one light one plant one pound....

calliandra

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I'd say that's a good split. I'm the same way, an old habit leftover from my motorcycling days.
Interesting you connect it to motorcycling (and yes, though I don't ride myself, really got to be careful not to get knocked off the road!). Maybe I have it from bicycling, which I did in traffic before I began driving cars... Though back then, I was a stereotypically annoying cyclist, riding against all rule and without even checking the traffic :shock: haha!
 

calliandra

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Yes I did :cool: By loads, but I still feel I can do better with less light and better environment. Interestingly enough I'm 2 months in to the next 1/4, only owe £320 so far, worked it out yesterday. Not too bad for 6 set up's. I have cut back a lot.

Some of my lights have been switching on between midnight and 7am, when it's 1/3 of the day price, well not now, but earlier in the grows. It's made a hell of a difference!

I'm right in a transitional period. Going from all auto's on 24-0 to 1 auto tent on 24-0, low draw ligths in vegging tents and two 12/12 tents. Takes me months to change that, but already have my elite regular females cloned and vegging, whilst others are in flowering.

Growing this many plants takes over my life and puts lots of strain on my mental health. Soon I'll be growing maximum of 4 in each set up. Can't wait! Some will have just 1 plant in. I want to get to know my C'99 mothers. See what feeds they thrive on and that! Then just veg for 7 weeks whilst the other flowers for 7 weeks.

Trouble is with us growers, we always have extra ideas, little side projects, urges to put more tents up :lol:
Nice cutback! And yeah, night lighting is the way to go if it's cheaper - aand you have the coldest hours covered temperaturewise too, so double benefit :D

Yeah it's been crazy what you've been doing - small wonder it's been taking over your life! But I imagine your cause helps ride the storm of all those tents and lights getting shifted. And I'm really happy for you that your dual purpose thing with the sales side covering the free meds part is working out so well, tis the reward for lots of hard work!
I told my son about what you're doing today, and he sends big cudos to you! (:
And me too! :hug:
 

ttystikk

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Yes I did :cool: By loads, but I still feel I can do better with less light and better environment. Interestingly enough I'm 2 months in to the next 1/4, only owe £320 so far, worked it out yesterday. Not too bad for 6 set up's. I have cut back a lot.

Some of my lights have been switching on between midnight and 7am, when it's 1/3 of the day price, well not now, but earlier in the grows. It's made a hell of a difference!

I'm right in a transitional period. Going from all auto's on 24-0 to 1 auto tent on 24-0, low draw ligths in vegging tents and two 12/12 tents. Takes me months to change that, but already have my elite regular females cloned and vegging, whilst others are in flowering.

Growing this many plants takes over my life and puts lots of strain on my mental health. Soon I'll be growing maximum of 4 in each set up. Can't wait! Some will have just 1 plant in. I want to get to know my C'99 mothers. See what feeds they thrive on and that! Then just veg for 7 weeks whilst the other flowers for 7 weeks.

Trouble is with us growers, we always have extra ideas, little side projects, urges to put more tents up :lol:
I'd run as many lights as I possibly could during the low rate hours, even overlapping bloom rooms.
 

ttystikk

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Interesting you connect it to motorcycling (and yes, though I don't ride myself, really got to be careful not to get knocked off the road!). Maybe I have it from bicycling, which I did in traffic before I began driving cars... Though back then, I was a stereotypically annoying cyclist, riding against all rule and without even checking the traffic :shock: haha!
Interesting- and logical. After all, no matter whose fault the collision is, the two wheeler always loses.
 

horribleherk

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COB LED isn't the answer to every problem but it might be for yours.
I'm really liking the cobs originally I was considering an amare ( chips & cobs) & the ecosunlite but I'm thinking of staying with just cobs as I seen the happiness in my plant with my own eyes immediately after adding the cob led I'm a creature of habit if it's working that frees me up to work on something else that possibly isn't I'm getting real close to having my room dialed in & im also getting ready to order a tent & another cob led so I can hit every 45 days instead of every 90 days it is gonna take me to complete this grow also will have 2 strains instead of 1 outside of the mold this grow is pretty strait-forward by the time it's done I'll have a good idea of how I'm gonna be doing my future grows as well as ideas of stuff I'll be wanting to try here is this mornings pics I'm gonna hang a thermometer in my canopy as the one I'm using sits on the north wall of my shop( coldest) & might not tell actual temperature of my budsimage.jpegimage.jpeg image.jpeg
 

bassman999

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Yeah actually I'd say 75% of my attention in traffic is not on my own driving but on that of others :D
I totally agree
I'd say that's a good split. I'm the same way, an old habit leftover from my motorcycling days.
Mototcycles are so dangerous because other drivers dont see you or care that you arent well protected like they are.
COB LED isn't the answer to every problem but it might be for yours.
Yeah my summer temps would be through the roof without my under driver cobs :fire:
 

horribleherk

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the speed of a well spirited bike is as fascinating as it is deadly I had the pleasure of grabbing a handful of a well tuned hyabusa (Webb cams & a header) a good reminder of my age & reflexes aren't what they used to be & compared to the gsxr it's a heavy machine my off heater cycle temps tend to climb as the day passes but as of now I'm not gonna change it up I hung a thermometer in the canopy which so far is about 4 degrees.f. warmer than the wall I'm really liking the information exchanged here lately thank you everyone this is how riu is supposed to work & the reason I've hung out here for quite a while nowimage.jpegimage.jpeg
 

ttystikk

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the speed of a well spirited bike is as fascinating as it is deadly I had the pleasure of grabbing a handful of a well tuned hyabusa (Webb cams & a header) a good reminder of my age & reflexes aren't what they used to be & compared to the gsxr it's a heavy machine my off heater cycle temps tend to climb as the day passes but as of now I'm not gonna change it up I hung a thermometer in the canopy which so far is about 4 degrees.f. warmer than the wall I'm really liking the information exchanged here lately thank you everyone this is how riu is supposed to work & the reason I've hung out here for quite a while nowView attachment 3839075View attachment 3839079
Fuck me you're right about fast bikes and old, slow reflexes. Nevermind vision that's a shadow of its former self.
 

horribleherk

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haven't changed out the nutrients yet & I made a paddle to tell me where my best light footprint is so for next grow I can build a larger Scrog as I have none of those high - tech gadgets to measure light so it looks like my next Scrog is gone be 34-x-40 in instead of the 29-x-29 I'm running now & I'll be running 2 plants image.jpegimage.jpeg image.jpeg
 

horribleherk

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looking so nice. I also don't have any fancy light measuring devices, what is that paddle thing and how does it work?
it's just a white piece of paper with a few colors on it taped to a stick & you just move it around under the light starting in the center & move outwards watching for the white & colors to dim you could use a flyswater or back scratcher or anything similar as long as you can see it & figure out where your light coverage starts to fall off I knew when I put the light in I wasn't using it to its full potential
 
it's just a white piece of paper with a few colors on it taped to a stick & you just move it around under the light starting in the center & move outwards watching for the white & colors to dim you could use a flyswater or back scratcher or anything similar as long as you can see it & figure out where your light coverage starts to fall off I knew when I put the light in I wasn't using it to its full potential
Makes sense to me, I get yah,
 

horribleherk

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I could be wrong as I have no prior led experience so I'm learning as I go & I rely heavily on ttystikk as he is pretty sharp she is looking more advanced than I first thought the spray turned the hair brown & she resumed throwing white ones but now they're turning & I haven't sprayed cause no mold returned after adding the second fan also the calyxs are swelling in about 2 weeks I'm gonna pull out the loupe I feel I'm that closeimage.jpeg
 
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