mars 2 in flower

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az2000

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Very nice! It's good to see how the Mars II works. I've always thought it's a good value. Not the most efficient light, but for the money it's a good choice (compared to the rebranded Chinese imports that cost a fortune).

Have you ever tried UVB (reptile) lights during flower? They'll increase your trichome development (although one of your photos indicates you have pretty good development already).
You can get a clamp-on CFL holder and ReptiSun 10.0 UVB CFL. Run it about 8 hours a day in transition to flower, back it off to 5 hours 4th-6th week of flower, then minimal use after that. (You have to be careful running it too much in late flower. It can cause trics to turn amber too soon.).
 
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pghdave420

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Na never tried uvb.I tell you what for 190 $ so far im loving this 400 mars 2.im coming from a cfl full grow (its in my journal).this led deff way better than hanging all them cfls.also the t5s are nice.this winter I might do a side by side with a 250w hps cause ive never tried hps yet.thanks for the intrest in my plants :)
 
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Well tomorrow is day 56 .will post some pics.looked at trics and no amber yet I see cloudy ones tho.I didnt look at every bud either im off tomorrow so ill look at all tops
 
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pghdave420

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Idk why people hate on these cheap led panels.yea its not the greatest panel but for the price I paid im very happy.only thing bad I can say is the penetration is kinda bad.I just have to top sooner.but overall im very happy I bought this panel.
 
GroErr

GroErr

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pghdave420 said:
Idk why people hate on these cheap led panels.yea its not the greatest panel but for the price I paid im very happy.only thing bad I can say is the penetration is kinda bad.I just have to top sooner.but overall im very happy I bought this panel.
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Hey pgh, looking good in there :) Some insight on your question about cheap Chinese panels, I tested a couple of different Chinese panels. Ended up settling on the LG Chinese models and gave them a couple of rounds to produce bud. I documented the second grow in here under the LED section. It's not that they didn't produce nice looking and high quality bud, they did that Ok. But from experience I know what yield you can get from a single plant, my son grows with hps, my yard-stick was somewhere between what he produces and outdoor as I did that for many years. When I went indoor, I expected a drop and was taking a bit of a chance on LED's as I wanted efficiency and less heat.

In the end, I produced a decent quality bud, nice and sticky, good size for indoor/Chinese LED's. But the buds were fluffy/light, low density, and produced 1/2 if not a 1/3rd of what I would have produced from the same size bud with hps or outdoor.

So while the LG's can/do grow bud, higher quality panels consistently produce higher gpw or whatever measurement you want to measure up against. I've seen in here now what some of the higher end panels like A51, Apache, and DIY with COB's can do. There's more than enough examples in this site to see why they're recommended.

So be honest with yourself when you weigh the final dry yield and consider that you've just spent 3-4 months in time, and of course costs, then measure that against the final weight. But if there's something out there that can yield 2-3 times as much in the same amount of time and costs, would that not be worth it longer term? That and questionable warranty/support from China are what the higher end panel growers are really talking about when they trash the Chinese panels. Unfortunately some trash-talk is also from growers that have not tried them, or alternative panels/technology. Cheers and hope those buds are dense and heavy, they look great! :)
 
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pghdave420

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I deff understand.thats why I put I know they aint the best.yea I was just affraid to spend 500 $ or more for led.I did see 2 full grows with the mars and they did pretty dam good.im just a rookie grower this is only my 2nd grow maybe thats why this panel seems good cause im coming from full cfl grow.this panel 180w is kicking the 230w cfl grows ass.but I deff hear ya about better led panels.at, area51, hans.maybe one day ill buy a better name brand.my next grow plan is to use this mars 2 panel and 250w hps.4 plants 2 wwxbb and 2lemon kush.1 on each side of tent
 
GroErr

GroErr

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Yeah, not a bad choice to get started if you're new, they never go to waste, I'm still using most of my LG's, just not for flowering. Cheers
 
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pghdave420

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GroErr said:
Yeah, not a bad choice to get started if you're new, they never go to waste, I'm still using most of my LG's, just not for flowering. Cheers
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All good man ill take all the help I can get.alot of people have been real nice and helpful.like I said im a rookie only my second grow.im deff gona get way more this time.my first grow was like 2 ounces.this should be waymore.I just dont have a scale .maybe ill buy one them cheap ones on amazon
 
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pghdave420

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Bag seed from either whitewidow, a kush, or some other brand name.my buddies dealer gave him some random seeds from killer bud.I just want this grow over so I can start my herbies seeds
 
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pghdave420

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Day 63.leaves are turning yellow hope its cause of age and not deficiency. Man this mars 2 panel really surprised me the tops are dense,nothing ground breaking but dam good for cheap panel. only bad thing I have to say about it is penetration.my next led panel will be a better brand .only bought the mars to try out led
 

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