C99 grow Samsung LED F strips

Or_Gro

Or_Gro

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SMT69 said:
Day 37

Testing the KoolBloom liquid
2nd full day of adding KB to the base nute lineup, they seem to like it.

current soup- protkt silica--calmag--koolbloom--floranovabloom--hydroguard






















































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Lookin gorgeous man. What wire company you using, gonna buy some of their stock....
 
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tightpockt

tightpockt

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SMT69 said:
Sweet, ok im gonna manifold it like that next run, all in dwc...im liking the grows you guys are doin -defol and clean branches- i know im gonna hurt the yeild leaving all these leaves on...its ok, i just hope i make it all the way thru lol

I think im on day 26..or 27 gotta look, you thinks its too late for some defol, on only planning this go 8 weeks, maybe 9..as most grows on this strain have been ready at 60days, im planning an extra week maybes


Heres the 2 plants early mainline, blimburn culled, i started 4 main branches- broke one on the the pineapples (right) top branches clean off , it was a little muscle armed plant, i had to use wire lol....thats why my canopy is low on one side

anyways i didnt continue with it and shud have lol..............next time !
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Nice grow so far. Looks like you went all out, doing it the right way. One thing I would caution against is, don't stick to that 8-week rule. I think you're counting from the day you switched to 12:12.
Going by trichomes is definitely Key.
 
SMT69

SMT69

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Day 40 ~ 12/12

Pistils are starting to turn orange, i imagine these will look totally different in a few weeks..

smells of sweet mixed tropical fruit cups, no worries of mj smell with this one, i can leave the tent doors open for hours just smells like ripe fruit in the room. Unlike my veg tent which absolutely reeks from some infant jack herer's

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SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe

SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe

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Considering that you have qb' and strips which do you feel is more efficient? Have you run your QBs for flower or just veg? I know you said your QBs run alot warmer. I'm not really worried about the heat. Were my tent is there is no heat but during the summer it's very cool. Im working with the same tent. (2×4) I'm wanting to grab a kit but I'm hung up on qb' vs strips but I really like the cxb kit from rapid, something about 5 cxbs in a black fixture with black pinsinks screams sexy too me . Here is what I'm thinking, obviously the cxb or 3qb with a 480 driver or 16 to 20, 22" strips with another 2, 22" and 2 4' strips for lower/side lighting that I'll just attach to the cmf kit as to be able to slide them up and down the vertical supports. Which ever I choose will be 3500k except the strips I'm going to stagger 3000 and 3500 if I go with strips. Possibly the 480 driver or 600. Or am I out of my mind and thinking way outta the box? Btw you have a really nice setup and your grow looks beautiful. I think I found you on youtube the other day? Looks like the same setup as the video.
 
SMT69

SMT69

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SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe said:
Considering that you have qb' and strips which do you feel is more efficient? Have you run your QBs for flower or just veg? I know you said your QBs run alot warmer. I'm not really worried about the heat. Were my tent is there is no heat but during the summer it's very cool. Im working with the same tent. (2×4) I'm wanting to grab a kit but I'm hung up on qb' vs strips but I really like the cxb kit from rapid, something about 5 cxbs in a black fixture with black pinsinks screams sexy too me . Here is what I'm thinking, obviously the cxb or 3qb with a 480 driver or 16 to 20, 22" strips with another 2, 22" and 2 4' strips for lower/side lighting that I'll just attach to the cmf kit as to be able to slide them up and down the vertical supports. Which ever I choose will be 3500k except the strips I'm going to stagger 3000 and 3500 if I go with strips. Possibly the 480 driver or 600. Or am I out of my mind and thinking way outta the box? Btw you have a really nice setup and your grow looks beautiful. I think I found you on youtube the other day? Looks like the same setup as the video.
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All your options will kill it man....both strips and qb's are exceeding my expectaions. way more power than i need and running cool.

It really comes down to even light spread...for your space, just make sure theres no "concentrated" lighted areas.


I doubt you'd need the side lighting... use that $$ for uv/far red addons to your setup..

The qb's in the veg tent are 5k so no i havent flowered with them, they would be just as good in 3k for bloom. same diodes. I wouldnt be able to run them in a flowering tent cranked....where i live it gets pretty warm, so i went with strips.

Are you gonna DIY or get some kits ?
I have no experience with cobs, but Timber has some excellent fixtures and service. I'd have a chat with @RainDan

Theres also our led guru @Randomblame for technical wizardry if you need help down the line, and u will....he's the man. GL
 
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SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe

SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe

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SMT69 said:
All your options will kill it man....both strips and qb's are exceeding my expectaions. way more power than i need and running cool.

most important- It really comes down to even light spread...for your space.
Are you gonna DIY or get some kits ?

The qb's in the veg tent are 5k so no i havent flowered with them, they would be just as good in 3k for bloom. same diodes.
I wouldnt be able to run them in a flowering tent cranked....where i live it gets to hot, so i went with strips.
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Ok ok, I'm really wanting to just build my own but I'm almost 2 weeks behind where I want to be. I'm new to the whole led concept so im having a real hard time understanding things. I'm trying to figure out things on my own but I think I've read so much over the last few months I fried my brain with sensory overload haha. I really just dont know any more. I would really love to run that strip layout that I mentioned and add a digital pot to it. It would be cool to control the nights with arduino. There was a set up I saw and dude had a digi pot it read the watts, volts and kwh. I'm not sure if it was a digi pot as he didnt say what it was. I figured he made it with digi pot components along with arduino or raspberry.
 
yesum

yesum

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Hell of a tent there loaded with C99. I have a couple just starting. They are slow starters. Do not be afraid to pull the plants early. That is if you want the sativa or visual effects. No ambers and lots of clear trichs.

Never ran the C99 before but sativas get too mellow for my liking if I let them run into amber trichs.
 
SMT69

SMT69

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What are you all doin for calibrating your PH probes ? I've been only been calib with 7.0 solultion
Have been since the start...Do you really need to calibrate at 2 different points ?
 
SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe

SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe

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SMT69 said:
All your options will kill it man....both strips and qb's are exceeding my expectaions. way more power than i need and running cool.

It really comes down to even light spread...for your space, just make sure theres no "concentrated" lighted areas.


I doubt you'd need the side lighting... use that $$ for uv/far red addons to your setup..

The qb's in the veg tent are 5k so no i havent flowered with them, they would be just as good in 3k for bloom. same diodes. I wouldnt be able to run them in a flowering tent cranked....where i live it gets pretty warm, so i went with strips.

Are you gonna DIY or get some kits ?
I have no experience with cobs, but Timber has some excellent fixtures and service. I'd have a chat with @RainDan

Theres also our led guru @Randomblame for technical wizardry if you need help down the line, and u will....he's the man. GL
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Sorry to hop on here with questions. I appreciate your time and giving me some advice. You have a really nice setup and your grow is killer. I'm definitely going to sub if that's ok with you?
 
Bongsmoke420

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I just found your thread and subbed up mate you show me love in my journal all the time love that c99 looks Killa.... starting new run in a couple of week just need to clean everything n start over doing a sog with 12 plants
 
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