Were grow lights at one time referred to as a "spider"?

ClaytonNewbilFontaine · Nov 13, 2022

I was listening to this podcast the other day and this older guy who's been growing forever used this slang term "spider" to refer to a light. He said something like "I could get X amount of grams per spider" I thought surely he's not talking about spider farmer, they've not been around that long, and this is an old guy who's been growing for a long time and used hps for all that time. Then I remembered seeing pics of hps lights with the umbrella looking hood and thought I bet that's the spider hereferring too. Have any of you older growers ever heard of this.

xtsho · Nov 13, 2022

I've never heard the term Spider used to refer to a light. Those umbrella looking hoods are called parabolic reflectors.

Johnny Lawrence · Nov 13, 2022

Hipposcottamus1 · Nov 13, 2022

SPYDR Series

Fluence SPYDR Series was designed for single or multi-tier growers who want to optimize their grow space for the maximum crop yield.

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Maybe these?

HippieFarmer420 · Nov 13, 2022

First time hearing about it, but I've only been growing 17 years, maybe I'm not old enough

HippieFarmer420 · Nov 13, 2022

I know when I started growing, there were no LED, the only lights you had were T bulbs and HIDs

Kgrim · Nov 13, 2022

I believe what he is referring to as a "spider" was a fixture that you could put 5 HPS bulbs in. It hung by a center post, and had 5 arms coming out that the bulbs went into. Larger grow ops used them because they would throw out a ton of light to a larger area.

Herb & Suds · Nov 13, 2022

hotrodharley · Nov 13, 2022

I’m mos def old. Never heard the term anywhere. If he’s as old as me he could have dementia and using the first word that comes to mind.

speedwell68 · Nov 13, 2022

ClaytonNewbilFontaine said:
I was listening to this podcast the other day and this older guy who's been growing forever used this slang term "spider" to refer to a light. He said something like "I could get X amount of grams per spider" I thought surely he's not talking about spider farmer, they've not been around that long, and this is an old guy who's been growing for a long time and used hps for all that time. Then I remembered seeing pics of hps lights with the umbrella looking hood and thought I bet that's the spider hereferring too. Have any of you older growers ever heard of this.

I am fairly old and have never heard that. Do you have a link to the podcast?

ClaytonNewbilFontaine · Nov 13, 2022

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It was a 2 part episode, I can't remember which one he said it in. It was the guest who said it.

ClaytonNewbilFontaine · Nov 13, 2022

hotrodharley said:
I’m mos def old. Never heard the term anywhere. If he’s as old as me he could have dementia and using the first word that comes to mind.

The thing is I don't think the guy was even older. Prob in his late 30's I'd guess.

ClaytonNewbilFontaine · Nov 13, 2022

Kgrim said:
I believe what he is referring to as a "spider" was a fixture that you could put 5 HPS bulbs in. It hung by a center post, and had 5 arms coming out that the bulbs went into. Larger grow ops used them because they would throw out a ton of light to a larger area.

This was what I was thinking it was.

bubba73 · Nov 13, 2022

Late 30s , lol….. some one trying to make them selfs feel important….back in my day we had to use sunshine , and climb hills both ways …lmao….

PJ Diaz · Nov 13, 2022

Maybe he was referring to a spider box that had multiple lights connected to it:

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hotrodharley · Nov 13, 2022

bubba73 said:
Late 30s , lol….. some one trying to make them selfs feel important….back in my day we had to use sunshine , and climb hills both ways …lmao….

And it even snowed in summer.

Herb & Suds · Nov 13, 2022

bubba73 said:
Late 30s , lol….. some one trying to make them selfs feel important….back in my day we had to use sunshine , and climb hills both ways …lmao….

And shoes were a luxury

calvin.m16 · Nov 13, 2022

He was probably talking about Spider Farmer brand..

rcpilot04401 · Nov 13, 2022

Hipposcottamus1 said:
SPYDR Series

Fluence SPYDR Series was designed for single or multi-tier growers who want to optimize their grow space for the maximum crop yield.

fluence.science

Maybe these?

I have a friend with this system and it's called this.

Were grow lights at one time referred to as a "spider"?

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