DiyKindaGuy
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Were all kinda waitting to see your new bml lights...
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Mixing White & Multi Spectrum Chip LEDs to Grow MedMan Silver Skunk BX1
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PetFlora
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2 Bigguns Up Top
I've been busy prepping the upstairs 'tent'
Just finished putting the 2 biggest plants up there, under ~ 432w hot5; a mix of ZooMed FloraSuns + Quantum 6500 Grow bulbs
They are being top fed via Hydro Halo rings. Feed cycle is 30/30
As the rez is a couple gallons, maintaining ~ 450ppm will be a lot easier
What a difference 3 days made
Plus a pic of my High Performance Rez
HOT5
LED
I've been busy prepping the upstairs 'tent'
Just finished putting the 2 biggest plants up there, under ~ 432w hot5; a mix of ZooMed FloraSuns + Quantum 6500 Grow bulbs
They are being top fed via Hydro Halo rings. Feed cycle is 30/30
As the rez is a couple gallons, maintaining ~ 450ppm will be a lot easier
What a difference 3 days made
Plus a pic of my High Performance Rez
HOT5
LED
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shake&bake
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Pet are you basically getting a three bar light from them a light that will cover a 4x4 for that price can't wait to see how it works
Pet are you basically getting a three bar light from them a light that will cover a 4x4 for that price can't wait to see how it works
PetFlora
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First, any moment I will have 2 X 3FT rails> I chose flowering spectrums to supplement the 2 ufos
They are also making a Spyder 600 with a 2 ft spine to fit 2ft tents. It will be more grow oriented, but flowering should be no problem for the average grower
IMHO, too much emphasis is spent on squeezing that last little bit..
The average personal use grower gets caught up in it, unnecessarily
Don't get me wrong, pushing the envelop eventually trickles down
They are also making a Spyder 600 with a 2 ft spine to fit 2ft tents. It will be more grow oriented, but flowering should be no problem for the average grower
IMHO, too much emphasis is spent on squeezing that last little bit..
The average personal use grower gets caught up in it, unnecessarily
Don't get me wrong, pushing the envelop eventually trickles down
PetFlora
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When re-starting the HH ring quasi F/D system, there is usually a few adjustments needed
One I need to do is raise the height of the horizontal feeder tube to the back plant.
Also, I made an improvement to the flooming. Now using a ~6oz plastic bottle filled with stones. The nutes are pumping directly into it, then out the bottom into more stones, then cascade back into the rez. Well, the horizontal tube (with the magnets) was too long, and slipped out spilling ~ 1/2g onto the terrazzo floor.
I neglected to replace the lost nutes, so not enough nutes were feeding the back plant, which was fine last night, but was droopy this morning.
It is mostly back to a healthy turgid state
I should have had my BML rails so I contacted them. Apparently I needed to complete the order form for them to make them up, so hopefully by next Friday
One I need to do is raise the height of the horizontal feeder tube to the back plant.
Also, I made an improvement to the flooming. Now using a ~6oz plastic bottle filled with stones. The nutes are pumping directly into it, then out the bottom into more stones, then cascade back into the rez. Well, the horizontal tube (with the magnets) was too long, and slipped out spilling ~ 1/2g onto the terrazzo floor.
I neglected to replace the lost nutes, so not enough nutes were feeding the back plant, which was fine last night, but was droopy this morning.
It is mostly back to a healthy turgid state
I should have had my BML rails so I contacted them. Apparently I needed to complete the order form for them to make them up, so hopefully by next Friday
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puffenuff
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Hey, got a couple questions about the spyder you're getting.
Are you getting the grow-max or start-max spectrum?
Since they are cutting down from 3' to 2' for you, well it still be 270 leds @ 333w, just packed closer together? Or are they doing less leds/less Watts?
PetFlora
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Haven't gotten so far as to select gro or start. Hopefully I can select my own blend
The 2 ft spine will still have all the rails
puffenuff
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Cool, I asked because you said it will be more grow oriented so I was wondering what you meant by that.
So it will have the same number of rails, but what about same number of leds???
PetFlora
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AFAIK, the same number
Since mj only needs ~ 20% in blue in veg, as long as it is kep there, or lower, then one light should work.
See Supra's result using WW COB
puffenuff
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Hmmm, well let us know about the wattage and number of leds when you find out for sure. It will be interesting to see if the passive cooling of the shorter heatsinks can handle the same number of leds as the 3'. If so, then they might as well pack more leds into the 3' rails.
Also let us know what spectrum you get.
PetFlora
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PetFlora
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Looks like 4 keepers out of 7 popped
Now that more led light is available, 2 of the 4 remaining plants are taking off
The plant I FIMed, that had the fused top leaf, is too short unable to each up into the lights' sweet spot, so I decided to move it, and run a test.
It has a well established root system at the bottom of the AP, so I moved it between the 2 plants upstairs.
It will not get a HH ring to feed from the top. I am curious to see how well it responds being in the direct path of the runoff from the second plant
Light will be an issue here as well, but, nothing ventured...
Now that more led light is available, 2 of the 4 remaining plants are taking off
The plant I FIMed, that had the fused top leaf, is too short unable to each up into the lights' sweet spot, so I decided to move it, and run a test.
It has a well established root system at the bottom of the AP, so I moved it between the 2 plants upstairs.
It will not get a HH ring to feed from the top. I am curious to see how well it responds being in the direct path of the runoff from the second plant
Light will be an issue here as well, but, nothing ventured...
PetFlora
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Happy Easter to my Christian friends
Seems like a good excuse to pop a few pics
Hard to see, but there are 2 (healthy, happy) plants under the leds
LED Pics are 1 & 2,
I will change out rezes today
The photo program sucks as it seems to have its' own agenda for uploading the order taken
HOT5 Pics the closest plant branches are almost ready to tie down to my Cube.
Seems like a good excuse to pop a few pics
Hard to see, but there are 2 (healthy, happy) plants under the leds
LED Pics are 1 & 2,
I will change out rezes today
The photo program sucks as it seems to have its' own agenda for uploading the order taken
HOT5 Pics the closest plant branches are almost ready to tie down to my Cube.
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DiyKindaGuy
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Happy Easter Pet... its chaos at my place... three kids and my dog going nuts and its 7:56 am here.. well yur ladies deff look healthy
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Alpha & Omega
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Happy Easter Bro!
PetFlora
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Plants are 30 days from cotyledon
Time to start increasing the amount of WW and lowering the light schedule in both tents to 15 hours, on the way down to ~ 12/12
In the led tent I added ~ 36w WW (a 1 x 4 retrofit ceiling light) to trigger pre-flowering. Will replace it with the 2 BML bars
Pic is prior to removing the diffuser
HOT5 Replaced 2 @ 6500 with 2 @ 2900
Also dumped and made up fresh nutes @ ~ 450ppm
Time to start increasing the amount of WW and lowering the light schedule in both tents to 15 hours, on the way down to ~ 12/12
In the led tent I added ~ 36w WW (a 1 x 4 retrofit ceiling light) to trigger pre-flowering. Will replace it with the 2 BML bars
Pic is prior to removing the diffuser
HOT5 Replaced 2 @ 6500 with 2 @ 2900
Also dumped and made up fresh nutes @ ~ 450ppm
DiyKindaGuy
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