Sevren's Testing Garden

Humanrob

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I'm running 3070's also, and will be for a LONG time. As in, until they burn out. I did rebuild mine from the ground up, and put my four 3000k's on passive heatsinks (I left the pair of 5000's and the pair of 4000's on fan cooled sinks). I made the whole thing into four separate fixtures with a pair of COBs on each, and remotely wired the drivers. It's like night and day, I'm really happy with the changes.
 

Sevren

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I'm running 3070's also, and will be for a LONG time. As in, until they burn out. I did rebuild mine from the ground up, and put my four 3000k's on passive heatsinks (I left the pair of 5000's and the pair of 4000's on fan cooled sinks). I made the whole thing into four separate fixtures with a pair of COBs on each, and remotely wired the drivers. It's like night and day, I'm really happy with the changes.
I thought about redoing everything to passive, but I can't really control the heat more than I already have so I might as well keep things as they are.
 

Humanrob

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I thought about redoing everything to passive, but I can't really control the heat more than I already have so I might as well keep things as they are.
If your design works, then there is no reason to change it. Mine was heavy has hell and bulky, making it really hard to deal with in the tent (I had some big idea about mounting the heatsinks to drawer slides so the footprint was adjustable...). The four 3000's were on Arctic 64's, which are kind of small, and I didn't do a great job of mounting them -- I drilled holes and then used self-tapping screws. Some didn't seat really well. The others are on Arctic 11 Plus heatsinks which are bigger and have a better fan design, and by the time I got to them I was better at mounting the COB holders, so I left those alone.

It was really nice to get properly pre-drilled and tapped heat sinks (from Northern Grow Lights), and basically effortlessly mount them. It's amazing how far things have come in a relatively short time in terms of making DIY lights much easier to do. It's a good thing I moved the ones I did, one was not fully seated and the thermal paste had sort of melted in the gap. It's amazing that one still works. They are tough little buggers.
 

Sevren

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If your design works, then there is no reason to change it. Mine was heavy has hell and bulky, making it really hard to deal with in the tent (I had some big idea about mounting the heatsinks to drawer slides so the footprint was adjustable...). The four 3000's were on Arctic 64's, which are kind of small, and I didn't do a great job of mounting them -- I drilled holes and then used self-tapping screws. Some didn't seat really well. The others are on Arctic 11 Plus heatsinks which are bigger and have a better fan design, and by the time I got to them I was better at mounting the COB holders, so I left those alone.

It was really nice to get properly pre-drilled and tapped heat sinks (from Northern Grow Lights), and basically effortlessly mount them. It's amazing how far things have come in a relatively short time in terms of making DIY lights much easier to do. It's a good thing I moved the ones I did, one was not fully seated and the thermal paste had sort of melted in the gap. It's amazing that one still works. They are tough little buggers.
It works for now, but it's still fairly heavy and probably not ideal for a closed area. I broke down and got a drill press when I got the giant heatsink so making all the holes was a breeze. Especially after going through 4 drill bits with my normal cordless drill.

I think the only way to curb my heat would be to upgrade to 3590s and have a IP65 connection from remote drivers to the bar. Even then I'm not sold on the heat dropping more than a degree or three. And yeah making panels/bars has come far since I first made my shitty 2u server chassis 4-cob box. So many options and methods now. Still see some bars on here I wish I could make.
 

Sevren

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Week 2
Welp, that took longer than expected. Hopefully each update will go a little smoother now that I have a few templates in place. The ladies are blowing up and starting to enjoy their new water source. I broke down and got a portable RO filter and for once I'm able to more accurately pH my water and hit the appropriate EC measurements. Hopefully everything will be smooth sailing from here on out. And now... my over produced, over the top, way to complicated video updates.

 

Sevren

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Week 3
Final stretch coming to a close (I hope, at least for cherry wine). The frosting has begun. And it may be time to up the feeding amounts. A new week means, a new video update.

 

Sevren

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Week 4
Looks like the stretch has stopped and it's time to put on that frosty weight. Since switching over to RO water and correct EC, Cherry Wine took a hit and yellowed pretty fast. EC had to be brought back up as the other two ladies started to look a bit deprived as well, and now it seems everyone is playing catch-up as they seemed to have slowed down just a bit.

Video Update

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Sevren

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Week 6
Hell of a difference 2 weeks make. Added Mammoth P to the feeding, definitely an explosion of microbial life growing on the outside of my fabric pots, hopefully that's a good thing. Some serious bud flop already taking place that was taken care of, pretty sure there will be more to come.

Video update:



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Sevren

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Week 7
Hopefully I will get to finish this round before the world ends... But! Until then, these girls are just continuing to ripen. Finally had to start using some stakes. Starting to see some slight deficiencies which is probably normal this late in the game. I really need a cheap-o PAR meter so I stop burning the shit out of the center plants...

Video Update


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Sevren

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Week 8
Gettin' close to the end, another 2ish weeks left. Cherry Wine looks like she might have another 3ish, due to her sativa traits, but her aroma definitely lives up to the name. They're still packin' on weight and trich's. Ghost Town lookin like it's going to be a bit of a frost monster. Check out the video below!



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Sevren

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Week 10 - Chop
End of line. Time for these ladies to come down. As always, a learning experience and better preparation for the next run. The next run will get started in a few weeks, just waiting on some select beans to be available. Check out the video below, the next cycle will be more informal and instructional on working with what you have.




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Sevren

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Weight Report
The plants are down, flowers are in jars, and the cure has mostly set (aka all jars RH is 62%). Here are the numbers:
Cherry Wine: 4.97 oz
Ghost Town: 4.50 oz
Copperhead: 5.25 oz
Combined larf: 4.13 oz

Everything was ran under 400W of light and in 3 gallon fabric pots of coco.

Shots of finished flowers coming soon.
 
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