Have any of you DIY COB Growers finished a crop under 1000W DE HPS? - POLL

[sixstring2112]

8 x 100w cobz would crush a 1000w de lamp.imo of course
Mo betta coverage mo betta spreadz

 

[bassman999]

the idea of having over lap on a small scale grow just doesnt make sense to him
sure 1000w fixtures hung next to eachother in a large opertaion helps spread light but according to yoda you cant get the same benefit with lower wattage emitters

I pull the about the same from a 4x2x5 tent with 376 watts of under-driven cobs as I did 4x4 tent with 1000hps

 

[wietefras]

Inverse square law does not completely apply when you have reflective walls. Instead you get wall losses. Which increase reasonably linearly with distance.

Also, a bare COB has a smaller beam angle than a HPS fixture like the Gavita Pro.

 

[Yodaweed]

I pull the about the same from a 4x2x5 tent with 376 watts of under-driven cobs as I did 4x4 tent with 1000hps

Nice man, biggest factor of yield is growing area if properly lit, 4x2 is half the space as 4x4 so technically you should be able to double your yield in a 4x4 compared to a 4x2, maybe you are just better at growing now?

 

[ttystikk]

Nice man, biggest factor of yield is growing area if properly lit, 4x2 is half the space as 4x4 so technically you should be able to double your yield in a 4x4 compared to a 4x2, maybe you are just better at growing now?

And maybe a 1000W HPS is too much heat in an enclosed 4x4 space, stunting plants.

Yesyesyes I know it can be vented but now we're playing the game of adapting to our equipment rather than our plants.

COB LED is just better.

 

[Yodaweed]

And maybe a 1000W HPS is too much heat in an enclosed 4x4 space, stunting plants.

Yesyesyes I know it can be vented but now we're playing the game of adapting to our equipment rather than our plants.

COB LED is just better.

Better is subjective to the user, if he couldn't handle the heat, then he should stay out of the kitchen, we cookin up a cake.

 

[ttystikk]

Better is subjective to the user, if he couldn't handle the heat, then he should stay out of the kitchen, we cookin up a cake.

Derp.

No, we're growing plants. Doesn't it therefore make sense to use equipment that's best for the job?

Let's see how your cake rises over a campfire.

 

[Yodaweed]

Derp.

Looks like it's PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME I smoked some of this and went derp <---grown under the EVIL HPS.

 

[ichabod crane]

I am getting better growth vegging plants in a 5x7 room with 600 watts of cobs than with 1000 watts of hps. Faster root growth, better penetration, and tighter node spacing. I leave the door open and have plants outside of the room the do great as well.

 

[ttystikk]

I am getting better growth vegging plants in a 5x7 room with 600 watts of cobs than with 1000 watts of hps. Faster root growth, better penetration, and tighter node spacing. I leave the door open and have plants outside of the room the do great as well.

That's nothing. My plants do better down the hall and around the corner.

 

[ichabod crane]

That's nothing. My plants do better down the hall and around the corner.

Well not mine. Down the hall and around the corner is a 1K hps.

 

[ttystikk]

Well not mine. Down the hall and around the corner is a 1K hps.

Well there goes the neighborhood!

 

[ichabod crane]

Well there goes the neighborhood!

Well dont let HUD know but those kind will be evicted. Yes it is because of their color and how they make the area look.

 

[ttystikk]

Well dont let HUD know but those kind will be evicted. Yes it is because of their color and how they make the area look.

Orange trash. They're probably even Chump supporters...

 

[ichabod crane]

Orange trash. They're probably even Chump supporters...

You should see how bad they treat my ladies as well.

 

[ttystikk]

You should see how bad they treat my ladies as well.

Oh I already know. I moved on from streetlights years ago.

 

[ichabod crane]

I use my ladies to pay the bills. When I completely switch over to leds then they wont have to stand under that street light for 12 or more hours a day with no time off. Well till they get fat and stinky, then they have to go. And in come the new more petite ladies.

 

[ttystikk]

I use my ladies to pay the bills. When I completely switch over to leds then they wont have to stand under that street light for 12 or more hours a day with no time off. Well till they get fat and stinky, then they have to go. And in come the new more petite ladies.

Dirty nasty girls. My favorite kind.

 

[MANGOBICHE]

That's nothing. My plants do better down the hall and around the corner.

You can be quite the disrespectful guy.

 

[ttystikk]

You can be quite the disrespectful guy.

It was a joke, dude. Lighten up.