At 8-1o" away be prepared for very fluffy airy buds. I keep my light 1" off the highest bud. Which is typically no more than 2-3" higher than the rest.
Can you show me a pic of this please?
4 weeks eh? thats not bad. My baby buds dont look too bad either at 2 weeks. The calyxes look quite plump already.
Take a look at my plants. Browse my Lucas Formula thread. My plants are at 5 weeks
I get them 2 - 4 inches with no heat issues for the most part. (occasional leaf tip burnt due to growth)
The pet store in my town has them and they were haveing a sale and I got them went to get more a few days later but they wasn't haveing the sale anymore
They're gonna look just like FloraSuns, only they're Chinese made... take it for what it is. I have several WavePoint bulbs and havent had a problem with any, and I do plan to get an UltraGrowth or two just to compare, but look at the SPD for each, they're practically the same except WavePoint exagerates the vertical axis and makes them look "more intense". but compare the height of the peaks within their own graph, they both have relatively equal levels of red to blue and at the same wavelengths. ZooMed is proven quality German made bulbs, where WavePoint are Chinese, and are both around the same pricepoint (I wouldnt imagine the UltraGrowth's would be much more than their other bulbs, prob in the $10-13 range) my point is just dont look to the WavePoint bulb to be the savior. I dont like UVL for their pricepoint or the RedSun fiasco, but from what ive seen, the 660 has a very pure deep Magenta hue and I dont see much else, I think it very may well surprise the doubters, and I would be suprised if it had more than a tiny bit of blue/green in it and likely is a pretty pure spike in the 660 range (I havent seen the SPD but I think Ive become quite skilled in being able to pick out different hues and it looks pretty good to me, I cant recall a solo single bulb pic but next to the RedSuns it looked just as pure but deeper, not even pink like a FloraSun (my RedSun's look Red alone, but orange next to my FloraSun's since the FS's actually have a deeper red to them although not as intense and also blended with a tiny bit of B/G to reach that nice pink) I like WavePoint for their BlueWave to cover blues in Veg since its a good cheap bulb, and the CoralWave for Blues in flowering with IR. otherwise even with the UltraGrowth I still think Ill only use the BW and CW, I love my FloraSuns guys. I have some 2ft Red Suns coming from HelloLights tho, we'll see how it goes this time (still out of 54w)I cant wait for the ultra grow lamps to come out. I wouldnt mind paying $20 for those but I hope theyll be cheaper
Ive got trich heads forming all over the place on my sativas, looking real good xD
UCC, you have a LOT of T5s rolling in your room bro! Nice! Im a get a bunch of those T8 fixtures from walmart and use em for side lighting. Better light spread than the Radiions youre using I think, just a bigger mess of electrical cords since they cant be daisy chained
Just fyi, in my opinion it shows up on camera a bit deeper hue than it really is. It's definitely a pink tone. A lot richer than the FloraSun, but still definitely pinkish.
You confused me here. You said Florasuns are Chinese in the first sentence and then said ZooMed is German made quality. Florasuns are Zoomed last I checked.
As great as those buds look the point ive been speaking about is proven here. the point of diminishing returns. This is more electricity being pulled here by these bulbs than by 1 quality 600 watt HPS and a 400hps together. Which would probably yield a bit more if placed barebulb in that same grow area 4-5" from the plants.