Full LED grow room/aeroponic system. first attemp

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avo

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Sorry thunder for getting off thread a little bit.

I love the calculations but you didn't factor in other things. For example it's easier and cheaper to vent a couple LEDs then it is for 1 400W or more HPS/MH. Factor in that you wont need those fans to push a lot of air, no noise polution, no light burns on you or your plants. Obviously all these are much more crucial in a cabinet or closet design sense space is so limited. Over all I think the LEDs even in this stage are more then worth it. Not to mention if you really wanted to you could always sell a little bud and make all that money back. You can always make money back or something to pay for anything, but when it comes to energy which is in constant need to grow, that's a little bit different I think. Plus I don't like a grow showing up in the electricity bill or fire hazards or even pigs flying by doing illegal infraread shots.
 
Enigma

Enigma

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tech209 said:
aite 3 bills and it does wut a 400 hps does but uses less electricty.......:joint:
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There was a vid around here.. the LED took longer than the 400w HPS to finish.. it was more efficient in power usage.. but the 400w HPS produced ~3x more bud from one plant.

Another thing.. the 400w HPS wasn't in a cooltube.

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specialkayme

specialkayme

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Enigma said:
There was a vid around here.. the LED took longer than the 400w HPS to finish.. it was more efficient in power usage.. but the 400w HPS produced ~3x more bud from one plant.

Another thing.. the 400w HPS wasn't in a cooltube.

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Would a cool tube create more bud?
 
tech209

tech209

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agree with u Enigma cuz my plants are less than a foot away from the hps and wow wut a difference.....but get wayyyyyyyyyy more compressed and tight .............:joint:
 
Enigma

Enigma

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tech209 said:
agree with u Enigma cuz my plants are less than a foot away from the hps and wow wut a difference.....but get wayyyyyyyyyy more compressed and tight .............:joint:
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That's why I've always used fluoro's for vegging. The light is right on top of them.. stacked nodes.. when the HPS hits them the go fucking nuts!

In a week or so you'll see what I mean when this 600w goes up!

Peep the journal in my sig.

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tech209

tech209

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fo sho ill scope that shit outs ....i veg with cfl's n flower in hps.....cfl's i can keep those lights really close to the plants so i can get short bushy plants...........:joint:
 
MstrWilliam

MstrWilliam

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Hey thc....looking good....mine are in their 2nd week on "planet ito"....no signs of stress to em at all....I'm thinking that the massive dose of red spectrum is keeping them happy and fine....they doubled in size....still have 3 3 weeks to go...

something to think about.....
 
thunderchunkie

thunderchunkie

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Harrrr mateys!!!

My poor bud almost had a heart attack thinkin he killed one of my girls on the weekend, hahaaaa. I lost one branch! hahaa. Well, whats to say? Everything seems to be going awesome with this experiment right now taking into account al the mistakes and shit that happened earlier on. Green, healthy, buds everywhere and freakin stinky!!!! Smells like hot garbage in my room, hahahaaaaa.

Here goes,

Room temp-18.9*C
R.H.-48%
Rez temp-20*C
pH-6.01
Water cycle-continuous flow, flush on Sat. or Sun.
Lights-12/12
Nutes-DNF A&B Bloom@ 100% (5ml/l), Dr. Hornby's Big Bud@100% (5ml/l)
Music- Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Slayer, Metalicca, Stevie Ray Vaughn and so forth, they're happy girls

Psychedelic Sativa's Biatch!!!
 

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