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Don Geno

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For cheap generic leds mars hydro does justice light source is very important but first and foremost is the nutrition and health of plants your nutrients must be dialed in and temperatures must be perfect I believe this is more of a percentage in yield per plant then lights I have seen great growers rock cfls and have big yields its the grower and strain your equipment is key element but all in all if everyone did hypothetically have everything the same except for growing tactics everyone would have different weights we all cant afford 1000$ + leds diy are cool get it how you live growers preference outweighs it all :bigjoint::hump:8-):peace::o:grin::wink:
 

REALSTYLES

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For cheap generic leds mars hydro does justice light source is very important but first and foremost is the nutrition and health of plants your nutrients must be dialed in and temperatures must be perfect I believe this is more of a percentage in yield per plant then lights I have seen great growers rock cfls and have big yields its the grower and strain your equipment is key element but all in all if everyone did hypothetically have everything the same except for growing tactics everyone would have different weights we all cant afford 1000$ + leds diy are cool get it how you live growers preference outweighs it all :bigjoint::hump:8-):peace::o:grin::wink:
No it doesn't Mars light or junk take it from me I own them but I make my own lights now and there is no comparison
 

Don Geno

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No it doesn't Mars light or junk take it from me I own them but I make my own lights now and there is no comparison
Are you entered in the party cup comp? Love to see what your lights can do :hump: and its all growers preference whatever suites you :spew: and i was stating in the previous post its more about the grower for beginners mars do well for the price you pay without the hassle of building your own if looking for something cheap having all dialed in on a small set up it performs well not the best of the world but good for what it is :peace:
 
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Tim Fox

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Are you entered in the party cup comp? Love to see what your lights can do :hump: and its all growers preference whatever suites you :spew: and i was stating in the previous post its more about the grower for beginners mars do well for the price you pay without the hassle of building your own if looking for something cheap having all dialed in on a small set up it performs well not the best of the world but good for what it is :peace:
I get that there are people who either dont know how to build a DIY , or they dont want to take the time to learn, I found the DIY threads were so informative and with some time spent looking and reading, asking a few questions, I think just about anyone can build a DIY light!!! especially if they use the cob holders, no soldering, no need to drill and tap if you use self tapping screws or drill all the way thru and use nut and bolt,
Sometimes I think CFL growers just dont want to look past using a household socket and bulb, and they are typically very very small growers and need good stealth, i get that, but they could also benefit from using small vero lights instead,,
my Cree cobs pull half the power of my mars 300, they put out 2 X's the light power and less than half the heat,
If I run my mars light I have to turn the fan up so high to overcome the heat issue that I blow my stealth cover
1000's of dollars in leds?,, come on you can assemble the latest 4 cob cxb3070 fixture for around $250 bucks, and it will BLOW AWAY even the largest mars light,
just sayin
 

Don Geno

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I get that there are people who either dont know how to build a DIY , or they dont want to take the time to learn, I found the DIY threads were so informative and with some time spent looking and reading, asking a few questions, I think just about anyone can build a DIY light!!! especially if they use the cob holders, no soldering, no need to drill and tap if you use self tapping screws or drill all the way thru and use nut and bolt,
Sometimes I think CFL growers just dont want to look past using a household socket and bulb, and they are typically very very small growers and need good stealth, i get that, but they could also benefit from using small vero lights instead,,
my Cree cobs pull half the power of my mars 300, they put out 2 X's the light power and less than half the heat,
If I run my mars light I have to turn the fan up so high to overcome the heat issue that I blow my stealth cover
1000's of dollars in leds?,, come on you can assemble the latest 4 cob cxb3070 fixture for around $250 bucks, and it will BLOW AWAY even the largest mars light,
just sayin
Arent you in the party cup comp? Love to see what your bringing to the table
 

Tim Fox

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Arent you in the party cup comp? Love to see what your bringing to the table
not in the party cup, my grow box is in flower right now on day 11 with a 2 plant scrog,
here is how it looked this morning as I checked the soil moisture and raised the cxa3070 cobs up to 12 inches over the canopy,, I find it really amusing that I am using the mars 300 light ( turned off of course ) simply as a housing to hang my DIY cree cobs off of and both ends,, so I bought a 100 dollar cob hanger,, I have a friend I might give it too
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Don Geno

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Good lookin plants man im starting over since I had to chop the other down cuz of an inspection :sad: stick around the cup comp thread and see how it turnsnout :weed:
 

Tim Fox

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Good lookin plants man im starting over since I had to chop the other down cuz of an inspection :sad: stick around the cup comp thread and see how it turnsnout :weed:
Sure thing, I saw a couple of those red cups this week and thought, no way man,, they are small,, lol
 

Budzilla85

New Member
Hi everyone I am looking in to getting the Mars LEDs I use a Amazon aeroponic system that I highly recommend best system I have ever used in a 1m x 1m x 1.6m tent with 2 x 250 CFLs full canna nutrients with a home made hot box ( insulated wooden box with a oil filled radiator and fan in it ) that I run from outside my tent through the air intake hole and it dose the job well but CFLs need replacing so time to upgrade and after reading the success of #oilmaker68 and #wazzerX marshydros are getting ordered but will I be better off ordering 2 300w or 1 600w i will be growing 4/8 plants at a time as i use bud for pain relief
 

DaveB123

Member
Here's my opinion on the Mars hydro led to conclude my diary,

The MHLED has been reliable, economical and successful. The plants thrived under its veg mode and bloomed really well. I noticed no difference in performance when switched into flower and the plants developed fantastically well. The buds were hard, sticky and smelled superb. After much thought I decided that I would have been better off scrogging maybe 2 plants as I'd over filled my space. @WazzaX has confirmed this with his yield. The MHLED is a cheapish, well made led which has done a great job. I now feel I can recommend this light to anyone wishing to try LED growing.

I'd like to thank everyone who has contributed to this thread and those who have helped other new MHLED growers who joined the thread. We are a community within the community so let's keep adding to this thread with our experiences and ideas.

Oilmaker68[/QUO
 

Just.Me

Member
Did I read earlier you did the chronic by bulldog, longisssshhhh time ago but how did it go, what was smoke like ect. I'm 6 weeks in flower with one chronic and 3 blue cheese
 

flexy123

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i have a 1.2 x 1.2m space, would i be better off with a Mars II Reflector 600w or 2 of the Mars Hydro 300w panels?
There's so many different Mars Hydros!
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1.2x1.2m is pretty big, my growing area is 1.2x0.65m and I feel that the two 300W panels are "just right" for this area. Mind you I am not flowering but use the area for vegging. Otherwise I'd always go with separate lights, it gives more flexibility. With an 1.2x1.2m area you might want to consider possibly 3x of the 300W lights and then hang three of them like this | | | | | | or maybe in a triangle shape or something.
TBH while it's true there are different MH lights, "in essence" they're the same, say if a panel uses 5W LEDs. The difference is then merely in features, like veg/flower switch, reflectors etc.
 

littlejacob

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Bonjour
Why is there still peoples using mars panel?
Don't you see the many advertiser for very efficient cxb cob lights here on riu?
It is not too expensive and would provide you more than gpw...I never saw a mars panel pull that much...maybe 0.7gpw...like a hid!
Monos panel are old tech...even with good diodes...which is not the case for mars panel...!
I currently have 5 plants in 3gl in a 3.5x3.5x4.5 box split in 4 with a cxb 3590 3500ºk 36V CD @1400mA (55w) over each quarter (220w) and it is perfect...let's see how many gpw a 350 $ diy panel can produce!?!...4 weeks to go!
Have a great day ★
 
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