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  1. Chronikool

    A tall, floor-standing LED grow lamp that can be used as a regular living room lamp?

    This reminds me of my cluster-Led bulb grows where i stacked and snaked as many LED bulbs as i could coming from a single origin socket.. Days of experimentation on a 3 buck budget with a 5 gram plant.. checking on it every 20 minutes... :D
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    Living soil mix and feeding help please

    Yeah they are a awesome bit of kit.. takes the guess work out thats for sure. When i was growing in 5 gallon fabric bags i would use one 'carrot' or emitter. Yeah same sort of wicking priniciple as sips ..except tropf blumats use a ceramic material and osmosis
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    Living soil mix and feeding help please

    Yeah pretty much water only - soil largely takes care of its self with a blumat watering system keeping the soil at optimal moisture levels. Thay suits my style of growing, lifestyle and im happy with the harvest/product i pull. Doesnt matter what growing style/medium/equipment you use...its...
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    Living soil mix and feeding help please

    Oh nice - that craft blend seems like a well thought out and selected product I used to be a lot more proactive preparing various brews such as compost, comfrey and swamp water concoctions and employ different cover crops These days i usually amend my beds at 'reset time' (blumat service and...
  5. Chronikool

    What led strips to consider in 2024?

    Majority of my builds are LED strips in 2024 but I still have various Cree xlamps chugging along. This royal blue and warm white (not sure of the kelvin) xpe2's fixture currently in my mother tent. Originally debuting circa 2015. (with same budget driver) and was my 1st dedicated veg light...
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    What led strips to consider in 2024?

    Just changing tact a bit... Another reason to run 2 or more drivers in a fixture ..is that it acts as insurance in the rare event one of your drivers fails, Half (or more) of the fixture is still illuminating whilst you source a replacement. Certainly beats keeping candles lit on a 12 hour...
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    Living soil mix and feeding help please

    Pumice is also an alternative that i finds suspends in the soil better ..over perlite which has a tendency to 'float' I havent added any aeration amendments since my intial setups... I employ the resident worms which also prevents them from being lazy... :D
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    Jesus christ... has anyone reliably solved the issues of weak growth in early veg under LED? What's the answer????

    5000-6500k whites would probably veg quicker as one varible to change Whats your space and LED setup exactly..?
  9. Chronikool

    West Coast Chapter: mc130p's Horticultural Adventure Continues

    Im all good...bit of growing here there and everywhere on repeat.. :) Hahaha..nah just grabbed that off google images...never owned a commerical fixture in my growing 'career'.. :) Been interested to know if any Area-51s are still operational..? Keep up the good grow op yo!
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    West Coast Chapter: mc130p's Horticultural Adventure Continues

    Hey @mc130p ! Happy to read you have navigated a few obstacles in ya internal life puzzle and have found a switch so you can illumianate your blueprint. You should return that AC Infinity LED cos i have the latest exclusive news... Rumor has it that Eraserhead @ Area 51 is gonna finally honor...
  11. Chronikool

    Nz Kiwi Outdoor Bush 2022/23

    How did your plants finish up..? Carried off by vine hoppers? Couldnt get to them due to a hostile possum perimeter patrol?
  12. Chronikool

    Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

    Hey bud...good to see ya about! Congratz on the 10 year old thread! :D
  13. Chronikool

    Samsung H series strips, Arrow seems to be blowing them out! what a deal!

    Never heard of egchip.com I go to octopart.com to find my LED strip parts... Any reason why you are looking at gen 2 boards when gen 3 are pretty much the same price? (or gen 3 high output for less build parts)
  14. Chronikool

    DIY with Quantum Boards

    The world is your market.. ☀️
  15. Chronikool

    DIY with Quantum Boards

    'Hulkensteinbolt' testing - Channel 1: Quantum R-Spec - Channel 2: 2000k Nichia - Channel 3: 660nm - Channel 4: 730nm Pulling 640w at full noise.
  16. Chronikool

    ChilLED Tech split with GrowMau5 and Gen 3 lights coming soon

    I believe Dawgos reference was in regards to been involved in 'growtube' and the dramas that surrounded certain individuals on the panel.
  17. Chronikool

    ChilLED Tech split with GrowMau5 and Gen 3 lights coming soon

    Not really sure on 1 less puck.. maybe they changed out driverz and boosted the current to the remaining pucks to save on money? Shipping? On the pic...yeah she alwayz checkz out the new builds like that... Weird thing..
  18. Chronikool

    ChilLED Tech split with GrowMau5 and Gen 3 lights coming soon

    He will return at some point for sure. Last i heard he was publishing the 1st volume of his double entendre joke book... Multi talented! :) Probably my favourite build to date.
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    DIY with Quantum Boards

    Day 40 in the 'Kerstunkenflopped' tent 5mm think aluminium 3000k QB elite on left 4000k QB elite on right (Colour difference)
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