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I am not an employee of GrowthStar if that is what you meant to ask. I just like what they do and they have a working product with good feedback from third party testers.Are you with growth stars or just use them?
I am not an employee of GrowthStar if that is what you meant to ask. I just like what they do and they have a working product with good feedback from third party testers.Are you with growth stars or just use them?
I am not an employee of GrowthStar if that is what you meant to ask. I just like what they do and they have a working product with good feedback from third party testers.
Please provide RealStyles with a MCOB light so he can make another video like his MARS videoMars claims they use 5W (not sure why they would because most 5W LED's lose 10-30% light efficiency after a year from being too hot (too much wear and tear).
Their real watts are 2.5-2.8w.
Their chips are NOT COB (chip on board) so their spectrum blending is not as tight. COB/MCOB lights have a perfectly blended light which is much better for plants...
There is a diagram on this article that shows what that looks like.
https://www.cobgrowlights.com/blogs/news/66770501-cob-grow-lights
I've seen plenty of Mars Hydro videos. They are fine and I know plenty of growers using both Mars and GrowthStar Spiders. You can get a good result with just about any LED if others are able to.. But to me it is like going from driving a Toyota to a BMW/Benz. Ok, maybe an exaggeration, but the point is I would rather pay more to get a healthier plant and longer usage.
How long have you been using your Mars for? Has it been 3 years yet? I'm sure their products are working great. They are the dominant company in the LED grow light industry (for the discount section as well).
Your opinion means little because you couldn't afford to buy one. It has nothing to do with the results as there are plenty of people that have invested in hundreds of units to fill their grow rooms with. If it did suck they wouldn't have invested that much money to do so when there are other cheaper/potentially better units out there which there may be. Nobody has really ever done a true side by side with all the most popular lights out there. Something I would like to help arrange someday.
GrowthStar Spider vs Mars Hydro differences (more specifically Growthstar 4X vs MarsII 400) https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1056/8138/files/mcob_spider_vs_mars_hydro.png?18171753420431697693 - shows 1829.2umol for Growthstar Spider 4X COB LED in this diagram. I don't have the equipment to verify that. But one thing they will do is customize your light to whatever chip/spec you need anyways as long as it is COB/MCOB and you are a big purchaser.
GrowthStar Spider Magnification lens look like this
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1056/8138/files/Screen_Shot_2016-02-04_at_1.56.16_PM.png?18171753420431697693
I like the extra attention to detail that the GrowthStar Spider lights have. Mars is a great introductory light and at the price, it cannot be beat! But some people want to spend a bit more to get a slightly healthier plant. There are also those who want to spend even more and go for something really high end. It's all personal preference.
Did you know COBGrowLights gives away a free grow light every month to their subscribers? It's kind of sad to insult a business because they didn't give you a free sample. They need to make money to make better products and stay in business - make a profit. Mars got a good start by ripping people off with shotty lights and no returns - at least that was how the story went. No company is perfect.
Send me your Mars video, I'll like your page and subscribe.
15 days into 12/12How many days in is this?
I've never had a problem using submersible but your set up is gangster. I'm debating going to coco or if I should just use hydroton for my dwc clones. I'm think wrapping the net pots in panda film to keep the roots in the hydroton and from coming out until they're ready for the buckets and just putting them on a drip system or if I should split my ebb ND flow setup into 6 individual "cubicles" to grow their roots into so the roots don't intertwine.So i am really impressed with coco. the amount of growth on the GDP is crazy
here they were 8 days ago:
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here they are today, only a week of growth on the 1gallon every 1 or other day depending on their growth schedule. i cant believe the size of some of these fan leaves! Also topped them today.
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I also simplified my dripper/sprinkler system. Basically hydroponic store (at least in the oc area are absolute trash for anything other than lighting on soil/nutrients. Everything else is cheaper at your local home depot store, and they wont try to sell you on a $700 "irrigation system that is a must have".
Basically i got a 8 nozzle flow regulated module from home depot for $8, connected it to 8 drip rings i made myself with cheap 1/4 barbed tee fittings, poked 7 holes in each.
Now for the pump. SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS ARE SHIT IN THIS APPLICATION. They do not produce enough pressure to support pressure compensators or any drip equipment that has flow regulation. best one i could find was a submergible 1500gph pump with only 20.1ft of heat - around 8psi!! the minimum on the emitters is 10psi. Absolute trash, the hydro guy was trying to sell it like it was all i needed. $130. absolute trash. I went and returned it.
Basically after a ton of researh on pumps, and irrigation, i realized a submirgible is not going to do what i need. I got a strong yet cheap ($80) transfer pump from harbor freight. and because the pump cannot be dead headed, i simply put a Y connector thats adjustable ($3 from home depot) and had the out line from the pump line go into that splitter, and had one end simply go back into the resivor, and the other end to the 8 outlset module. and boom, done. I can adjust pressure by opening/closing the return hose increasing pressure to the module. getting the same amount of water/nutrients to each plant!
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I really hope this can help someone when trying to put together a irrigation system that pulls form a resivoir ( we use a 32gallon trash can we just rinse out ($15). i had a bit of trouble trying to find any single thread or article to really help me with what to use for a pump etc and maybe this might shed some light on the field. I spent about $200 for the whole irrigation setup.
Interesting, i tried 2 different submergible pumps and they both just didn't have the pressure! They would just dribble out in only one spot, and each plant was getting different amounts of water because the pump couldn't produce more than 10psi, which is the minimum for pressure compensating drip regulators to work!I've never had a problem using submersible but your set up is gangster. I'm debating going to coco or if I should just use hydroton for my dwc clones. I'm think wrapping the net pots in panda film to keep the roots in the hydroton and from coming out until they're ready for the buckets and just putting them on a drip system or if I should split my ebb ND flow setup into 6 individual "cubicles" to grow their roots into so the roots don't intertwine.
Indeed Air-pruning FTW!ladies are getting massive! Are these really roots??
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