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Was that last pic of copper tubing your chiller?
Might want to rethink that.
Might want to rethink that.
Also, the bulb raising and lowering seems interesting to me, i bet that would be laughably easy to DIY
I used to grow vert in coli's, the way I've seen the raising & lowering done is with a light-rail & pully
RMCG thx for the tip did some quick research and there is a toxicity transfer so i went & bought a stainless steel wort chiller with garden hose attachments 65 dollars
That was going to be my cheap recommendation (SS route).
Wort chillers are tightly wound for better cooling than what you had in there(not even with the copper issue), but you may need to step up to a real chiller if that does not work for you.
By your last post I take that to mean you are water cooling your lights? That just looks like a bare vertical bulb to me. If it is the next thing to look at is air cooling the light with a cool tube or home made equivalent and then dropping that light right down to plant height. Some of the best cultivators around use vertical lighting but you need to think about how the bulb emits light. The majority of the light emitted from bulbs comes from the side and not the tip. If you air cool that bad boy (or water cool it if you want to spend the loot) you will be able to utilize 100% of your watts/lumens/$$$$$ and your girls will thank you in massive amounts of sticky yummy goodness.
If I remember correct you have only 4 plants. My 8gal 8xl UC fits in 50 square feet and I think you have 8x8 or 64square feet. My 8xl has 4 sites in 5'x3' of space. Since you have more gallons and more space per plant you should veg them bigger. I'd say 42" before the flip to 12/12
Here is the bottom of one of my 48" ladies 16 days into flower
I also agree on the light cooling and moving up and down and side to side as already posted.
Peace,
Plain white styrofoam makes simple effective insulation for the tops of your tubs till plants get big, if you need any water cooling, you may not. Looks good, have fun.
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