bamboofarmer
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dem's purdy
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Blue brother
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Anyone ever buy good leds from a top brand and find they miss the hps?. I allways grew with hps but last year bought myself a pair of hlg350r led fixtures, fantastic lights and I can’t fault them one bit against other led fixtures I’ve seen, they’re powerful, the heat is managed well, I like the dimensions and the footprint and the plants do seem to prefer the white light. Really a top top piece of kit.
but …..
i miss (some things about) the mighty 600w hps.
I’ve upped the tent size from the last runs 1.2m square tent to a 2mx1m rectangular tent, spread the leds out and dropped my old faithful 600w adjustawing in the Center.
I’m planning on using it at 100% from week3 ish of flower until 2 weeks before harvest, at which point I’m gonna swap it over for a 10k finishing bulb. My thinking is that the infra red radiation put out by the hps will warm the canopy and make my plants transpire at a more desirable rate, I ended up running a heater in the tent all through my last run with only leds.
I also reckon that leds are designed to in a way that allows them to be used for all stages of plant growth, while this is brilliant for the consumer, I do believe that flower development is aided by the extra red spectrum the hps will bring to the table.
anybody got any advice? Or experience? Or wanna ask a question? Shoot
but …..
i miss (some things about) the mighty 600w hps.
I’ve upped the tent size from the last runs 1.2m square tent to a 2mx1m rectangular tent, spread the leds out and dropped my old faithful 600w adjustawing in the Center.
I’m planning on using it at 100% from week3 ish of flower until 2 weeks before harvest, at which point I’m gonna swap it over for a 10k finishing bulb. My thinking is that the infra red radiation put out by the hps will warm the canopy and make my plants transpire at a more desirable rate, I ended up running a heater in the tent all through my last run with only leds.
I also reckon that leds are designed to in a way that allows them to be used for all stages of plant growth, while this is brilliant for the consumer, I do believe that flower development is aided by the extra red spectrum the hps will bring to the table.
anybody got any advice? Or experience? Or wanna ask a question? Shoot
shnkrmn
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I think the 350r has deep red diodes added in. All the manufacturers are designing that in now going forward. Lack of heat was originally thought to be a boon but the increased efficiency of led fixtures has proven to be a challenge in some situations.
Love your vintage gullwing!
tkufoS
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Thanks man. Check my journal out , they're about week 7ish.
gr865
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Can I play, I am just about to finish my first grow with the HLG Scorpion Diablo.
Have bounced around over the past 10 years, tried a 400 HPS, a SS400 from Cal Light Works, then moved to two 315W CMH (used both for horizontal and vertical grows. Just move to the Diablo, and liking it a lot.
From this Diablo grow, received 18 Cookies & Cream regular seeds from a buddy in California, and am just a couple of days away from harvest, will be around day 61 or 62.
The ladies have begun turning purple and a majority have nice purple color.
Lots of trichs and some nice buds.
Full tent
Have bounced around over the past 10 years, tried a 400 HPS, a SS400 from Cal Light Works, then moved to two 315W CMH (used both for horizontal and vertical grows. Just move to the Diablo, and liking it a lot.
From this Diablo grow, received 18 Cookies & Cream regular seeds from a buddy in California, and am just a couple of days away from harvest, will be around day 61 or 62.
The ladies have begun turning purple and a majority have nice purple color.
Lots of trichs and some nice buds.
Full tent
DST
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hello lad, been a while, glad you are ok despite having been in the stinky.Non existing atm winding down a stretch in the pen so i gotz to be a good boy for a few more months. But i still got some beansIll be back jack...
Mr.jojodancer305
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Well damn sir
jigfresh
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Wow dude, it's been a long time. Glad you're out soon (or now or whatever). I'll be on the East Coast soon. I'll have to come out your way sometime. Never been anywhere in the midwest.Whats up fam! good to see some some old faces still in these parts
jigfresh
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I noticed a difference switching from HID to LED but none of it put me off. Just two sides to a coin in my eyes. I had to cool things off way less as there wasn't so much heat. There wasn't as much temp difference between lights on and lights off. I used less water because it didn't evaporate as quickly. I wasn't worried about burning plants (either light bleaching or burning with heat). I didn't get the penetration into the canopy I did with the HID, but the yield wasn't too much less. (I never did a g/watt analysis or anything though) The buds didn't seem as tight, but they looked nicer. And I feel for my setup the plants enjoyed the lower stress from the LED aka less heat stress.
Most of these effects were pretty setup related though. I was in a 2' x 3' closet (less than 1m x 1m).
My buddy, and 600 club member, puts out some of the best buds I've been around running LED's.
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Mr.jojodancer305
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Brother jigs the teacher is back ladies and gentlemen. If it wasn't for you brother a lot of us would still be reading books on growing. Glad to have a back.
colocowboy
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bassman999
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Hey guys hope everyone is doing good and staying green
Mr.jojodancer305
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How high lolQuiet in here. Just wanted to share a funny thing. We bought a house and fittingly it's on High Street.
tkufoS
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Congrats. You gotta have $$$ to buy a house here.Quiet in here. Just wanted to share a funny thing. We bought a house and fittingly it's on High Street.
Congrats bro, best of times coming! best vibes to you and the family.Quiet in here. Just wanted to share a funny thing. We bought a house and fittingly it's on High Street.
bassman999
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Hell yeah Jiggs.
Congrats on the new place!
Congrats on the new place!