giggywatts
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did you get it under control?
Yep and I was able to keep her in the cabinet with a couple inches to spare. I had to super crop 6 out of the 8 mains 3 times and the other 2 mains 4 times to even her out and to slow her down. Lots to do today, have to disinfect my other large cabinet and move 4 blueberry skunks in to flower, plus I got the parts in for my new Cree flood light setup so I want to put that together. I'll post some 21 day pics tonight.did you get it under control?
Fran I will be sure to check out your little DIY,what's the fun in just buying a ready made unit. Stainless is really tough stuff and you may have to resort to using a grinder on it. I'm curious what range of blue you would get by doing that and yes I'm addicted. I also rotate my plant 180 degrees every day to compensate for uneven lighting.Hey Cap'n, what's up? Just wanted you to know I'm loving some of the things you're doing and also wanted to point out you're completely addicted to LED growing . I thought someone should step up and say it before it's too late . LOL
Just wanted to get your opinion on something. I built a little ghetto 4xCREE bulb rig with bulb splitters and reflectors and am using 3x2700 + 1x5000 bulbs. I'm wondering if I should replace the 5K with a 2700 and then sand down 2 to 4 of the diodes on each bulb to expose the pump in order to get my dosage of blue? I'm starting to like the idea and it would get a better blend than having a 5000K in one corner of the rig, though I may buy some big ass stainless salad bowls and make a 4x2700 + 1 5000K rig with the 5000 in the middle. If you want to see it I'll be posting some photos of what I just built it in the Cup comp thread over the weekend since I'm going to probably use it for the whole affair, or at least till I pick a contestant. I'm actually going to build 4 of them to use as secondary lighting in my tent and hopefully I'll be able to ditch my BS240s if they work out.
Take Care and Happy Growing Cap'n!
Fran you got me thinking about my spectrum now. Since I added the 24 watts of UV T5 HO which has almost all blue,I'm thinking that I will remove the 4 5000k's from the hood and replace them with 4 2700k but add them to my side lighting instead of putting them back in the hood. From the looks of this plant, I'm going to need some more side lighting.You do get some blue from the 2700s, though I'm assuming it's not as much as the 5000 puts out. And to tell ya the truth I've never seen any spectral data on these bulbs and am not even sure what diodes they use so I'm only assuming the 2700s have less blue, like the majority of WWs do compared to CWs. I've accidentally ruined a few bulbs, specifically scratching off the resin that contains the phosphors, so I've seen the blue light that comes from damaged 2700K LEDs, but what spectrum it is I'm clueless. Probably in the 450nm area. I think I'm going to hold off on modding them now that I'm a bit more sober , but if I see the plants bending towards the 5000K bulb, I'm getting my file out.
Yeah stainless is a bitch but I've go access to a workshop now and if it's thin enough I might be able to get some holes in it. I was thinking about a colander, since the holes are already there, but a shit ton of light will probably escape too.
And she's quite impressive looking from those photos Cap'n. You grow some happy plants bro .
Yeah, you don't want to lose too much blue, and side lighting is necessary once you go over a certain size IMO, though that depends on your main panel/lights too.Fran you got me thinking about my spectrum now. Since I added the 24 watts of UV T5 HO which has almost all blue,I'm thinking that I will remove the 4 5000k's from the hood and replace them with 4 2700k but add them to my side lighting instead of putting them back in the hood. From the looks of this plant, I'm going to need some more side lighting.
how did those T5 leds work out for you?Love it ...Love It... LOVE IT
For any sane grower (you know I love you man), the regular Cree NW/WW work fantastic for under canopy at ~ 1/2 the price of the Spots.
My tubes are T8. I have seen ads for led T5s, but it should not make a difference, other than the T8s may not fit into a T5 tombstone very wellhow did those T5 leds work out for you?