Puff_Dragon
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Hi all, growing four Sensi Seeds Early Skunk plants from clones (one in scrog with a 5 gal cloth pot), all in coco (watering each day). They have a loverly over ripe sweet fruit smell right now 
No skunky smell so its quite a stealthy strain (with no carbon filter needed).
The thing is I'm wondering if i have enough watts for the four plants in my tent space (only because they seemed to be growing a little slowly in flower).
Some info:
i decided to experiment with using one Mars 400 and a lesser known brand ' Dr Schimmel purple power led ' (both 'rated' the same in power *400 hps equivalent* lol).
I figured i would get better overall coverage instead of using a single led light unit.
Both are 'full spectrum'.
The Mars is square in shape and the Dr Schimmel is rectangular (this seemed to work in my space due to the scrog dimentions).
When checked with a meter: the Mars was about 200 watts (real watts from the wall) and the Dr Schimmel was 185 watts.
Both use 5 watt diodes.
The tent is 2 meters high (sides are 1 meter each).*edit - sorry i should add 1 meter = 3.2 feet*
The four plants are quite snug in there (a little leaf overlap - even after preflower+week 3 flower pruning).
So, do you think theres enough power there for 4 plants to fully flower? (385watts approx)
I felt it was ok but just wanted some opinions.
fyi - i do have a larger size led unit; Vipar 864w COB led grow light (565 approx. watts at wall)
However the cobs use red, blue and green to get a 'full spectrum'. And I've found (with 4 out of 6 strains grown under that light) that this spectrum seemed to make the taste of the product not so good (bland, although the high was there) compared to using a Mars light (for example). Although the growth+bud size with the Vipar was great. Thought i'd try lowering the watts a little and use 2 units to spread the light.
Thanks all for any input.
Now the pics (sorry, only have a kodak zi8 camera so not the best shots
Early flower (just to show tent layout)
LED units (again, pic from early flower)
End of week 3 (scrog - now turned edgeways to better conform to rectangular led light unit), end of week 2 for 2 plants at front (left and middle). While the plant front and on the right is starting week two
light filter corrected (and lower camera angle) for those who hate the 'blurple' effect
Some budz (as they currently look)
No skunky smell so its quite a stealthy strain (with no carbon filter needed).The thing is I'm wondering if i have enough watts for the four plants in my tent space (only because they seemed to be growing a little slowly in flower).
Some info:
i decided to experiment with using one Mars 400 and a lesser known brand ' Dr Schimmel purple power led ' (both 'rated' the same in power *400 hps equivalent* lol).
I figured i would get better overall coverage instead of using a single led light unit.
Both are 'full spectrum'.
The Mars is square in shape and the Dr Schimmel is rectangular (this seemed to work in my space due to the scrog dimentions).
When checked with a meter: the Mars was about 200 watts (real watts from the wall) and the Dr Schimmel was 185 watts.
Both use 5 watt diodes.
The tent is 2 meters high (sides are 1 meter each).*edit - sorry i should add 1 meter = 3.2 feet*
The four plants are quite snug in there (a little leaf overlap - even after preflower+week 3 flower pruning).
So, do you think theres enough power there for 4 plants to fully flower? (385watts approx)
I felt it was ok but just wanted some opinions.
fyi - i do have a larger size led unit; Vipar 864w COB led grow light (565 approx. watts at wall)
However the cobs use red, blue and green to get a 'full spectrum'. And I've found (with 4 out of 6 strains grown under that light) that this spectrum seemed to make the taste of the product not so good (bland, although the high was there) compared to using a Mars light (for example). Although the growth+bud size with the Vipar was great. Thought i'd try lowering the watts a little and use 2 units to spread the light.
Thanks all for any input.
Now the pics (sorry, only have a kodak zi8 camera so not the best shots
Early flower (just to show tent layout)
LED units (again, pic from early flower)
End of week 3 (scrog - now turned edgeways to better conform to rectangular led light unit), end of week 2 for 2 plants at front (left and middle). While the plant front and on the right is starting week two
light filter corrected (and lower camera angle) for those who hate the 'blurple' effect
Some budz (as they currently look)
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