DoubleAtotheRON
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Been there. Lots of good info on this forum tho with very knowledgeable people!.. I just did a shit load of reading and taking great advise.
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Cococola36
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@DoubleAtotheRON whats going on man, old school riu (led pioneer when the tech was so new lol) here after a longgg hiatus...amazing thread and great large scale grow hats off to you! I seen you mentioned you are using Hlg 550 v2 is it the Rspec version? I can't tell if there are red diodes in the pics. I know they have full spectrum eco with out reds so was just curious since your run has done so well.
DoubleAtotheRON
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Thanks man!.. the Rspecs came out about 10 months after I bought these 550V2’s. Bad timing, but we have had good luck with them so far. I’m afraid they are going to last longer than my tech OCD mentality will allow. ... but we shall see.
Cococola36
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I'm very impressed either way, was very curious as I know someone who has the rspec and they are pullin around the same 1.4 to 1.5 gpw. So Hlg is doing something right with or without the added reds. I have my eye on the new Hlg 650r but might not need them after scrolling through this thread haha. Keep to what works man, I was def well known on here and ragged on (for good reason!) for buying so many different led etc lights grow after grow and settled on 860 watt cmh at the time prob 5 years back now geez. But very glad to how far led has come! Keep up the great work
DoubleAtotheRON
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Thank you sir!.. I believe we are at a very pivotal point in technology with LED’s. I think the chips are the same Samsung 301b’s that are in the Rspec, but without the handful of reds. These are 3000k spectrum, good from seed/clone to harvest.
Cococola36
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Hard to beat the Samsung 301b quantum boards for the price / efficiency it seems. Good luck with the rest of your current grow! I'll be around and start a thread when I get everything in order its been years so taking my time to get things in order. Much smaller scale haha Iooking to do a 6x12 or 5x15 area. Got my eye on those Botanicare tables you got there as well. Was good food for thought in this thread
DoubleAtotheRON
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Thanks for following along brother!.. this is just a summer experiment, but we will be in full swing come Sept. with the full room running again. Don’t get me wrong,I’ve enjoyed the break with just 28 plants, but I’m ready to see the room full again.
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So are we, haha.
DoubleAtotheRON
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Starting week 6 today. Posted another thread about CO2 tapering and temps. I’m not super educated or experienced with it at all. Been running 1200ppm since the flip, and just brought it down to 1100. Pardon the janky Mylar, Im going to have the whole room done when I get this cleared out. I didn't want to spray any adhesive with plants in there.
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DoubleAtotheRON
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Thank you!.. we appreciate it!
DoubleAtotheRON
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Go back on this thread to see results from grow 4. This last part of the thread is just a 1/3 capacity experiment over the summer. We only have 28 plants running for the experiment after grow 4 was done a couple of months ago. Usually run 96-98 plants.
Keesje
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Did you never consider to reuse this water?
It is like osmosis water.
DoubleAtotheRON
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Nah.. it’d be pointless. On a full room, we run through 100-135 gallons a day, and it just wouldn’t be worth the effort. And that’s a drop in the bucket compared to what I go through during the Summer to keep the lawn green. We pump out 22 gallons a minute for about 12 hours every day. So roughly 16,000 gallons a day for the household and grow.
Buck5050
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DoubleAtotheRON
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Sounds like a lot eh?... it don’t rain much during the Summers here, that’s why we gotta keep tower sprinklers running most of the time.I could let the grass die, but I like the view when it’s all green.
I have 12 acres, but I really only finely groom about 7.
Keesje
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If you spend that much water, it will mean that also that amount of water will evaporate through the leaves.
When you're gonna use the CO2, you will have to have a sealed room.
Then you need large dehumidifiers, and they will just suck out as much water out of the air as you will give to your plants.
So then you can reuse the water from the dehumidifier.
When I ran a kind of an ac, I almost stopped using tapwater.
It was the same water over and over again.
When you're gonna use the CO2, you will have to have a sealed room.
Then you need large dehumidifiers, and they will just suck out as much water out of the air as you will give to your plants.
So then you can reuse the water from the dehumidifier.
When I ran a kind of an ac, I almost stopped using tapwater.
It was the same water over and over again.
RadicalRoss
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Enjoyed following the progress of your larger grow and your smaller experimental! I think you're a little out of my neck of the woods, but maybe when I'm around the City I'll run past some of your bud.
Did you end up with any to sell to the people who make concentrate out of it? That's been my jam recently.
Did you end up with any to sell to the people who make concentrate out of it? That's been my jam recently.