What supplemental light for fb24 light?

S

Serverchris

Well-Known Member
Have a 6 strip samsung fb24 strip build that I normally run around 600w to 650w. Its covering a 5x5 area. My question is what supplemental lighting would you add to it? I've seen others mention that some supplemental lighting helps with the mag issues that these lights can cause and if that is the case I would like to give that a try. Would IR leds be beneficial to add in that respect? I grow organically so fighting mag deficiency isnt as easy as it is with synthetics as you can knock other stuff out of balance.
 
jarvild

jarvild

Well-Known Member
Serverchris said:
Have a 6 strip samsung fb24 strip build that I normally run around 600w to 650w. Its covering a 5x5 area. My question is what supplemental lighting would you add to it? I've seen others mention that some supplemental lighting helps with the mag issues that these lights can cause and if that is the case I would like to give that a try. Would IR leds be beneficial to add in that respect? I grow organically so fighting mag deficiency isnt as easy as it is with synthetics as you can knock other stuff out of balance.
Click to expand...
Are you experiencing troubles now ?
I don't normally see a problem with a properly amended soil or when using FF Ocean Forrest. Only problem I have is when I fall back to my minimal ways when supplying nutrition.
 
S

Serverchris

Well-Known Member
Some strains I will see a mag deficiency, others do fine. I've tried epsom salts but that hasn't worked that great. It's funny you can set a plant in the corner where it isnt getting the full light intensity and the mag deficiency will go away.
 
jarvild

jarvild

Well-Known Member
Serverchris said:
Some strains I will see a mag deficiency, others do fine. I've tried epsom salts but that hasn't worked that great. It's funny you can set a plant in the corner where it isnt getting the full light intensity and the mag deficiency will go away.
Click to expand...
Yes, or if you turn them down to about 15 wsf.
I'm doing some veg runs and experimenting with added blues to trigger stomatal openings
 
whytewidow

whytewidow

Well-Known Member
jarvild said:
Yes, or if you turn them down to about 15 wsf.
I'm doing some veg runs and experimenting with added blues to trigger stomatal openings
Click to expand...
Nice I use 450nm royal blue cree for the same. But I also run them for the first 6hrs in flower too. It really helps frost. And helps with stretch at the beginning of flower. Then kick em off bout halfway through and run 660nm and 672nm reds.
 
GBAUTO

GBAUTO

Well-Known Member
jarvild said:
Rapid led stars. Just for the fact that they make it easier to switch the chips around to play with the ratio of the spectrum.
Click to expand...
This is what I did to add some 660's during flower. I run about 10% added 660's during flower and the starboards make it easy to mount them to my fixtures.
 
Axion42

Axion42

Well-Known Member
whytewidow said:
Nice I use 450nm royal blue cree for the same. But I also run them for the first 6hrs in flower too. It really helps frost. And helps with stretch at the beginning of flower. Then kick em off bout halfway through and run 660nm and 672nm reds.
Click to expand...
I've been thinking of adding blue to my qb288s 3000k for next run to help keep my plants more compact, how many of those royal blue crees do you use in a given area? I have 4x288s on 2 separate fixtures and I was thinking of making blue rails or strips to go along side of each 288 fixture, just not sure how many I need or what type of coverage they have.
 
whytewidow

whytewidow

Well-Known Member
Axion42 said:
I've been thinking of adding blue to my qb288s 3000k for next run to help keep my plants more compact, how many of those royal blue crees do you use in a given area? I have 4x288s on 2 separate fixtures and I was thinking of making blue rails or strips to go along side of each 288 fixture, just not sure how many I need or what type of coverage they have.
Click to expand...
I'd run 4-6 starboards per qb. So 2-3 on each side. Of each qb288. It dont take much honestly. And you can get two ups and even three ups. 2 or 3 diodes per starboard.
 
Axion42

Axion42

Well-Known Member
whytewidow said:
I'd run 4-6 starboards per qb. So 2-3 on each side. Of each qb288. It dont take much honestly. And you can get two ups and even three ups. 2 or 3 diodes per starboard.
Click to expand...
The starboards are a new territory for me, what sort of spacing should I do? I see they have the premade plug in wires at various lengths. Thinking the 3inch should be good to fall in your given recommendation, 6 on each side?
 
whytewidow

whytewidow

Well-Known Member
Axion42 said:
The starboards are a new territory for me, what sort of spacing should I do? I see they have the premade plug in wires at various lengths. Thinking the 3inch should be good to fall in your given recommendation, 6 on each side?
Click to expand...
Yeah jus space them evenly. One on each corner. And one in the middle.on each side. The starboards are just quick easy. Especially the ones with push in pin connectors. So you dont have to solder them.
 
whytewidow

whytewidow

Well-Known Member
Then just pay attention to the Forward voltage. Add them all up. And hook em up in series. So you only have 1wire going between them. And it looks cleaner. Then get a driver that falls in that voltage range. They are super simple man.
 
whytewidow

whytewidow

Well-Known Member
Axion42 said:
The starboards are a new territory for me, what sort of spacing should I do? I see they have the premade plug in wires at various lengths. Thinking the 3inch should be good to fall in your given recommendation, 6 on each side?
Click to expand...
They help tremendously with stretch. I run mine for the entire 12hrs of flower for the first 21ish days. Then when the stretch stops I run them for the first 6 hrs of each day cycle. But play around with the on n off timing. To see what fits your growing method best.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top