Seven Sisters

Wired for pound.


Dimmer panel guts.


Vegetation station gets a biggie CMH hood.

Strip test fit

One of my DROK boxes displays lower wattage @ same MA .81ish

Thought, uh oh. I have a bad connection or sumpin stoopid. But only 5watt difference from the wall via killawatt. Swapped drivers...no change.

Veg...dormant, with some temp furniture.
Hopefully next week the seeds will start to drop.



My veg living room set is on order...you know....sofa, love seat, recliner.

Dead in flower.

Hopefully coming to life this month.

Been following your post Tint, just wondering if you had any advice at where im at , total newbie and been 8 weeks veg and this is day 6 of flower i onow its early but any advice is welcome

Is your CMH a 315 watt?
What color temp are you strips? 3500K?
And are those COB's in the upper right of flower?
Just curious.

I just ordered drivers to re-do my strips. I have Bridgelux EB Gen2's, and have been driving them at 700ma.
The new drivers I ordered will max at 1400ma, doubling my wattage, from 100 per driver to 200 per driver.
I am currently not using any heatsinks, and of course that will need to change.
Your rooms are looking great...except for the lack of plants.

WillieP

Ronnie_12 said:

Been following your post Tint, just wondering if you had any advice at where im at , total newbie and been 8 weeks veg and this is day 6 of flower i onow its early but any advice is welcome

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Wow @Ronnie_12 Looking good. Those are some wicked retro 70's bushy pistils!
I'll have to stop by your grow log if there is one.

Tint bro, i put 1 post up at mid veg as i really have no idea what i am doing, thought they were dudds as i bought as autos but this is week 9 total those were last nights pics, only showing what they are for that past 6 days

WillieP said:

Is your CMH a 315 watt?
What color temp are you strips? 3500K?
And are those COB's in the upper right of flower?
Just curious.

I just ordered drivers to re-do my strips. I have Bridgelux EB Gen2's, and have been driving them at 700ma.
The new drivers I ordered will max at 1400ma, doubling my wattage, from 100 per driver to 200 per driver.
I am currently not using any heatsinks, and of course that will need to change.
Your rooms are looking great...except for the lack of plants.

WillieP

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Yes, @WillieP
315watt CMH. Philips 3100k. (4k in veg)
3500k strips.
COBS are vero29 3000k.

Good move upgrading your drivers/strips rather than think you need to replace them all with the latest Flu-Gavy-Bar-Mitz array.
I'm waiting for a 20pack of the 2700k 90cri to fortify flower, and move some of the 3500k strips from flower to Veg room. Veg is jealous and wants strippers in their life.

Ronnie_12 said:

Tint bro, i put 1 post up at mid veg as i really have no idea what i am doing, thought they were dudds as i bought as autos but this is week 9 total those were last nights pics, only showing what they are for that past 6 days

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Sometimes the best stuff is grow LITFA style!

Leave It the F Alone

Thanks Tint, noted bro lol, i will post here in a few weeks if ok with you mate

Ronnie_12 said:

Thanks Tint, noted bro lol, i will post here in a few weeks if ok with you mate

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Ok with me.

cheers bro, from Scotland btw. Was great watching your grow story

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Would love to see how the ventilation is design would help me with my set up.

TintEastwood said:

Yes, @WillieP
315watt CMH. Philips 3100k. (4k in veg)
3500k strips.
COBS are vero29 3000k.

Good move upgrading your drivers/strips rather than think you need to replace them all with the latest Flu-Gavy-Bar-Mitz array.
I'm waiting for a 20pack of the 2700k 90cri to fortify flower, and move some of the 3500k strips from flower to Veg room. Veg is jealous and wants strippers in their life.

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Did you build your own COB's too? That was the chip I was going to use before I got turned on the the strip thing.
The reason I asked about the size of your CMH is that I have considered using 4)-100 watt CMH naked bulb hung vertically as side lighting, but I grow in Scrog, so I'm not use if I see the point. If I ever decide to try my hand at a conventional 'Christmas tree' grow then I would want to try it.
I'm looking forward to re-working my strips, my flower tent is empty right now. My current light is a 2 x 4, and I will be making 2) 2 x 2 fixtures.
I was doing 2 plants in veg the same age, and then moving them both to flower. I've changed that to starting one plant every 35-40 days and having a more staggered harvest. This will mean individual reservoirs; and in the flower tent, individual 2 x 2 lights.
There is always an upgrade to be done...

Those 2700K strips will go great in your flower tent. And strippers are always good. LOL
Where are you getting them from? All I've ever seen available without special order is the 3K, 3.5K, 4K, and the 5K. The 2700 and the 6500 are never in stock. Again, just curious.

Cheers,
WillieP

COBs setup is from Rapidled. (They no longer offer the vero29 version.)
They can do 310+, but I rarely go over 250ish.

Guys runs the vertical CMH bulbs and love them from what I read. Grow style has to lend itself. Usually we have limitations. Space, elec, spouse, lol.

I ordered strips and drivers from Future Electronics. Strips and Drivers! Seems like almost every flippin size and type are out of stock - not just the 27k. Fortunately, I was able to order while they are on backorder. So now I wait. Probably early Oct.

Octopart gets it done...

3k

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Would love to see how the ventilation is design would help me with my set up.

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Simple version.

Flower.
Flower pulls in fresh cool air from lung room - exhaust is routed outside, as needed to maintain desired Temp.
Dehuey in flower, runs as needed to maintain desired RH.

Vegetation.
Pulls air from Flower room - exhaust is recirculated back into Flower room OR into the lung room, via passive vents, as needed to maintain desired Temp.

When I have to compromise temps and RH, Flower takes priority.


* I can also run Flower sealed, with AC and Co2.
Veg loves the Co2, and that's when I recirc back to Flower to prevent Co2 waste.

Roasting some sacrificial bagseed. Testing 123.