Diyleduk Scope 240 led strip light Upgrade

Rocket Soul said:

Youre vegg game is so on point compared to what weve had from our old cultivar, nothing but finickery, purple stems and complaining leaves. And you get your green at 19C! Need to come and visit and have a look. Or if youre ever bound for Spannabis

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Cheers mate.
I've just chopped 3 x Gorrillas grown in the shed a couple of days ago and a Moby Dick yesterday. All flowered in cool temps. ~20°C 60°F lights on temps , low teens lights off lol
I must check temps in clone/veg area, probably around 12- 14°C!
It's interesting to see how far from optimum conditions these plants can handle.
Perhaps it's the shed that holds the magic sauce,...........

That must be an HGL shed.

1212ham said:

That must be an HGL shed.

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She sells she sheds on the she shore..........

Lol

After 37 days of 12 12 the 4 plants are now in the shed under the " Chinese Knockoffs " and a new batch of Gorrillas are now in the tent.

Shed.

Transplanted the 4 x RQS Royal Gorrilla about 2 hours ago and put them in the tent with both lights on 24hrs.
The Scope 240 with the enhanced strips at 200 watts and the HLG550 v1 at 200 watts.
It's still cold in there lol

Compost mixture and perlite and a sprinkle of Epsom salts.





A soak of Tomatorite n water with an ec of 1.3 and they're ready for their new home.
Note the new ec truncheon. My bluelabs truncheon packed in.

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Enjoy.

@Moflow
@diyled

Are there any of those slick heatsinks available currently?

diggs99 said:

@Moflow
@diyled

Are there any of those slick heatsinks available currently?

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Early feb for both 2ft and 4ft

diyled said:

Early feb for both 2ft and 4ft

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Ok that works....Whats the price on the 2s normally?

Gonna need 40-60 of them, havent decided yet. You can DM me the info if you want to keep it out of moflows thread( sorry moflow)

diggs99 said:

Ok that works....Whats the price on the 2s normally?

Gonna need 40-60 of them, havent decided yet. You can DM me the info if you want to keep it out of moflows thread( sorry moflow)

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Hey, no worries mate

I inspected the plants in the hut yesterday and found Spidermites on a couple of leaves.....
Scientific name: Tetranychus urticae
Order: Trombidiformes
Phylum: Arthropoda
Higher classification: Tetranychus
Rank: Species
Subclass: Acari

So I've sprayed with SB Plant Invigorator


It's a kill on contact spray but doesn't destroy the eggs.
I gave them all a good drenching, underside, stems, top side, pots and soil.
Spray has kicked the shit outta the population for now.
At least there were no webs.
That'll keep them under control until I order some predators on Monday.
Phytoseiulus, 2000 of them always works.
I could also use Ambyseius Andersoni predators. They can handle cold temperatures better than the Phytoseiulus.

One advantage of growing in cool temperatures is it slows the RSMs breeding cycle. Hurrah
The 'Borg' used to fill me with dread but now I laugh in their faces!

Resistance is futile.

I heard something about dill and redbull mixed as a foliar would do them in totally but i cant remember from where.

Two fixtures in the 4 x 4 total 400 watts
Scope 240, 5 x enhanced strips at 200 watts.
HLG 550 v1, 4 x qb288s at 200 watts.


I've set the timer for 12 on 12 off so let the flowering begin....
I'd some nice temps in the tent with lights on 24hrs vegging lol
I'll post pics of temps with lights off in a few days to scare you all!


The lights are 24" - 600mm away from plants. Gonna see how they stretch into the light.
The plants have just been watered as they were bone dry
I gave the 4 plants a feed of 1.35 ec Tomatorite in 27 litres of water ~ 7 litres each.

I've built a New light...... and why not.....?

A 240 watt Scope 'clone" or knockoff lol
The majority of parts were from https://diyleduk.com
Thanks @diyled

5 x Samsung H-influx 2ft double row strips LM301B
5 x 2ft Heatsinks
1 x Meanwell HLG-240H-48A Driver
2 x 1m lengths of 25mm x 25mm aluminium angle.
2 x 5 gang wagos and some wire, nuts bolts and screws.



Turn it on and test it out.....

He he he

Domestic Electricity supply 234 volts

Using a kilowatt meter I turned driver on full blast
274 watts

And with driver fully turned down
54 watts


A top quality light with genuine Samsung diodes.

Moflow said:

Using a kilowatt meter I turned driver on full blast
274 watts
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And with driver fully turned down
54 watts
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A top quality light with genuine Samsung diodes.

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Going in a new space, or adding/replacing in an existing one?

The 4 x 4
4 x RQS SEEDS Royal Gorrilla clones.
Day 8 of 12 on 12 off flowering.
All fed n watered .
I've swapped out the HLG550 with the new light.
Look at the difference in size between the HLG550 and the strip fixture


In the tent now.
10 2ft strips, fantastic coverage 400 watts total.

The plants have really filled the tent this past week.
Here they are.....


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Now to the important part, the temperatures........
Had the tent open for about half n hour while I fed them an hung up the new light
2.3°C - 36°F

Tent highs of 20°C - 24°C lights on. ~71°F

8°C - min lights off with doors closed. 46°F
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Any way, yous get the picture, its fecken cold! Lol
Temperature and growing cannabis is all relative........
Relatively easy or relatively hard......
Enjoy........

Humple said:

Going in a new space, or adding/replacing in an existing one?

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In place of the HLG550.
I'll get the apogee out next week and see what how many photons are raining down.
The New light fixture is 2ft x 39" or 610mm x 1m
Ideal for a 2ft x 4ft tent/area.
The other light fixture really needs lengthened out, I got it originally for an 80cm x 80cm - 32" x 32" tent.
The Heatsinks are great too, no more drilling and hand tapping threads like the old days.... lol. Bust a few bits back then!
The prices for strips are not bad now either.

Wants me to send some longer bits of angle out to make the other bigger? Ive loads of it in the scrap bin

diyled said:

Wants me to send some longer bits of angle out to make the other bigger? Ive loads of it in the scrap bin

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Thanks for the kind offer. That's an excellent suggestion!

Email me in the morning or ill forget.