Yes absolutely the responsible thing to do
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Diary Just one more ride...
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I kept a 1k HPS tube in the middle for a while, eventually changed it out for another LED hehe
I am thinking 4 4x4 trays sitting on rolling jacks, like these, so i can keep the hps up high to share light to the led tables and keep the plants in the magic spot. http://www.amazon.com/XtremepowerUS...t=&hvlocphy=9013291&hvtargid=pla-729791913071
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That construction of your building was well done.
I notice weird chit lol So does the cmh or hps give u uv?
With your experience and size area do you feel it's needed?
I mean I want to comment here without trying to sound like I'm trying to kiss your ass cuz I'm very impressed by what you're doing I tried doing it in a 5x5 tent and I just over cared for him I think but I love seeing threads like this and following people's progress with like you're doing because it motivates me to do things bigger because that's what I need I never have the foresight to understand that by the sixth month I should have tripled quadrupled my initial harvest so thank you for being willing to come here and share and be friendly and not cocky and pompous I love that thank you very much
I notice weird chit lol So does the cmh or hps give u uv?
With your experience and size area do you feel it's needed?
I mean I want to comment here without trying to sound like I'm trying to kiss your ass cuz I'm very impressed by what you're doing I tried doing it in a 5x5 tent and I just over cared for him I think but I love seeing threads like this and following people's progress with like you're doing because it motivates me to do things bigger because that's what I need I never have the foresight to understand that by the sixth month I should have tripled quadrupled my initial harvest so thank you for being willing to come here and share and be friendly and not cocky and pompous I love that thank you very much
A couple years ago we worked on a LED with adjustable spectrum, a friend was trying to bring it to market, but its difficult to prove whats best with all the variables involved. There are some other brands on the market now and eventually adjustable spectrum will be very common but there is still a lot of research to be done to decide what truly is best and then it will still be different between genetics.
I use to think that there was no way to have too much light but following the ppfd chart has shown improvements in early flower at my other spot.
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I appreciate your candor. There was a point in time when I came back to my home country when I had a sufficient amount of money where I could get into this as a hobby and all I could find were Sun system magnetic balasts with 600 watt cool tubes and if I remember right they were I hortilix super HPS single they weren't double ended like the ones described earlier but they were they I think I ran maybe three grows before the ends with blackened and I was told to change them out being responsible farmer I was even back then trying to find a part of the dump that would accept that because I think there was some sort of mercury or in the actual sodium casing I forget at the time I might be wrong so you can correct me if I'm wrong the one thing that turned me away from magnetic balast at the time was that my capacitors would go after a while and I didn't want to get off my my equipment and it wasn't legal here, plus u can kill yourself playing with capacitors
so trying to go into detail about what I was trying to have replaced on seven blasts really didn't fare well for me so I don't know man this last round I ran spider farmers and they were okay but seeing what you're doing is really starting to get my juices going again because if I'm fair in my experience as well and I have a few gardens under my belt I'm just nowhere near as diligent and productive as you are there have been times where I've just allowed myself to slack off all that being said I just wanted to thank you for having a thread the way your thread is because it's something that I can learn a lot from now to figure out HID lighting again I like your description your methodology at the end of the day if I remember right the only thing I ever had issues with was heat and I can easily use an inline fan and just have some ducting shoot that to the other side of the house or outside. Thank you once again
so trying to go into detail about what I was trying to have replaced on seven blasts really didn't fare well for me so I don't know man this last round I ran spider farmers and they were okay but seeing what you're doing is really starting to get my juices going again because if I'm fair in my experience as well and I have a few gardens under my belt I'm just nowhere near as diligent and productive as you are there have been times where I've just allowed myself to slack off all that being said I just wanted to thank you for having a thread the way your thread is because it's something that I can learn a lot from now to figure out HID lighting again I like your description your methodology at the end of the day if I remember right the only thing I ever had issues with was heat and I can easily use an inline fan and just have some ducting shoot that to the other side of the house or outside. Thank you once again
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I have to get an adapter for the trolmaster to dim them so i have them a little high until i get that. Today was day one of flower. They will be 18” or so off the tops depending on what the ppfd reading shows.
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Definitely positives for both lights. I love MH in veg compared to LED. For efficency in flower I couldn't go back to HID but its harder to account for heat and electricity in smaller spaces
I moved everything out of the new LED room and stuck it in the back room. The tables were too high and the back room was ready. The middle room is getting closer. 5 star #32 getting real close and then one of chemdawg with a few weeks to go. Did a little queen tumble and made a pile of kief and squished it for 4/20.
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sherbcake getting close
The super boof is in a shitty spot but i like her, she is structured just like her momma tropicana cookies
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Its moving along and the ocean is calling. The don mega looks like its going to do some nice weight.
The sundae driver looking frosty
There are a couple different rozays that i like.
The cherry ak
The sundae driver looking frosty
There are a couple different rozays that i like.
The cherry ak
The oreoz and Trop c getting another go.
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That room is on the edge of glory 
Last run before a break, probably be gone for the flush, playing in the wAves before its cut. I can’t wait, chopping the rest of the other room this weekend.
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DHF, you are a part of how this happened. Your posts sharing what’s important, focused me on what this work can do for my family. Going to look at farms near the beach to make my retirement just right.
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How do you like the oreoz?
Love that room set-up ! I've always thought a mixture of vert and horizontal lighting gave best results. Add mixed spectrum lighting like you have, and it's like the perfect set-up. Ideal room for running a bunch of different vars at the same time.
