doktorgreenthumb420
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so how many watts are you using total for your rainforest 66 unit ?
My kill-a-watt reads 110-115 watts when the light is on. That includes about 100 for the light, 10 for the sprayer, and 5 for the air pump. It is costing me about $2.25/month during 12/12so how many watts are you using total for your rainforest 66 unit ?
Like repvip said 12-15" seems optimal. I'm vegging a few clones and seeds about 18" away from a 55w & 18w and the internodes are staying tight so far. They are in soil also fwiw.I ahve tried 3 feet over 2 foot over and a few inchs over. Disturbingly I think I saw the most growth at 2 feet or so over. I think that might be stretching though. Not very leggy stretch but I only gave it one day. So reps. I am going to try some more things.
I think a HID+LED would probably make a big difference. I think the 120w compares well to 600w HID grows I've seen on here during veg, but I expect it will be closer to 300-400w HID for flowering, just my best early guess.Sorry i thought of one more thing. How much of an advantage do you think adding a small 150W HID will make?
That would be a sick setup, I'm hoping to have two 120w's in the future myself.What would you say to two 120W Tribands and a red highpower panel from htg for flower? Would that kick ass as a super all LED?
Blue.is blue or white led better for clone/seedling/germination?
made me lolYou know what you may want to try? A tiny 15W incandescent on when the LEDs are on... will help "spray" the plants with the infra-red signals of day and night.
Thanks for suggesting a uvb light, I did not know about these so I'll have to read up. This grow kind of spiraled out of control in regards to free space in the tent, but I will probably add uvb to the next grow.actually one of those 10.0 uvb lights for reptile is exactly what you want. It will stim resin prodiction as the plant trys to protect itself. They are normal for gardens now and their are ven veg and flower specific grades and also hid uv models! Cool , huh, that is science. Hope not to hijack.
P.s. I abandoned the led like an idiot. I was having slow clones and I know it was nothing but I am HID man and I had an extra lumatek, LUMATEK!!!, so I could not resist moving to that, 400 watt Lumatek for veg. Still watching tho.