Plasma is the Future of growing!

[grow4me]

Cant you at least show us a pic that the photo guy took?

 

[whazzup]

Opengrow is down because they are moving to new servers, but here are a few pics I took this afternoon

 

[tom__420]

Those buds look super small for having brown hairs on them........

 

[whazzup]

well spotted... those are polinated

One tent is a seeds grow.

 

[tom__420]

Okay man I was gonna say I thought they looked a little small. It's all good though if you are making seeds. What strain is it? A new one in the making?

 

[whazzup]

I think it's a jackberry cross he is doing, other tent is KO Kush.

 

[curious old fart]

I've been following sannie's grow, how long will his forum be down?

1 southern grower

 

[whazzup]

we expect opengrow and wietforum.nl to be back on-line after this weekend. The brand new servers are in a secure managed datacenter now and just got ready to be installed. This should fix all the performance problems we had with the last hosting provider.

 

[curious old fart]

Whazzup

Thanks for the fast reply. Welcome to the rollitup community.
Looking forward to the forum being back on line.
Sannie has been doing a test grow with plasma light with pictures and dialect to explain what is going on. Not only is it is well written and very informative, but the results look promising. He also has some great genetics. Highly recommended.

peace

 

[tom__420]

There is no way that the 400 watt light pictured next to the 250 watt plasma light is fully warmed up and at the brightest it will get

 

[whazzup]

which 400 watt light? If you are referring to the 4 tents picture: the MH and the HPS are both 250 watt. As discussed, if you measure par light in the plasma light it's about the same as a 250 watt MH, a sodium light has far more par light (but a different distribution through the spectrum).

The plasma light btw is only 180 watt.

 

[BigBudBalls]

I dunno. I find it hard to believe this pic. Its a dark room and thats a 400W? I call this *pic* BS/staged/fixed.

 

[tom__420]

I dunno. I find it hard to believe this pic. Its a dark room and thats a 400W? I call this *pic* BS/staged/fixed.

thanks man that was the pic I was talking about. If you look at his hand over the 400 watt it is like completely dark. They prob snapped the pic the second after they plugged it in LOL

 

[Slater13]

Uh, ya. That 400 isnt even close to being fully lit so I agree on calling bullshit. In this day and age they couldnt come up with a video? Just a pic? Sorry but I doubt anyone here is dumb enuff to believe what they see in the pic.

How about leaving the Halide to warm up for 10-15 min and THEN try the little side by side comparison. Come on now, were all stoners but not idiots!

 

[whazzup]

ok, with opengrow down here a few pics of the light and the first test.

fltr:
- plasma with 100 watt red leds
- plasma
- MH
- HPS

All grows were adjusted to the same initial PPFD at plant height. As you can see 180 watt plasma light (this particular model, the STA-40-02) has about the same ppfd as MH, sodium has much more par light. Then again, the other lights are 250 watt lights, the plasma is a 180 watt light.

Of course the spectrum is a lot different. Also see the shades of the light in the foreground.

 

[plasmargon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTGsM9pplUs

If you look at the end of this video you'll see that the MH system was fully lit, but when the Plasma light brightens to full on, it causes the effect of the brightness on the camera to adjust making the MH light seem like it's turned off.

It most likely has to do with the sensitivity of the camera to the full spectral output of the plasma light. Some lights seem darker on camera because the sensitivity of the camera doesn't respond to that spectral output as well.

 

[bossman88188]

That was a good vid.
But have you posted a grow journal with them.
Or had any other member's due test grow's.
That would be the only feedback I would trust.

 

[TechnoMage]

I'm with bossman88188. I want to see a full grow journal from day one of flower with at a minimum, photo updates bi-weekly. HUGE trust points gained if it's done by a independent third party. I know I'm buying a new light sometime in the next 6 months to replace my 270w HPS. If I go to a 400w HPS I'm also going to have to purchase another centrifugal fan ($) to improve ventilation. I'd LOVE any solution that handles heat better.

 

[tom__420]

LED's might put out less heat but because they are so expensive it is still cheaper to get a 400 watt HPS and new inline fan. Not only is it cheaper but the results will be better

 

[Dubby14]

Several people throughout this thread have asked if there is a grow journal. Plasmargon, either yes or no. Has this been tested, if so, then where is the proof?