Aussie Growers Thread

Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

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reza92 said:
must a baseline. We all use electricity and it costs money. It’s generally the most consistent thing to measure off. Like if I’m using 500w and your using 5000w you should yeild more than me but our g/watt could be identical. Of course it’s all strain and grower dependant but a good benchmark, especially if growing for $$, is a gram/watt minimum. since watts cost $$ the better the g/watt the cheaper your producing bud. As I mentioned we shouldn’t measure lights in wattage but yeah.
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cost of grow incl labour vs return should be the only variable but we dont include our labour in any of the figures people argue over. Home growers seem to not know their hrly rate.
 
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DustyDuke

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jzs147 said:
Still hope for me yet maybe.
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Man I get were you come from though you’ve you got a method that works and change doesnt always mean success and your climate is cooler. I push the humidity and temps which is risky but it seems to work but I think veg will be slow in winter and flowers will be smaller. That’s why I alway keep a couple of 600w magnetic hps rigs. I’ll probably use the cmh before I go hps tbh.
 
Venus55

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Im 2wks in flower and thinking of changing them into bigger pots... anyone got any advice on whether this is a bad move at this point?
 
jzs147

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DustyDuke said:
Man I get were you come from though you’ve you got a method that works and change doesnt always mean success and your climate is cooler. I push the humidity and temps which is risky but it seems to work but I think veg will be slow in winter and flowers will be smaller. That’s why I alway keep a couple of 600w magnetic hps rigs. I’ll probably use the cmh before I go hps tbh.
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You got a point to both my grows where like Autumn an winter.

Hmmm
I have the hlg 550 out at the minute
I could chuck that in my 800x800
Be crazy in there.

How many grows did it take you to get 1.5p
Off a 550.
 
DustyDuke

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kwigybo88 said:
The HLG 550 puts out 30w per sq. foot in a 4x4 tent.

I run 50w per sq. foot and last time pulled a bit over 1.2 grams per watt. But yeah there are guys who claim 2gpw. Its certainly doable if you run the right strain and know your shit.


Indeed.
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Yeah I ran incredible bulk it’s a nice yielder. I am running a scrog this time hope it’s a winner. If I ran other strains it could of been a lot less, I’m new to led and I’m hoping it wasn’t a beginners luck thing. But the clones are growing at a good pace so I’m on track atm.
 
Lucky Luke

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Venus55 said:
Yeah that’s what I thought too, that I might slow them down a bit but I’m ok with that. I was just silly flipping in such small pots they’re drinking way too fast and cos I don’t live where they are anymore it’s hard to keep up to them.
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Could u cut off the bottom of the pots and just sit them in the new one's? Might be less stressful.
 
reza92

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Lucky Luke said:
And allot of people need the extra heat to save them money on heating.
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In the lower states definitely through winter hid is better imo. I can just get through winter with leds by using a temp controller on my fans and running them lower.

in the upper states where winter temps don’t dip very low is where leds are perfect for year round growing.
 
Rewerb

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Venus55 said:
Yeah that’s what I thought too, that I might slow them down a bit but I’m ok with that. I was just silly flipping in such small pots they’re drinking way too fast and cos I don’t live where they are anymore it’s hard to keep up to them.
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May I offer an analogy?

If you were a plant in a cramped, uncomfortable & difficult stuation in your current life-cycle, which would you choose as the lesser of two evils?

Struggle-on as you are, or make a move to a bigger pot & cop the time-penalty involved, 'though the result will ultimately be better?

A bigger pot needs less frequent attention.

Ultimately, there will be a better survival-rate.

Welcome back, BTW!
 
DustyDuke

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jzs147 said:
You got a point to both my grows where like Autumn an winter.

Hmmm
I have the hlg 550 out at the minute
I could chuck that in my 800x800
Be crazy in there.

How many grows did it take you to get 1.5p
Off a 550.
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Mines actually 2 x 288’s which I built a frame for so I could spread the boards out and cover more space in my opinion. I also run far red for 20mins before lights out and 10 mins after and my actual light schedule is 12.5 lights and 11.5 off. Far reds put em to sleep quicker there for lights on longer, I’m sure @reza92 will know much more than about this. I’ve seen blokes push it to 13/11. Weather this actually did fuck all fuck knows
It was first crack, was probably beginners luck but I think my veg is going ok did you see the post my pics a page or 2 ago? I’m running the light dimmed halfway but only like 6-8 inches off the canopy seems to be better then blasting it from a higher distance
 
Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

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reza92 said:
In the lower states definitely through winter hid is better imo. I can just get through winter with leds by using a temp controller on my fans and running them lower.

in the upper states where winter temps don’t dip very low is where leds are perfect for year round growing.
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naaa CMH kicks HPS. it might not be as good as LED but its better than HPS. That square wave ballest doesn't flicker for starters.
 
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