Recommendation for first LED light for a 2' X 4' tent

LeastExpectedGrower

LeastExpectedGrower

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Friendly_Grower said:
I thank you.

The Mars Hydro TS3000 arrives today. The Tent arrives Saturday.

Well as long as I can veg and seed some small plants it will be okay.
I will be doing a side by side grow of Seedsman Blue Dream and Premium Seed Market's Blue Dream.
I want to recreate a fem X fem cross of my medical strain with Blue Dream.
I didn't have much room back 10 years ago and I only got two seeds from that. I liked what little bud grew.

So this is what Premium Seed Market's Blue Dream Picture is
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This is what Seedsman's Blue Dream looks like.
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From these Feminized two I will make a cross with a Feminize medical strain of mine. From those seeds I will hit those next generation with pollen from the F1 males I have in another tent already to make regulars.

With my not yet named medical strain I like to Code and listen to music.
With that medical X Blue Dream I enjoyed watching movies. It had an emotional aspect. The kind of "cuddle with your lover on the couch and watch movies" kind of thing.

So Hopefully by next winter when I can run the big lights in the big room I can run that gear along with the medical beans.
It sucks to buy weed at the dispensary $$$$ but first things first.
These F1 and S1 seeds I'm working are 10 to 12 years old so it was most important to rescue those genetics up front. There is no way I could recreate that wonderful medical strain I have.

Anyway. I bought the Mars Hydro TS3000. I see that it, like all LEDs, is over priced.
It is a little on the cheep side construction wise I read from reviews but seems to do well.

I think I will need to do a grow journal to do a grow here so it should all come together with the side by side Blue Dream grow. That will be a review there.
The Mars Hydro light and the nifty Zenny 2 X 4 tent which I own one of already and it's okay. Wide but not in the way deep.

My plan and setup is to use tents for veg and clones mostly then when winter comes around grow my 5 plants under Illinois Medical Laws in the big room under four 1k HPS and some COB leds with reflectors for blended spectrum.

I am used to HPS. These medical genetics have always grown under HPS. Just call me Old School. It is something I am comfortable with.

That is it.

So a big THANK YOU to everyone who took the time to be helpful.
It is true I couldn't grow in the tiny trailer I was in for 20 years after climate change became a problem. First it was cold enough in October to run a 1k HPS in a 4' x 4' enclosed small space. Then it turned into November, then December, then January. By March it already was getting too warm so I just had to stop for safety reasons.

I think the Mars Hydro will do for my first Modern LED and for this Blue Dream side by side grow.
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Last I remember, you were working on a build out of a room in a place you'd just moved into...I take it that didn't really work out? Good luck with the new setup, I know you weren't keen on moving from HPS to LED, so I hope you have success with the new setup.
 
Frank Nitty

Frank Nitty

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LeastExpectedGrower said:
I was going to suggest this. Because the tent isn't square, it may be best to look at it as a 2x2+2x2 in terms of lighting. My tent is 32"x60"... making it roughly 2.6'x5'. Rather than find a long rectangular light I grabbed lights that worked best in a 2x2 space and just put up a few of them.
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Great idea
 
Friendly_Grower

Friendly_Grower

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LeastExpectedGrower said:
Last I remember, you were working on a build out of a room in a place you'd just moved into...I take it that didn't really work out? Good luck with the new setup, I know you weren't keen on moving from HPS to LED, so I hope you have success with the new setup.
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No no..

The grow room will be built out. It will have 4 X 1k HPS lights plus COB led with reflectors for blended spectrum.
There is a seed crop in there right now and as you might remember, it is a seed rescue of 10 year old seeds. A priority grow.

To be clear I have a Clone tent using that CFL light rack you have seen with clones at the ready both male and female.
This new tent and new light will grow out two different Blue Dream. See previous post for the brands.

I'm going to breed a new strain. As I said before, I made a cross a decade ago that was really good and I will repeat that with the tent and LED light.
So this is hundreds to make a new strain.

I mean more room is more room right? All I need to do is keep the clones under 5 inches and not have more than 5 flowering at any time to stay legal.

So, my friend, look for the grow journal real soon. I take it no one will spam that thread hopefully.
 
LeastExpectedGrower

LeastExpectedGrower

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Friendly_Grower said:
No no..

The grow room will be built out. It will have 4 X 1k HPS lights plus COB led with reflectors for blended spectrum.
There is a seed crop in there right now and as you might remember, it is a seed rescue of 10 year old seeds. A priority grow.

To be clear I have a Clone tent using that CFL light rack you have seen with clones at the ready both male and female.
This new tent and new light will grow out two different Blue Dream. See previous post for the brands.

I'm going to breed a new strain. As I said before, I made a cross a decade ago that was really good and I will repeat that with the tent and LED light.
So this is hundreds to make a new strain.

I mean more room is more room right? All I need to do is keep the clones under 5 inches and not have more than 5 flowering at any time to stay legal.

So, my friend, look for the grow journal real soon. I take it no one will spam that thread hopefully.
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Grow threads have different rules. ;) I hadn't seen an update on what you were doing since sometime in the fall, so I'm glad you're making everything work.
 
Friendly_Grower

Friendly_Grower

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LeastExpectedGrower said:
Grow threads have different rules. ;) I hadn't seen an update on what you were doing since sometime in the fall, so I'm glad you're making everything work.
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Oh, look no further than Grow a Long Dick er... Grow-a-long-with-dick ( pun intended ) Organics forum.

There is some seed porn up right now.
Thanks for the positive vibe.
It's all new here. The weather and the cycle of the seasons. Yeah I can make it work.

I'll look at your content here soon. I bet you have some nice pictures.
 
MannyPacs

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LewberDewber852 said:
Dang! I must’ve misread the price earlier when I looked. Good deal! Thanks yo!!! Wonder how their shipping dept is. I would always rather order direct than Amazon.
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Just a heads up if you have any initial issues with the light it's easier to deal with Amazon for replacement or whatever. I had an issue a couple years back and they(Mars) figured it out but it did take a while
 
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Friendly_Grower

Friendly_Grower

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MannyPacs said:
Just a heads up if you have any initial issues with the light it's easier to deal with Amazon for replacement or whatever. I had an issue a couple years back and they(Mars) figured it out but it did take a while
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Yeah that is a net positive for sure.
Been a Prime customer for a few years. They never question my requests for returns.
Not worried about my light.
 
Friendly_Grower

Friendly_Grower

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Valeris said:
Where did you find a 2x4x4? I need one for a mother tent and I'm considering building something
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It's a Zenny on Amazon.

I'm new to tents and bought that Zenny for clones. I like it. It works out for me.
So I have a second for a new grow. See below.
 
Friendly_Grower

Friendly_Grower

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Okay

All that work to figure out a light and now the Grow Journal.
Got the light tent and all the trimmings.

Side by Side Blue Dream Grow in Organic Soil - With breeding a new strain.


Stop on by. Let's see which Blue Dream is better or at least what is different about them.

This is an organic soil grow so this will be as natural as it can be.

Friendly_Grower
 
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