Hey yo I never got an answer from Fatzip818og so I'll ask you. Can you explain better what you mean when you say
Gavita for the win! ???
I would like to learn more about lighting. I have been a long time grower and just looking to stay up to date with technology. Simple put! When I see my strains grown under different bulbs and spectrums I for sure notice different growth and flowers. It just to me I see similar quality in the buds. In my experience halides have made more oils come out than HPS. HPS seems to be more white and larger with smaller oil droplets on the glands than the halides
So I mix my lights now.
I want to know what
Gavita brings to the table that these other companies are not doing?
Double ended bulbs have been around for awhile. Plasma is newer but I really don't understand how
gavita is better!?
I read from post that it is good but that doesn't explain why!?
To me having a fixture which forced me to proprietary bulbs ? Am I missing something?
Also
gavita seems to have a ballast attached. That might be ok with small grows but when u deAl with 20 fixtures running that would mean I have 20 ballasts creating even more heat to get rid of! Temperatures easily pass 100 outside my grows building and adding more BTU's like 20 ballasts would only make it harder to keep the room at optimal temps. I prefer to keep my flower room 77 or below at all times and towards the end of flowering lower day temps to 70-74 for
terpenes and oil preservation
I won't ever change that no matter who says what about temps. I love the outcome I have dialed in.
Now how does one deal with ballast heat of 20 additional ballasts?
Currently all my ballast are mounted in another SEPERATE room so is my co2 generators. And during peak months like July my room has trouble keeping temps down even with my 5 ton dedicated Air conditioner
Heat also increased humidity which then I have to deal with another problem!
As I have it setup now. No beed for dehumidifier all all! The room has taken years to perfect and dial in all equipment and strains. And when I say dialed in I mean it. Dialed in! Not just for perfection but also dialed in to use the least amount of equipment for environmental control
Anybody please chime in
I don't mind being schooled
Thst is how I achieved great smoke
By being open minded and willin to let others school me. I am here to listen
Even if I don't like the info or find it wrong I like to hear ones opinion and why they feel a particular way
I can sift through that info and see if I like it or find it helpful