plants under the CMG are still in veg, really kicking ass....
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plants under the CMG are still in veg, really kicking ass....
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The OrigF/clred
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Avinash.miles - curious, which bulb are you using, & what distance are you maintaining from the canopy and what size footprint at that distance?
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phillips 315w agro bulb
anywhere from 6 to 24 inches from the bulb, generally about 15 inches or so.
footprint is about 3.5 feet x 3.5 feet
942? The girls look like they are enjoying themselves!
I was wondering if you were using the 942 lamp (4200k) for vegging, or if it was the 930 (3000k). For whatever reason, Philips puts a "9" in front of their color designation. I need to get a 942 and try it out...
I think that it's been a sticky for a long time.
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The OrigF/clred
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Have you heard if bolder is ready to release those lights, and if so, what kind of price?
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Have you heard if bolder is ready to release those lights, and if so, what kind of price?
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i think that YES they are ready for sale, contact them, around 400$, i think bulb included, i'll say 350 to 600 for the setup, sorry im just not sure
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Elite Agro 315w CMH grow - day 42 flower
Elite Agro 315w CMH grow - day 42 flower
Day 42 of flower under (2) 315w vert bulb open fixtures growing 3 plants scrog in a 4x3 area of a 4x4 tent. Plants are putting on serious dense bulk. The purple Tora Bora is really resinous. I grew the other two plants in similar conditions except for under LEDs.... I will definitely yield more this time, gonna be fun to see how much more.
Elite Agro 315w CMH grow - day 42 flower
Day 42 of flower under (2) 315w vert bulb open fixtures growing 3 plants scrog in a 4x3 area of a 4x4 tent. Plants are putting on serious dense bulk. The purple Tora Bora is really resinous. I grew the other two plants in similar conditions except for under LEDs.... I will definitely yield more this time, gonna be fun to see how much more.
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The OrigF/clred
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Avinash.miles or[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Bubbagineer[/FONT] - another question - do you feel they're giving you the grow energy of a 600W or higher wattage lamp?
The OrigF/clred
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FYI - just spoke to Bolder and they've got two models available ready for ship, a single bulb and a dual bulb lamp, single bulb unit is $549 and double bulb is $849
spoke to Anton, seemed like a nice guy, - he indicated that they found the single bulb equals about 80% of the PAR from a 1000W HPS bulb and the double bulb unit 160%
that 80% PAR value of a 1000W HPS bulb is an impressive number for a 315W bulb
spoke to Anton, seemed like a nice guy, - he indicated that they found the single bulb equals about 80% of the PAR from a 1000W HPS bulb and the double bulb unit 160%
that 80% PAR value of a 1000W HPS bulb is an impressive number for a 315W bulb
yes, equal to a 600 or 100w, in veg at least.
I thought that some of you might be interested to see my latest effort. This is day 21 of 12/12 under a single 315w 930 (not the Agro version), (5) Purple Crack ladies in a 48" tent. They were a bit underfed but getting over it. This is a little different style for me, usually I try and optimize fewer plants but decided to try more plants and prune a little heavier up front. We'll see......
The OrigF/clred
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The more photos i see, taken under a cmh lamp, the more i remember what you said sometime back about the cmh giving so natural a light - i know a good bit of how well a picture shows up is the color balance, but i'm talking photos from a number of different posters showing up looking natural the way your shot does. Whether your's, Avashin.miles or BubbaEngineer's, they all look "color balanced". I have no idea if everyone had their color balance set to auto - but the photos all look like they were taken under natural lighting.
thanks for the pix
The color was one of the big reasons that I got involved with these lamps - I enjoy spending time with my plants, and my damn LEDs always made me feel like I was visiting Mars. I really enjoy building up LED-based fixtures, but trying to chase the curve on the technological advances gets pretty damn expensive if you are trying to make a professional-level package with them. I had planned on upgrading my hybrid fixture with white LEDs in place of the PL-L lamps, and it was going to cost a hell of a lot more than what it cost to put together (3) 315s.
The really pleasant surprise was how much better the 315s worked - I still haven't found what they are truly capable of. I was very happy with the yields that I had been getting before, but there is simply no comparison. My last round was very close to 1gpw with 2 plants under a single 315, and as I said up above somewhere, there was easily room for 1 more similarly-sized plant or 2 that had been trimmed up a bit. Pretty incredible difference for not having changed anything but the lighting.
very very very natural seeming light, great for taking photos
The OrigF/clred
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was that the first time you've hit or come close to that 1gpw yield?
and i'd already decided against LEDs for a number of reasons, but the cartoonish color tint dissuades me from viewing them on screen, i know i wouldn't be any happier with them in person. Kind of a subjective reason but that and the technology seeming to advance every 6 weeks and the cost
