Can a Mars hydro Fc 4800 flower a 4x4?

[Frank Nitty]

@evergreengardener

This is my FCE-3000 with the bridgelux diodes over a 3x3 scrog frame.

@MarsHydrofactory recommended it for flowering a 3x3 footprint.

the scrog is a little untamed as last time (with HPS) my canopy was only 8” deep and I wanted more vertical growth this time around especially to test out what this light could do as far as penetration was concerned.

So I stopped tucking at 10 days of 12/12 and allowed all vertical growth just to go wild.

I’m pretty impressed up to now compared with the 400w MH/HPS switch out I was using as this is 1 plant In 2 gallons of 100% coco.

Scrog frame is 3ft x 2.7ft.
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I'm thinking about putting my FC-E3000 into a 2x2 so I can get the most out of it because I feel like it's too small to be used to it's full potential in a 3x3

 

[chronnie49]

You wouldn’t need to dim it at all it would flower a 3x3 at full power giving you roughly 50 watts a sq ft. I personally wouldn’t dim

That's good to know. I run two 220 watt boards right now without dimming but I've never used a bar style light before.

 

[Bignutes]

I run 375 W in 12.5 sqft. On the low end of wattage at 30 w/sqft but seems to do ok.

 

[evergreengardener]

I'm thinking about putting my FC-E3000 into a 2x2 so I can get the most out of it because I feel like it's too small to be used to it's full potential in a 3x3

Thats alot of coverage like 75w a sqft if you do that you will probably need to dim it down some

 

[evergreengardener]

 

[Frank Nitty]

Thats alot of coverage like 75w a sqft if you do that you will probably need to dim it down some

I figured as much,will make sure I don't burn my plants up!!!

 

[Frank Nitty]

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Beautiful

 

[jondamon]

I'm thinking about putting my FC-E3000 into a 2x2 so I can get the most out of it because I feel like it's too small to be used to it's full potential in a 3x3

What I can tell you is I’m happier using the FCE3000 over my scrog than I was with my 400w HPS setup over the same size scrog.

better density, seems frostier too with less heat to deal with than the HPS.

the next run I’ll be growing 2 plants and scrog them as opposed to the single plant during this run.

This scrog was only my 2nd ever full footprint scrog so I have nothing to base it on really but from what I can see it appears to be one of my biggest harvests to date (full amount won’t be known for another week or so).

It really is a great fixture imo (again nothing to compare against other than HPS).

If you do utilise a 2x2 as @evergreengardener has mentioned be aware you may be going over kill on w/sqft. Lol.

 

[Frank Nitty]

What I can tell you is I’m happier using the FCE3000 over my scrog than I was with my 400w HPS setup over the same size scrog.

better density, seems frostier too with less heat to deal with than the HPS.

the next run I’ll be growing 2 plants and scrog them as opposed to the single plant during this run.

This scrog was only my 2nd ever full footprint scrog so I have nothing to base it on really but from what I can see it appears to be one of my biggest harvests to date (full amount won’t be known for another week or so).

It really is a great fixture imo (again nothing to compare against other than HPS).

If you do utilise a 2x2 as @evergreengardener has mentioned be aware you may be going over kill on w/sqft. Lol.

Yeah I'm having second thoughts about that... I do happen to have a 32x32x60 that I'm not using, I'll go with that

 

[jondamon]

Yeah I'm having second thoughts about that... I do happen to have a 32x32x60 that I'm not using, I'll go with that

I had a long in depth discussion with Mars hydro before I got the FCE3000 as I told them I wanted to be able to flower properly my 3x3 footprint.

the FCE3000 should veg a 4x4 and to be honest I can see that from flowering this 3x3.

I guess the only way I would know for sure would be to grow 4 plants again but I’ve been liking the lower number of plants and longer veg with the scrog.

This time I plan on training the scrog better for more uniformity now that I’ve dipped my toe into scrogging lol.

 

[Dank Bongula]

Nice looking plants for sure. I think after summer when I start up again, I will be going with this fc4800 in my 3x3 and move the 300L rspec to my smaller 32x32...was getting the 600 rspec but thinking overkill in the 3x3.

 

[evergreengardener]

Nice looking plants for sure. I think after summer when I start up again, I will be going with this fc4800 in my 3x3 and move the 300L rspec to my smaller 32x32...was getting the 600 rspec but thinking overkill in the 3x3.

Go for it man! it really is a nice light. Id personally recommend it.

 

[evergreengardener]

Growing smooth

 

[evergreengardener]

Lowers are looking just as nice, the penetration is there

 

[evergreengardener]

And a few up close trich shots

 

[Frank Nitty]

I am loving every minute of this, waiting for mine to get here!!! Those plants are looking lovely!!!

 

[HydroKid239]

Coming along awesome bro! I’m going to be running the same light in my 4x4.

 

[evergreengardener]

A few close up shots of some tops these plants will be finished in a few weeks

 

[evergreengardener]

All shots of plants close to harvest grown under the. Mars brand

Harvesting with Mars Hydro

Here I will post flower pictures of plants grown under various Mars hydro products. @MarsHydrofactory I run in organic soils in 4x4 areas some dialed in some not so much. Here are plants grown under a Mars hydro fc4800

www.rollitup.org

 

[evergreengardener]

About a week out and the first run under the FC4800 will be complete. At 480w this light smashed in a 4x4 tent. I will update again before harvest. And once things are chopped I’ll be reloading the tent with clones and starting over I’ll keep this thread going.