race winslow
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FF,
Nice work! Just out of curiosity, if you don't mind sharing, approximately how much do you have invested in the lights that you're using in the photos and watt is the approximate wattage?
Thanks
LED HPS comparison.
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Nice work! Just out of curiosity, if you don't mind sharing, approximately how much do you have invested in the lights that you're using in the photos and watt is the approximate wattage?
Thanks
hybridway2
Amare Shill
Nice! Whatcha got there? I'm trying allot of GPS gear out lately, looking for those special keepers.
The room is good, thanks for asking! Made a few changes over the past few grows. Most of these are new from seed, so i have no idea what they're gonna do. Got lucky with some staying squat or being less stretchers where i needed them.
Here's a few snaps from the other day.
Hope all is well! Stay safe.
race winslow
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High efficiency or not, that looks like a serious electric bill. It looks like 6-7k worth of wattage. On the other hand....plants look great and bountiful!
Gond00s
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just got that one I found, its a mint choc chip from exotic payed like 100 for a 12 pack I think rn its 160 fuck that lol but their is some fire in this pack I popped the rest of them a while ago. Their in solo cups I need to throw them into 5 gals but well I'm a lazy fuck
and their just in solos for now. I have to water them everyday but idc I go up their everyday kind of like my daily therapy. but the one I posted is my first female I popped was a keeper the rest were meh I did get males and I had one where he to me at least smelt like cookie dough I crossed that with the mom, so its just f3's but im thinking they might be really nice. I'm pretty sure the one I like is more cookies dom at least they say its Mystery cookies with Green ribbon bx but my thing it came in. it said thin mint cookies x green ribbon bx so that's what I'm thinking. But cookies is the Dom of my plant I love it. At least its a win win in my book but I'm trying to find a good sativa that grows like a cookie if u know what I mean.
FastFreddi
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The flower room is approximately $2200.00 and the veg tent is about $850.00 ...all in Canadian dollars.
Flower room is around 1138 true watts from wall.
Hth's,
FF
hybridway2
Amare Shill
Thank you! Some new things going on & not fully dialed in with the changes yet.
It's currently 75% HE (2.2-2.8 umol/j)
Approx 5,700w down from 72-8,400 light watts of hps w/o fans.
Electric bill went down considerably if not for the increases over the yrs.
ounevinsmoke
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Looks like you have all kind of light in there via LED. Just curious as to what your aim or target is? Some UV supplementation? Some Far red and or deep blues? Some green for penetration? What's your desired spectrum for best results? Are you looking to recreate sunlight? Just want to know a little bit more about what motivates your current light setup.
race winslow
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It looks like you're getting excellent production for your money!
hybridway2
Amare Shill
This is the first time i actually incorporated RGB to the room besides last runs test plant & a nightmare SBS once. Tried a burple vs enhanced white (sunlike as possible then) for my first led grow & the differences were just to much to use the burple again accept for veg.
Some of the HE leds i have are all white & could use a lil somethin-somethin IMO to get the look & growth I'm seeking. Had these rgb boards & found the cross of the x2 makes for some pretty bud.
The enhanced whites are good as they are but will be getting UVA added bar fixture for next run & would like to add some uva - N/uva as well to the rest of the room. Have x3 HLG UVA bars going now.
Everything here has 740nn & 470nm now except the 96 Elites (have the QB-3's for them but no driver) & the Bar-8 Proto.
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race winslow
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I'm still messing with spectrum. I feel like I'm close though. In the attached photos I have two auto's and two Photo's. All were started from seed under a California light works solarstorm 440 in veg mode. Once the auto's went into flower, I switched to a 3100k CmH until flushing started. Then moved everything to a 600 watt HPS and a 400 watt California light works cob. Auto's and photo's have been in this set-up for about 3 weeks. I'm going to harvest autos this week. This strain is Stawberry cheese cake.
So, leading up to the move to the flowering room, the light wattage did not exceed 330 watts.
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hybridway2
Amare Shill
Very nice! Frosty Yum, Yum right there.
Big plant for a single 315 but looks to be covering & penetrating quite well. Tent walls help allot hu?
K, so you have a few varying light sources to work with. The CLW COB light is the white driverless cobs?
SS-440 offers x2 different burples modes?
31K CMH & A 600 HPS. Prob tough to get an evenly spread supplementation going on.
This at least allows to to run some tests without losing.
The HPS could use the SS-440 added if not needed for veg in the same time frame.
The White Cobs could compliment the CMH.
So, you've harvested that plant yet? Thoughts, weight?
Bet that Strawberry Cheesecake tastes hella good!
race winslow
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I'm getting ready to harvest the Strawberry Cheesecake this week. I did a slow flush on it and let the plant use up it's stores.
The CLW cobs use Phillips cobs, not sure of their drivers. Currently using the COB and hps together. Getting ready to change my HPS to an AgroSun 2050. I've been using an shps eye hortilux. I feel like it's giving me more veg growth than I want.
Total wall wattage is 1000.
The CLW cobs use Phillips cobs, not sure of their drivers. Currently using the COB and hps together. Getting ready to change my HPS to an AgroSun 2050. I've been using an shps eye hortilux. I feel like it's giving me more veg growth than I want.
Total wall wattage is 1000.
GanjaMclover69
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I hear you dude. These lights are dope however I am still not convinced that even a few of these will give me the same brightness as my 400w hps. That shit is like a second Sun in a closet. I have cheap led lights which work fine for my veggie stage. I think I might be able to make a light like this by myself. They are pretty simple to make plus new experience.
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I got one LM301H + 35k 660 450 UV IR FS + 240W
hybridway2
Amare Shill
I used to use Hortrilux & DigiLux for x3 runs before switching out.
T-5, Then MH For veg.
Airwalker16
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That 500watts of LED from the meiju is literally TWICE the photons of your 400w HPS. You have no idea how bright they are..
GanjaMclover69
New Member
Shit man I didn't count photons since my highschool physics. Idk if it's better or not. How much do you yield with it per plant?
Also how much does it consume? I found 240w but that's probably for the smallest one. And how much space does your light cover?
Airwalker16
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You want to aim for 30-40watts per sq foot of the area you're tryin to light up. So a 240w fixture will do a 2x4' space.
GanjaMclover69
New Member
I have 4*4 right now. So far I grown 2 plants in hydro and I got 80-100g per plant. I did 4 in coco and I got 240 all together. Now I have 6 girls all pineapple kush and I will see how much I can get. But if you can share bare number of how much you get with your light. I know we all grow differently I am just comparing numbers.
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BucketGrower
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I really enjoy LED, but I enjoy HPS for the heat here in Canada.
OneHitDone
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How does HLG claim a 550 R spec can flower a 5x5 at 480W?
Anyone have experience with that?