Epic 4x4 Flowering Smackdown : 96 Elites vs 288s

Or_Gro

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StickyBudHound said:
Cool. Thanks for the report! Once they're rehydrated to 62% please let me know how it changes it up. I agree, I don't normally get a lot of flavor difference between strains but, I do taste subtle hints of those different terps. The lemons, berries, pines, etc. Parts of the smell bouquet.

Its interesting how it changed the texture of the bud, smoothed out like the cotton ball you compared it to, all soft feeling. I don't know that I've ever seen what a freeze drier does to the products that come out of it.
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I’m looking forward to seeing how rehydration to 62% rh goes (and what mc% that is), especially regarding taste/smell and texture....

Cracked jars for a few minutes, nice odor recovery goin on...

Air dry goin slow and easy...looking forward to pre-cure smoke off...
 
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Or_Gro said:
I’m looking forward to seeing how rehydration to 62% goes, especially regarding taste/smell and texture....

Cracked jars for a few minutes, nice odor recovery goin on...

Air dry goin slow and easy...looking forward to pre-cure smoke off...
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Hunter tells me he removes his from the Wedryer after about 6 days. That's a fairly good slow dry. There's too many variables to say whether or not the end result will be as good as the mfr says but, Hunter seems to have a good opinion about it.

They'll probably still hang in the mother room. I've been monitoring and it's staying at a consistent 70° to 72° with RH averaging 60%. Can't ask for better, really.
 
Or_Gro

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StickyBudHound said:
Hunter tells me he removes his from the Wedryer after about 6 days. That's a fairly good slow dry. There's too many variables to say whether or not the end result will be as good as the mfr says but, Hunter seems to have a good opinion about it.

They'll probably still hang in the mother room. I've been monitoring and it's staying at a consistent 70° to 72° with RH averaging 60%. Can't ask for better, really.
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Simple, easy, right temp/rh....no brainer...
 
Or_Gro

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StickyBudHound said:
That and, I'm liking the ability to dry that much product in such a relatively small space. I'll still have room for more if I need it. The double duty of the room seems to be mutually beneficial.
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2 birds, 1 stone.....r
 
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Or_Gro

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rollinghempcdb said:
You'd recommend 8 x 288 boards vs 4 total? I'm gonna be setting up a 4x4 soon. Would I better going with 550 panel?. Looking good bro
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What i’d do today, if i used 288s, in a 4x4, for max performance with 4 plants::

- DIY

- 4 pairs of 288s, w slate heatsinks

- 1 driver per pair, minimum hlg-240h-2100a (insist on “a” version for max dimming flexiblity), locate drivers outside of tent

- a light meter (lux is fine, ppfd if can afford)

- four qb18(diy) or four qb35(full kit)

- one 4’ growbright far red bar

- co2

- environmental controller (i use titan controls saturn 6)

- light controller or timers

- 300-400 cfm exhaust fan

- oscillating fans

Get it dialed in and follow advice here:
http://fluence.science/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/High-PPFD-Cultivation-Guide-9.27.16.pdf

You can do lb+ per plant, dwc...with mod to high yield strains...
 
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Steakbomb

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I've been thinking about a unitized fixture for a 4x4... Pair of 288s with some of these fixed on:
https://www.rapidled.com/solderless-cree-xp-e-far-red-led/
https://www.rapidled.com/solderless-cree-xp-e-he-photo-red-660nm-led/
I'd probably do individual heatsinks for the 288s so I could space them slightly and get the red leds spread out across the whole fixture.

I really wish there was an easy-ish way to DIY a central controller for the two different red bands AND the 288s.

Ooh - maybe add some uv-a or infrared leds too...
 
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Or_Gro

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Steakbomb said:
I've been thinking about a unitized fixture for a 4x4... Pair of 288s with some of these fixed on:
https://www.rapidled.com/solderless-cree-xp-e-far-red-led/
https://www.rapidled.com/solderless-cree-xp-e-he-photo-red-660nm-led/
I'd probably do individual heatsinks for the 288s so I could space them slightly and get the red leds spread out across the whole fixture.

I really wish there was an easy-ish way to DIY a central controller for the two different red bands AND the 288s.
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Checkout bluefish controller on rapidled site...you learn how to use it, then teach me how to use mine...
 
Steakbomb

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Or_Gro said:
Checkout bluefish controller on rapidled site...you learn how to use it, then teach me how to use mine...
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It doesn't look like they can dim the hlg series drivers undfortunately. I've been examining the bluefish & bluefish mini for a little bit here... One mini per fixture would be sweet if it could manage everything!
 
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Day 22 since flip: Startin to look a lot like screenless scroglined reefer....gonna see if these yuge plumbing systems can support 60 or so pineapples, each....288 girls go to beauty shop tomorrow

6x96
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8x288
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EmeraldØsiris

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Or_Gro said:
You prob replied b4 seeing second pic w location.

I really don’t know what veg time means for mainlines...but i typically call beginning of veg when there are three nodes on the latst set of mains....so 41 days of training/topping to get 8 mains, and 14 days of growing to 12:12 height....55 days total from leaving cloner to 12:12
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Never carved Mt. Hood before. Mt. Bachelor tho! Looks good!
 
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