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Tea Tree, that's cool, did you know by hanging an HID vertically it will produce about 10% more lumens? (although you have to hang it inside the cannopy like you did to harvest the light) They'll actually last longer too. The turntables are available now if you desire. They come in left hand...

A brix meter works by squeezing a leaf and measuring the sugars in the juice. If the leaf has a high Brix level it shows your plants love what your doing to them. if for some reason the levels are low, you know something in the equation is not right. Through trial and error and keeping an in...

Thank you for your interest, yes I know it's a stretch to trust without seeing, but the guys from opengrow are in a country more favorable to these type of ventures (though that seems to be changing). My lawyer and investor both recommend not posting because of being connected to a Federal Tax...

Oh yeah @ sherriberry, The idea of the plant shutting itself down has been proven to be false. It needs darkness to properly utilize the energy it gathered durring the light cycle. The reason most people don't like shutting off the light durring cloning is because of heat regulation which is...

Harvest master got the idea of short cycling from my friend in Alaska, I like seeing ideas grow. YES you can speed up harvest AND throw off the tell-tale signs in the electric meter with this technique but it will not produce more than you would get without short cycling. You will get about...

In all my years of research, these are the best tools I've acquired in developement of grow techniques. #1 Brix Meter; "The hand-held Brix meter was originally designed for farmers to know nutrient levels of their produce and when to harvest crops. This precision instrument (refractometer) has...

Oh yeah, @ jberry, you put 1000 watt lights 6-8 inches apart? Do you meen from the side of the reflector or to the light center? Unless they are water cooled this is very unorthodox. The amount of air circulation you would need would be destructive and not to mention controlling your relative...

hello, I wanted to clairify, it's grams per watt per month. It is the official benchmark of the pro grows. We have been using that term since around 1996 (I think Cervantez started it). In 2000 a guy from Vancouver BC used the daily hand fed flow to waste technique using 50/50 Coco/Hydroton...

Pre-established fact; it's way harder to precisely controll the environment in a small space for horticulture. This is what gets me more and more excited every time I look at this light... I did my test with full shielding, throwing everything I know into the grow and it did phenominal, using...

In Sannies grow they said the light was only 50 cm (20 inches) from the tops (looked more like 60 cm), while our air cooled version was 30 cm (12 inches). While the main reason is obviously heat, the harmfull effect is different than you would think. As with any light It's not so much the direct...

By themselves, in February the PAR efficiency of 180 watts worth of plasma will be in line with 300 watts worth of Metal halide. This is huge.:weed: And Whazzup is exactly right about the future of plasma. With the higher watt system next year the efficiency will increase at least another 20%...

Also Whazzup, have you read the reaserch that says most of the harmful pests for MJ see in the UV range? They can't see if you don't supply the light for them to, then they are kept in controll. Can I ask you something, did Sannie get all those seeds from one bud like he seems to imply?

Oh yeah about the warm up time, the same effect is accomplished as you know from turning the fader down. Major shift to the blue range. The reason I call this light the perfect foundational light is; it hits all the foundational spectral frequecies for Root and foliage production, then ADD red...

Very cool guys, I'm grateful for the knowledge. Good job Sannie. (it will be really cool if there is no residual genetic effect) How did the yield do for your un-seeded chamber? I also love how reliable these lights are...that's definately one of the better selling points, only losing 20%...

I love Gavita IR lights, if they could be water cooled that would be so awesome. But since they can't be I used them only for larger rooms. On the LEP (PLS), just like every light, there is a spectral shift at the end of it's life. It shifts to the blue. So I determined that I would cut off...

@Drygrain, dude if you only wish you knew what this guy knows and my gorgeous fantastic wife told me to tell you to keep Ed's nuts out of your mouth and this topic.

Ed, love the hair dude! You still rock don't you! Get in touch with me. [email protected]

And yes, yes, yes to your clairification of the Medicinal user. That is exactly what I was trying to say. I see it every week. Plus, I haven't got to talk to Ed for a long time, he may have changed his opinion about UV, but I think we are seeing the refinement that the whole community is...

Yeah, just like any light through time there is a shift in radiant energy. So I had to stablize it to get that specific response. It's like using a Equalizer in sound, roll off the unwanted frequecy response using a hard knee cut off filter. And about the use of Sannies grow to improve my...

One last thing Whazzup; the only way you could or should consider higher temps are if you will be supplimenting CO2. That is the next level in Micro Climate Chambers. But then you have to have a sealed system so the light is cooled on it's own like our 'Sealed system'. Then you could continually...