I see you trim everything while wet too. Nice job on the monstre nuggage
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Decided to chop it when the pot dried out. It was turning purple in spots on the lower buds, but I figure I"ll let the next one. This one weighs 149.1g wet, can't wait to see how much this dries to, but moreover smoking it in a few months after a proper cure. My hand was tired from holding that monster when trimming it up.
Beutiful, I think the only problem with LED's is their price. You can get a 1000 watt system for under $200 these days, air cooled, but to fill that tent with lights you needed what 6 or 7 LED's that would be thousands just for lighting alone. I can build an entire room for the price in lighting alone. Still, I have seen the SG's in action and they are nice. Especially in veg. I have to say I have been interested in plasma, and induction lighting to, but haven't had any hands on experience with them. Just talkin' shop, I love to see progression. PEACE
So many people ignore all different levels of cost and make blanket statements like this.
So many people ignore all different levels of cost and make blanket statements like this.
What levels did I miss. That would be literally thousands in LED lights. I can get 1000 watt systems for under $200 retail. So for a 10 X 10 room with 4 1000's. Lets do the math.
1. 4 X 1000 = 800
2. Exhuast fan = 150
3. In room AC = 250-300
4. Panda film = 10-20
5. Oscillating fans= 3 x $35
That is the jist of it, plain and simple, bulbs are not expensive these days, I get 600's for $30, and quality bulbs not basic, maybe Sunmaster or Ultra sun. The only differences would be in electrical consumption which with that many LED's would still be quite high, And like he said it does get up into the high 80's, or even higher, this would still require the use of some sort of cooling. I never critisized this grow, you notice my first word was beutiful, was only talking shop, no one can deny that LED'S are expensive, and need to be lowered in price to make them appealing to the average grower. To be honest to me LED's are not the way of the future, plasma lighting is, but it to is still very high priced. If in some way I have offended the original poster than I apologize. But you others don't be so quick to jump on someone before you know all the facts.
You replace the bulbs once a year maybe at the most twice, I use coir and coil so once a year, and oh no cleaning the reflector, im sure you clean dust accumulation off of your LED's to, and ducting is cheap and ran to be out of the way, simple. You would never need 7 hid lights to illuminate that small of an area. 1 and a light rail would suffice. You run hot air outside and little space is needed for dissipation. I have been to your threads as well, I check up on people who I discuss things with. And I know from your posts you have what a 4 X 4 tent illuminated with a multitude of LED's. And what did you say the cost of the one was alone $1100, and then how much for the lightworks, another almost grand right, plus what, 100 for each kessil, that is a ton of money just to illuminate a small tent. LED'S do not penetrate or yeild quite as much gpw so for now to me there are to many cons than pros. For a small personnal grower these suffice, but I am yet to see anyone that needs to supply the masses repping/using these lights. This has nothing to do with greed, why would you not want the maximum production for the amount of money spent to produce the product, as long as quality isn't affected. Anyways, I think that is enough said, I am sure you are going to argue everything I have said with no basis in fact, so I will humbly bow out.