Supplementing vero 29 gen 7 3500°k

Cletus clem

Cletus clem

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i have 2, 2.5x2.5x5 tents each with a rapid led 3 cob vero 29 kit driven at 2100ma. Overall they do me well but i feel like a little bump of red photons could be helpful. My 2 top choices right now are cree xp-e he photo reds or cutter has these 2’ strips with 112 nichia diodes, 25 watts@500ma. I need to keep my additional wattage under 50 per tent. Dont know if anybody has better suggestions?
 
nc208 said:
If your just looking to give a bump in the red spectrum RapidLED has a great puck you can add to each of your setups. They have a 15% off sale for black Friday this weekend so you could grab a pair at a discount.
https://www.rapidled.com/far-red-initiator-puck/
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I have considered that, just dont know exactly what i want to do or what would benefit me the most. I have considered running the flower initiator puck for 15 min at lights off and a 13/11 light cycle making more use of the light i have but was more leaning towards increasing ppfd via 630-660 monos. Heres a link to the strips i mentioned. Looks good on paper
http://www.cutter.com.au/proddetail.php?prod=cut3318
 
For additional reds you should look in the Deep Red 700nm or Red 680nm. 730nm Far Red is circadian for putting plants to sleep
 
nc208 said:
Personally I'm not such a fan of mono colors. I prefer a wider spectrum. I used Vero 10 2000k cobs to add what your looking for.
Here' a link to my grow if you want to see how it' going.
http://rollitup.org/t/vero-10-2000k-w-samsung-3500k-purple-afghan-kush-dinafem-diy-grow-box.950903/
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The strips would have a similar effect, a little better spread and efficiency
VegasWinner said:
For additional reds you should look in the Deep Red 700nm or Red 680nm. 730nm Far Red is circadian for putting plants to sleep
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yup.
 
When I built my pair of 48" four lamp arrays I added 14 XP-E 660's driven by a Meanwell LPC-35-700 on each bar. They are on a separate circuit that I run during flower-adds a noticeable glow when on so I'll see if they add any benefit in a few months during this run. I just used a thermal epoxy to mount them on my framework-the channel acts as a heatsink and they get barely warm after hours of operation.
 
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