MY DIY 21st Century 'Flood' & Drain

Chronikool

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Oh sweet....it would be cool to see an all 'warm white LED flower'....never seen that before.

Im thinking my floods are 3000-3200k....but im leaving a cool white in there. (4:1) and putting a 660nm DIY 2 x bar for the last 2 weeks of flowering (maybe on a separate timer)
 
PetFlora

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Yeah man, I like where you are going with that set up :bigjoint:

Whats the total wattage of the floods, and in what size tent?
 
PetFlora

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here's SDS's SDG but he added some 660s. Why I don't know. Maybe he needs to see my results first :bigjoint:, or maybe he's playing to the market mentality:dunce:


 
Chronikool

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PetFlora said:
Yeah man, I like where you are going with that set up :bigjoint:

Whats the total wattage of the floods, and in what size tent?
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HAHA...tent! Im cheaper then cheap bruv...got me some drawers to do my flowering enclosure.

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(From left) WW, WW, CW, WW, (660 bar) WW (660 bar)

Total wattage will be 210-215watts (true watts)

I thought about adding the 660nm's because of the warm white's being a bit cooler (as you mentioned)

And i want to get my 'hands dirty' giving DIY a go. :)
 
Chronikool

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PetFlora said:
here's SDS's SDG but he added some 660s. Why I don't know. Maybe he needs to see my results first :bigjoint:, or maybe he's playing to the market mentality:dunce:


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Hmmmm....he will have his reasons. Its quite easy to see the writing on the wall for blue LED's...dont know why anyone would add them with the knowledge we now have, :)
 
PetFlora

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OK, it's a pretend tent, same as my T5 'tent'. The room is dark at night and the HOT5 doesn't throw enough light past the 2 X 4 to worry about

HeloReins (sp) is doing an awesome grow with only 28ws (but he is using my Merkaba Cluster idea), so I am inclined to not push past the 51w I now have, unless I come across an incredible special at Lowes on another 22watter
 
Chronikool

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Yes i have been looking at his grow with some interest....Wonder if he going to flower with that 28w only?

Oh really....51 watts for flowering of 2 plants. Cool bruv. :)
 
polyarcturus

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PetFlora said:
OK, it's a pretend tent, same as my T5 'tent'. The room is dark at night and the HOT5 doesn't throw enough light past the 2 X 4 to worry about

HeloReins (sp) is doing an awesome grow with only 28ws (but he is using my Merkaba Cluster idea), so I am inclined to not push past the 51w I now have, unless I come across an incredible special at Lowes on another 22watter
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yeah ive started keeping my eye out for the specials too, the next time they hit i plan on getting enough to replace all my cfls with.(house and grow)
 
polyarcturus

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Chronikool said:
HAHA...tent! Im cheaper then cheap bruv...got me some drawers to do my flowering enclosure.

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(From left) WW, WW, CW, WW, (660 bar) WW (660 bar)

Total wattage will be 210-215watts (true watts)

I thought about adding the 660nm's because of the warm white's being a bit cooler (as you mentioned)

And i want to get my 'hands dirty' giving DIY a go. :)
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you could build a cheap room from pvc tape and black and white plastice easy enough. but tents are really cheap 80$ can get you a decent one on ebay.
 
Chronikool

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polyarcturus said:
yeah ive started keeping my eye out for the specials too, the next time they hit i plan on getting enough to replace all my cfls with.(house and grow)
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I used the cheaper Chinese household bulbs with good effect....they were 7-9w ones...think they were around $8-12 each.

polyarcturus said:
you could build a cheap room from pvc tape and black and white plastice easy enough. but tents are really cheap 80$ can get you a decent one on ebay.
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Yeah...i also need to be quite stealth aswell so the drawers were perfect. (1 for veg/clones/mothers and 1 for flowering)

Were also $50 each and no shipping costs.

This is where i at currently....another 10-14 days and i start to flower. :) https://www.rollitup.org/led-other-lighting/600170-chronikool-z-led-organic-sog.html
 
PetFlora

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PetFlora

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polyarcturus said:
you could build a cheap room from pvc tape and black and white plastice easy enough. but tents are really cheap 80$ can get you a decent one on ebay.
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I bought a 2 x 4 X 5 tent from ledwholesalers for < $100, but the plastic hangers that hold the light bar are crap (2xs broke causing light to crash into plants), but that can be DIYed to fix

3 years ago, I did a DIY wood frame + a bunch of auto windshield reflectors. Probably spent near as much as a tent. What I like about it v a tent is that I have access from all sides.

When I replace it, I will look for > 6 X 6, but have ~ 2 X 4 grow area in the center. That way I would have good access from 3 sides


 
PetFlora

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Flipping to 12/12 today. Just added my ufo 90 into the mix. You can barely see it at the very top. It is behind the DIY rail, which is centered over the girls, so I angled it toward the plant's center.

Probably need something with more 640-660. UFO retailer would not tell me what nm diodes were used.

The next week should be interesting

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PetFlora

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I have been so focused on my leds, that I haven't mentioned an important change to my HOT5 tent...

As the girls are loading up with pistils, I changed feeding schedule; now feeding once every 3 hours for ~ 1 minute, so 3 times longer in between, but also 3xs as much nutes per feeding
 
polyarcturus

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PetFlora said:
Not grow related, but for the trekkies and or those who believe we are not alone and that govt is hiding that fact http://www.stargate-chronicles.com/site/

The interview with Project Camelot is a mind-blower
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why worry about it? it appears our freewill is still intact:D jk but dont let the deception and corruption effect you, its not fun to think about that, drones flying around, cctv, government is becoming socialist, a long as i can grow my weed, fuck it.
 
Chronikool

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PetFlora said:
Flipping to 12/12 today. Just added my ufo 90 into the mix. You can barely see it at the very top. It is behind the DIY rail, which is centered over the girls, so I angled it toward the plant's center.

Probably need something with more 640-660. UFO retailer would not tell me what nm diodes were used.

The next week should be interesting

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Cool to see the extensions in play....love those things. :)
 
PetFlora

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They are great. Wish I had ordered some 23" as well, but they did appear as an option. Due to growing in a bubble bath, I simply rotate the plants 180*s so the far side can also get the benefit of the extenders
 
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