Aussie Growers Thread

[Saffasteve]

any one know which mars hydro is better the SP 250 or the TSL 2000

I wanna know too, im thinking of doin 2 plants under 2 mars ts1000 or 2 plants under single sp250

All Mars Hydro lights are shit

 

[Saffasteve]

If you're after LED fittings get some of Cutters Sol Skins or HLGs Quantum Boards

 

[PURPLEB3RRYKUSH]

If you're after LED fittings get some of Cutters Sol Skins or HLGs Quantum BoardsView attachment 4428489

I don't need the best latest tech to get a decent harvest

 

[Lucky Luke]

I don't need the best latest tech to get a decent harvest

But you will save money and have a better light.

 

[PURPLEB3RRYKUSH]

But you will save money and have a better light.

I don't have a spare $1500 for the HLG light i would like

 

[PURPLEB3RRYKUSH]

But you will save money and have a better light.

Happy for you to buy me one =)

 

[TheGreenPriest]

From my bit of research it sounds like this mob on Alibaba provides great quality panels at much better prices:

Shenzhen Kingbrite Lighting Co., Ltd. - Led grow light, bar grow light

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kingbriteled.en.alibaba.com

 

[Lucky Luke]

I don't have a spare $1500 for the HLG light i would like

Me either. Hence Cutters. They did and maybe still do have 25% off the 550's...nice saving's.

Happy for you to buy me one =)

yea, nah. lol

 

[JimyTheCook]

Any of you blokes/gals used this for clones before

 

[TheGreenPriest]

Any of you blokes/gals used this for clones before
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Yup, many, many times.

 

[JimyTheCook]

Awesome im guessin you had good results from it aswell. Thinkin of droppin the cuttin after clonex into a jiffy pellet then into small closed container

 

[TheGreenPriest]

Awesome im guessin you had good results from it aswell. Thinkin of droppin the cuttin after clonex into a jiffy pellet then into small closed container

Yeah, it's always worked well for me.
I use the purple gel when I root in pellets, blocks or coco; but the liquid in yellow bottle when I use the aerocloner.

 

[DustyDuke]

I wanna know too, im thinking of doin 2 plants under 2 mars ts1000 or 2 plants under single sp250

You can get better light for the same price I got this one but put it together my self and saved $120 you can get one half the size for half the price this is what my big plants are growing under
It covers a 1.2x1.2m

 

[JimyTheCook]

Yeah, it's always worked well for me.
I use the purple gel when I root in pellets, blocks or coco; but the liquid in yellow bottle when I use the aerocloner.

Nice only thing i dont got is lights might have to rig up a cfl bulb or something. Or out humidity dome
outside Get better results from the areocloner?

 

[reza92]

I don't have a spare $1500 for the HLG light i would like

When you buy leds your paying for the diodes to be the ones you actually want I.e. correct efficiency and spectrual outputs (china crap has a tendency to swap diodes out since majority of people have no way to test them) and for the correct size copper traces in the boards (something China also skimps on to save money).

If you want to buy leds buy good ones or stick to hps lights. I wouldn’t buy anything from Mars after seeing their lights literally catch on fire from manufacturing defects.

For boards I’d suggest staying with hlg, cutter or messaging prawnconery about his highlights, otherwise buy some strip (I’d recommend bridglux EB strips gen 2 or 3 but there are plenty of others out there) and build your own.

 

[DustyDuke]

Nice only thing i dont got is lights might have to rig up a cfl bulb or something. Or out humidity dome
outside Get better results from the areocloner?

I use 2 led strips $40 and $10 seedling dome from Bunnings with honey (as clone gel) and eco pods or rapid rooter cubes 90% success rate. Before I had the strips I just used to put it in the tent if in veg

 

[TheGreenPriest]

Nice only thing i dont got is lights might have to rig up a cfl bulb or something. Or out humidity dome
outside Get better results from the areocloner?

A CFL will do fine for rooting cuttings for sure.

I use the aerocloner when I want to leave them in a bit longer but I prefer blocks... i'm old school I guess but also I don't have the same success rate for some reason. In blocks it's 99% but in the aero its more like 75% with a handful refusing to root and just get slimy. So usually I just fall back to what I know best.

 

[bursto]

When you buy leds your paying for the diodes to be the ones you actually want I.e. correct efficiency and spectrual outputs (china crap has a tendency to swap diodes out since majority of people have no way to test them) and for the correct size copper traces in the boards (something China also skimps on to save money).

If you want to buy leds buy good ones or stick to hps lights. I wouldn’t buy anything from Mars after seeing their lights literally catch on fire from manufacturing defects.

For boards I’d suggest staying with hlg, cutter or messaging prawnconery about his highlights, otherwise buy some strip (I’d recommend bridglux EB strips gen 2 or 3 but there are plenty of others out there) and build your own.

which mars unit was it that caught n fire

 

[PURPLEB3RRYKUSH]

You can get better light for the same price I got this one but put it together my self and saved $120 you can get one half the size for half the price this is what my big plants are growing under
It covers a 1.2x1.2m
View attachment 4428557

Do they sell 2 panel ones, my tents only 50 cm deep

 

[PURPLEB3RRYKUSH]

Found a 2 panel one on fleabay