The models selected are: MARS 300 Optic 1 Viparspectra V300 Lumii Envirogro T5...
by MIGRO Editor | Nov 22, 2017 | Grow lighting basics, Grow lighting tips, LED Vs HPS
How to use our Grow Light Efficiency Calculation Tool to size your grow light This is a simple and accurate grow light efficiency calculation tool. You can use the grow light efficiency calculation tool for most grow light systems such as CFL, HPS, MH, CMH and LED....
by MIGRO Editor | Oct 28, 2017 | Grow lighting basics, Grow lighting tips
What is the best grow light spectrum? This is a simple guide to the best grow light spectrum. We have taken the information from a recent & comprehensive scientific study of grow light spectrum. We present a summary of their experiment findings in an easy to...
by MIGRO Editor | Oct 16, 2017 | Grow lighting basics, Grow lighting tips
Achieving the best grow room conditions for temperature, CO₂ and light levels will enable you to get the maximum yield from your grow. Extensive laboratory tests on Cannabis Sativa have determined the best temperature, light and CO₂ levels for maximum photosynthesis...
by MIGRO Editor | Oct 14, 2017 | Grow lighting basics, Grow lighting tips
Plants need a lot of light from nearing the end of vegging and right through flowering to harvest. The yield at the end will be directly proportional to the amount of light the plants receive during this period. This guide will help you understand how high to hang...
by MIGRO Editor | Oct 12, 2017 | Grow lighting basics, LED Vs HPS
Why upgrade from HPS to LED grow lighting? HPS is a great low cost technology, proven over years of use and is efficient when setup correctly. So why upgrade from HPS to LED? Let’s compare the LED vs HPS performance and costs first and see if it makes sense....
by MIGRO Editor | Sep 14, 2017 | Grow lighting basics, Grow lighting tips, LED Vs HPS
How Big A Grow Light Do I Need? We show you how to convert from the light intensity you want in PAR to a grow light size in watts. You can use this calculator for any grow light system and any size grow area. How to to calculate the wattage of your grow light in four...
by Shane Torpey | Sep 14, 2017 | Grow lighting basics, Grow lighting tips
There are a range of different effects grow light spectrum (colours) can have on plant growth. It is a complex area but we will demonstrate to you the basic principals with practical experiments and results. Most importantly, there are general effects that red and...
by MIGRO Editor | Sep 7, 2017 | Grow Diaries, LED Vs HPS, MIGRO 400
We have a new LED Vs HPS yield result from a side by side grow test. Thanks to our good friend in the UK, Closet grower. The MIGRO 400 was challenged by a 600W HPS and beat it mercilessly! The MIGRO returned more yield with much less power consumed. In fact the MIGRO...
by MIGRO Editor | Aug 17, 2017 | Grow lighting basics, Uncategorised
A ‘full spectrum’ grow light is a light source suitable for growing plants through it’s full life cycle from seed to harvest. As lighting technology has advanced it has become possible to tailor the light recipe for plants. The mixing of this recipe...
by MIGRO Editor | May 8, 2017 | Closet Grow, Growing stealthy
We have released a comprehensive Stealth Closet Grow Build Manual FREE. It is for anyone in the grow community who wants to setup a small and stealthy grow and needs a little help with the overall design and build. The Manual includes 14 pages of instructions and...
by MIGRO Editor | Apr 11, 2017 | Grow lighting basics, Grow lighting tips, LED Vs HPS
What’s the difference between the spectrum of the Sun, HPS, CMH, Red/Blue LED and Full Spectrum LED We have tested the spectrum of all the major grow light technologies and compare them so you can see their makeup in Blue, Green and Red. It is the proportions of...
by MIGRO Editor | Apr 11, 2017 | Closet Grow, Growing stealthy, LED Vs HPS
We look at a selection of options for the best closet grow light in 2017 including a 100W Spectrum King MLH, a 150W HPS with digital ballast, a 250W Dual Spectrum CFL from Electrox and a MIGRO 100. Each closet grow light is tested in a 2ft x 2ft or 60cm x 60cm grow...
by MIGRO Editor | Mar 27, 2017 | Grow lighting tips
Many growers think that white paint is the best reflective lining for grow room walls. We have tested a lot of grow lights in a lot of different environments to see what works best. We can tell you definitively that matt white paint is as effective as the standard...
by MIGRO Editor | Jan 8, 2017 | Grow lighting tips
Improve your yield by 25%. Sounds crazy, right? If you are running a HPS or a LED box light with a wide spread in a budget tent this improvement is for you. The problem is that the reflective materials in budget tents (includes many big brands) are not very efficient....
by Shane Torpey | Dec 16, 2016 | Grow lighting basics
The Key Ingredients Of Indoor Growing If you are going to grow cannabis indoors you need to get the most from every crop. This guide will help you to tune your grow-op for high performance. The Must-Haves For Indoor Marijuana Growers Ever since the late 1980’s indoor...
by MIGRO Editor | Oct 8, 2016 | Grow lighting basics, Grow lighting tips
Grow lighting basics… What is photosynthetically active radiation? What is PAR? Plants use the range of the light spectrum known as photosynthetically active radiation. Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) is light in the wavelength range of 400 nm (blue)...
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