StonerCol's misadventures in the kitchen.....sorta.

[Moflow]

I didn't bother with pics mate....wasn't a good harvest at all unfortunately. Buds just didn't swell.....trichs developed but buds were airy and not much in the way of terpenes. This after 9 weeks of flower so I've chopped and started again
I came to the conclusion that the lights aren't good enough for a decent flower. Veg is ok but flowering? Forget it.

I'm going to resolve the problem by building my own light from Samsung 1120mm strips, the FB24B version. 3 strips of 18,000 lm of 3000K each. Suspended from Ali frame. Thinking of a HLG-320H-C2800B Any thoughts mate?
https://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data Sheets/Samsung PDFs/F-series_Gen3_Rev0.0_2017-01-05.pdf
https://www.tme.eu/gb/details/hlg-320h-c2800b/led-power-supplies/mean-well/

Should give me enough with 3 strips!

Cheers for checking in dude. I'm sure the next one will be better.....just popped 3 beans so got 6-ish weeks to build my new light....

No worries, shit happens.
Those strips look good.
Loads of options to diy your own light now.
What seeds have you popped?

 

[StonerCol]

No worries, shit happens.
Those strips look good.
Loads of options to diy your own light now.
What seeds have you popped?

Oh yeah....
I've popped 3 Killer Kush by Sweet Seeds courtesy of Key4 - thanks dude, much appreciated!

I did the saucer/tissue sandwich in my airing cupboard and the tap root sprouted yesterday to a length of 25mm approx.. They are now in a light soil that is partly made up of soil from the previous grow. It was all nice and powdery and I shook off a good dusting of soil from the roots of the old plant. Those roots will have had a ton of good bacteria around them and I plan on re-using those There will be plenty of nutes still left in the soil to keep them going in 1 litre pots for a few weeks.....
Prolly a bit different from what peeps normally do but there is method behind it somewhere lol.....

 

[key4]

I'm going to resolve the problem by building my own light from Samsung 1120mm strips, the FB24B version. 3 strips of 18,000 lm of 3000K each. Suspended from Ali frame. Thinking of a HLG-320H-C2800B Any thoughts mate?
https://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data Sheets/Samsung PDFs/F-series_Gen3_Rev0.0_2017-01-05.pdf
https://www.tme.eu/gb/details/hlg-320h-c2800b/led-power-supplies/mean-well/

Should give me enough with 3 strips!

Wouldnt work.

Operating Current (If) - 2240 mA Operating Voltage (Vf) 43.7 46.0 48.3 Vdc Power Consumption 97.9 103.0 108.2 W

Work out your maximun voltage 1st. so say 48 x 3 = 144 you need a driver that can do at least 144v

If you want to go 2800ma in series the you would need a hlg-480h-c2800. at £120
which is 390ish watts for a 2x4 is to much.

If you used a hlg-320h-c2100 at £76 it would fill the driver up nicely and give near 300w if my stoned maths is working.

Or the 320h-48a in parallel.

Enjoy the killers

 

[StonerCol]

If you used a hlg-320h-c2100 at £76

That's the one! I'm not sure why I said 2800mA.....

Enjoy the killers

Thanks man, I'll let you know how they go