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@Purpletrain
what kind of lights are you running? How many? How far from the canopy?
I have 0 experience with DE's, which you mentioned somewhere previously, I think. In dirt, SOG was pretty ridiculous man hours, but I had to worry much less about supporting massive nugs and tying up long branches.....so I guess I thought it was a wash more or less. Either way, dirt simply became to much of a chore for me. This is why I'm remodeling sort of and restarting with hydro. A sog doesn't seem like a lot of work to me when its just changing a reservoir or topping it off every so often. However, maybe time will change my tune on this.
A scrog is basically impossible as I veg and bloom in different areas. Sure there are some mobile methods, but I don't want to mess with all of that.
I'm all about big wattage for stupid penetration and ginormous nugz. No doubt. I love that shit. However, it's certainly not the most efficient way to do things and can be hard to manage in hot climates like the south west where I live. I think COB's have their place now, but I don't think it will be growing trees YET. I say yet because I think the technology will get there eventually. Also, keep in mind that all though a single COB running at 50watts no doubt has less penetration than an HPS, you're running it 12" closer to the plant and spreading them out in such a way as to eliminate shadows and equally distribute the light. SO, maybe you can grow trees if you do it just so. I would love to see it, I would love to see the DE's against COBS just for "shits and giggles". For my part, I'll compare HID to COB using the SOG grow. Maybe someday in the future I will switch back to dirt and try some trees too. Hopefully you will beat me to it! Do I think the nugz will be as big and dense from COB's as a 1000w HPS? .......I honestly don't know, my gut tells me no but I want to be optimistic.
what kind of lights are you running? How many? How far from the canopy?
I have 0 experience with DE's, which you mentioned somewhere previously, I think. In dirt, SOG was pretty ridiculous man hours, but I had to worry much less about supporting massive nugs and tying up long branches.....so I guess I thought it was a wash more or less. Either way, dirt simply became to much of a chore for me. This is why I'm remodeling sort of and restarting with hydro. A sog doesn't seem like a lot of work to me when its just changing a reservoir or topping it off every so often. However, maybe time will change my tune on this.
A scrog is basically impossible as I veg and bloom in different areas. Sure there are some mobile methods, but I don't want to mess with all of that.
I'm all about big wattage for stupid penetration and ginormous nugz. No doubt. I love that shit. However, it's certainly not the most efficient way to do things and can be hard to manage in hot climates like the south west where I live. I think COB's have their place now, but I don't think it will be growing trees YET. I say yet because I think the technology will get there eventually. Also, keep in mind that all though a single COB running at 50watts no doubt has less penetration than an HPS, you're running it 12" closer to the plant and spreading them out in such a way as to eliminate shadows and equally distribute the light. SO, maybe you can grow trees if you do it just so. I would love to see it, I would love to see the DE's against COBS just for "shits and giggles". For my part, I'll compare HID to COB using the SOG grow. Maybe someday in the future I will switch back to dirt and try some trees too. Hopefully you will beat me to it! Do I think the nugz will be as big and dense from COB's as a 1000w HPS? .......I honestly don't know, my gut tells me no but I want to be optimistic.