4000w 16 plant grow

[toddwalker33]

In most of Colorado - HPS last night helped keep most people and their plants from freezing last night. Tonight is no party either. My guess is Michigan and other places are feeling the cold too.

Very true but down here where the sun never stops shining I can see a reason to try something a little cooler which is why i went COB

 

[Afgan King]

And it still wouldn't change the parameters I would run regardless of the lights

 

[toddwalker33]

It is the future of lighting though wouldnt you say

 

[Afgan King]

It is the future of lighting though wouldnt you say

It's not there yet it's close and prices too high I wouldn't go buy a 4k TV when it came out for upwards of well 4k. I'm gonna wait for it to be perfect and cheaper why not just saw a 60" 4k TV for 700$......that's 2 years after I saw the first one for 4500$ lol I'll wait

 

[Afgan King]

Very true but down here where the sun never stops shining I can see a reason to try something a little cooler which is why i went COB

I could see that and I get it but I'll wait lol

 

[toddwalker33]

I take it there are not currently many if any commercial guys running COBs as a main light source

 

[Afgan King]

I take it there are not currently many if any commercial guys running COBs as a main light source

Nope mainly hps-gavita-cmh-some led not much and most isnt worth it no cobs only the smaller chips like 3-5w diodes

 

[Yodaweed]

I take it there are not currently many if any commercial guys running COBs as a main light source

I never heard of one and only know one company that uses any type of LEDs , in a side room , here in colorado. They are just too expensive right now. I know a place that tried LEDs and went right back to HID lights. They ran older blurples from advanced LED. Replaced them after one run with 1000w hps in parabolic reflectors and then moved to gavitas .

 

[Yodaweed]

Nope mainly hps-gavita-cmh-some led not much and most isnt worth it no cobs only the smaller chips like 3-5w diodes

I haven't really seen crazy yields so far from COBs, people are getting like 1 gram per watt, which isn't impressing me.

 

[Afgan King]

I never heard of one and only know one company that uses any type of LEDs , in a side room , here in colorado. They are just too expensive right now. I know a place that tried LEDs and went right back to HID lights. They ran older blurples from advanced LED. Replaced them after one run with 1000w hps in parabolic reflectors and then moved to gavitas .

Yup craft only runs led for clones and moms

 

[Afgan King]

I haven't really seen crazy yields so far from COBs, people are getting like 1 gram per watt, which isn't impressing me.

Agreed I've seen hps at 2gpw....soooo ya lol it's close but not where I wanna go spend all the money I got and don't got to do a room pull same weight and be in the red longer than doing all hps

 

[MMJ Dreaming 99]

I never heard of one and only know one company that uses any type of LEDs , in a side room , here in colorado. They are just too expensive right now. I know a place that tried LEDs and went right back to HID lights. They ran older blurples from advanced LED. Replaced them after one run with 1000w hps in parabolic reflectors and then moved to gavitas .

Not to go off track but the average Joe may not have 10 or 12 foot ceilings that you may need with Gavitas. I know you can dim em down.

I have lower and may try some Nanolux DE which are similar with a Light Rail 3.5. I think some guys in Cali are using LED like Fluence.

The ideal would be HPS for winter like last night and tonight and LED COBs for summer.

 

[toddwalker33]

I know its not a huge grow but for instance growmau5 running 32-3590s underdriven at 700ma pulling over 3lb in a 4x8 doesnt that seem promising for only 850w? asking out of curiousity not trying to prove any points or anything. stuff like that is what got me interested in COBs

 

[Afgan King]

I know its not a huge grow but for instance growmau5 running 32-3590s underdriven at 700ma pulling over 3lb in a 4x8 doesnt that seem promising for only 850w? asking out of curiousity not trying to prove any points or anything. stuff like that is what got me interested in COBs

Strain dependent? Running all same strain? I wish I could run all same but variety and the "new" flavor is what everyone wants

 

[Afgan King]

Not to go off track but the average Joe may not have 10 or 12 foot ceilings that you may need with Gavitas. I know you can dim em down.

I have lower and may try some Nanolux DE which are similar with a Light Rail 3.5. I think some guys in Cali are using LED like Fluence.

The ideal would be HPS for winter like last night and tonight and LED COBs for summer.

I know people running at 8ft no problem with ducted hoods partners lights hang at 9 no issues 5-6ft plants

 

[toddwalker33]

From the youtube vid it was multiple strains.

 

[Afgan King]

I know its not a huge grow but for instance growmau5 running 32-3590s underdriven at 700ma pulling over 3lb in a 4x8 doesnt that seem promising for only 850w? asking out of curiousity not trying to prove any points or anything. stuff like that is what got me interested in COBs

And also cost for setting up that space just lights?

 

[ttystikk]

In most of Colorado - HPS last night helped keep most people and their plants from freezing last night. Tonight is no party either. My guess is Michigan and other places are feeling the cold too.

That's great for the 5 nights in 365 that it is a good thing.

 

[ttystikk]

Why tho most of the world can't afford other approaches I mean lets be honest the same room I set up for 3k fully with co2 4k watts hoods fans panda pots tupur etc.....to do led I'd have to spend a shit ton more that I don't have and most people don't have. It's close to double the cost it would be for a whole hps room sure you save on electric but not too much if you're truly trying to outperform hps or gavitas

Yeah. Let's be HONEST.

 

[Yodaweed]

From the youtube vid it was multiple strains.

That is a crazy amount of money that guy has invested in those lights but pretty nice setup.