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tenthirty
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OK, so here are some pics of day 63. EC is at .5, slight tip burn......
but really healthy.....Much healthier than the HPS grows that preceded this one!
V&B only! Whole way through flower.
The tops that I did the Charmin test on were rock hard. Frost is good, about average for this strain.
The tale of the scale is yet to come, but it looks like 315w is going to equal or best 600w of HPS. the plants sure look happier.
but really healthy.....Much healthier than the HPS grows that preceded this one!
V&B only! Whole way through flower.
The tops that I did the Charmin test on were rock hard. Frost is good, about average for this strain.
The tale of the scale is yet to come, but it looks like 315w is going to equal or best 600w of HPS. the plants sure look happier.
can anyone tell me why we get those stripes in photo's when using CMH? i want to take pics of my grow but i always get those lines in the pics?
i have been growing with CMH only for several years now, 400w x3 Phillips bulbs is what i use.
Okay, but is it seriously fuckin $500+ for 1 bulb?
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pricerange sounds a "bit" too expensive for cheap people like me..folks do pay similar watt/dollar for leds, if they know/believe that the end result will be superior. the small 150 watt cdms are in similar prices to hps in that range tho. edit: the 830w seems affordable as well if space to run it.
tenthirty really nice pics. plants seem happy.
tenthirty really nice pics. plants seem happy.
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JW - Heat is less than a comparable HPS, but it is still an HID. Now, I am using a modified freezer that is 27"x24". So as it falls within an area of expertise for me, I was able to accomidate this bulb without any worry of heat troubles. If I put in a little more effort, I could probably manage the heat from 2 x 315w.
Finding a fixture to just pull out of a box and run is difficult at the moment. It is best to do what rives and I have done...... Buy the ballast, buy the socket and then the bulb. Retrofit an existing reflector or hood by replacing the mogul socket with the PGZ18 required for this bulb. Then to find a home or proper enclosure for the 240v ballast....... I have plenty of NEMA3 enclosures laying around and industrial time clocks, so I just ran a circuit from the breaker panel, added a 20A twist lock outlet and went from there.
You can buy fixtures using this bulb and ballast that I think would be an easy mod though. Try
http://www.bestlights.com/products/
Finding a fixture to just pull out of a box and run is difficult at the moment. It is best to do what rives and I have done...... Buy the ballast, buy the socket and then the bulb. Retrofit an existing reflector or hood by replacing the mogul socket with the PGZ18 required for this bulb. Then to find a home or proper enclosure for the 240v ballast....... I have plenty of NEMA3 enclosures laying around and industrial time clocks, so I just ran a circuit from the breaker panel, added a 20A twist lock outlet and went from there.
You can buy fixtures using this bulb and ballast that I think would be an easy mod though. Try
http://www.bestlights.com/products/
So, my 942 is now here and I am so tempted to trade it for the 930 just to see it! However at 16days 12/12, I am unsure that it would be the best move. Thinking about going about another 12 to 28days and then putting the 942 in to finish. It peaks in the red at 660 and has a lot of blue in a couple of spots that I believe drive photosynthesis very well....... I am also a believer that blue is beneficial to terpine production. That might be hogwash, but I was sold on it years ago.
Hard to say. I bought several BOG clones about three years ago, including Sour Bubble BX4, Sour Lifesaver, and Diesel. This is the Diesel, but when I researched it, I could never find any information. I finally asked BOG about it, and he said that while he had used Diesel in a couple of his offerings, he had never sold any of the Diesel seeds/clones. It looks very similar to the other plants, but doesn't have the long veg times required by the Sour Bubble and it has much higher yields.
I'm not ready to go quite that far, but I'm leaning that way. It will be really interesting to see how they finish up. You can't see it in that picture, but......
Well hell, I had to go take another couple of pictures. The flowers are already "chaining" down the stems - I don't think that I have ever seen that happening this early before.
