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One of the big things about LED is the ability to increase terps and potency above the old standard of HPS. Great LED lights do it very well. CMH also does it but with less efficiency of LED so if I had the choice between HPS and CMH it would always be CMH.Nice, see you have some history with them :) i have only tried china leds. Kingbrite and meijiu. And spiderfarmer. I agree with you that its better to have a few lights you can move around easier.
I was not aware of cob lights having that effect. Never tried one though. Only heard about uvb having some effect on terpenes and potency.
Anyways, will tag along to learn :)
Thanks Buddy. Can I smoke them or should I just snort 'em as usual?You deserve all of the likes.
man your plants look so happy to be under those lights!!!! the coverage looks amazing in there, all lit up with no shades at all!!!! are you doing you mainline pruning tech on these?
the waterboy barrel is just an instant classic!!!!! i agree with Schwer, you should get all the likes for that one!!!!!
Love the setup and the roots organics man the look soooo good!
Your plants look healthy :) I like that water boy reference
Nice ROOTS! They look like they could take me out in a wrestling match w/o an issueAnother flippin' update
Well all the plants have been pruned and trimmed up for flower, upcanned into 7 gallon pots, and flipped the light to 12/12
Added in the bloom nutes to the Roots Lush soil. Handful each of Uprising Bloom and Foundation added to the lower half of the pot of soils and stirred in then the plant is added along the rest of the soil. Kind of a layering technique with dry nutes.
From here on out the only thing needed will be to keep them well watered and about once every other week I'll add more Great White and Trinity to the waterings
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Airpot roots. No coiling or binding, just happy free range roots. When these get into that big 7 gallon pot they'll have plenty of room to roam at all levels of soil depth.
Root bound plants are highly frowned upon here at The Hideout. It restricts performance so I do everything possible to make sure they can grow with plenty of freedom by using airpots and oversized container for flowering. Plus the big pot give the plants a nice big tank of gas for the 8 week journey to harvest
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I reconsidered how I would apply UV later and decided on a two lamp fixture instead of two separate single lamp fixtures daisy chained to each other. I found this fixture on Amazon for only $28. The lamps are a pair of CLW UV t5ho tubes.
This is mounted onto an 8' long track with a Lightrail 4.2 motor. The UV will travel back and forth across the garden for only 2 hours each day starting around week 5 or 6 of flower.
Since this will be going over the top of the LED I may add some blue tape to the plastic fan housings of the LED so the UV does not fade or damage it. I'll also be making a point to not be in the g/room when this thing is on
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Plants! All trimmed up so I can fit all 11 in there. Basically trimmed them up to grow 5-6 main colas and not much else.
4 have the chance to be male so there may be some culling to do in a week or so. The 7 other plants are all known females.
Two plants are showing hybrid sativa traits so they get a spot on the far right just in case they want to get bigger and bushier than the indica hybrids in the lot. If that happens then that's where having three smaller lights at different heights will be advantageous as opposed to using one large size light. All plants will get high quality light even if they're different heights
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And a moment of zen. Hatch chili season is here so the delicious hatch pepper is in almost everything at the supermarket. Even the apple pies!
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Hope all you Farmers out there are having a great Summer! See y'all nest week and in the meantime... Peace, Luv, and Happy Ganja Farming!
Nice ROOTS! They look like they could take me out in a wrestling match w/o an issue. Looking real good man
Been a biker most of my life. Love to fly (LSA) as well, and of course, growing.Some guys are motorcycle guys and some are car guys. I'm a grow room guy
Nice ROOTS! They look like they could take me out in a wrestling match w/o an issue. Looking real good man
Roots? You mean that wasn't a pineapple?
man that sure is one good lookin pineapple, stuff it with pork and wrap that sucker in bacon!!!!! hahaha
all looking great... and smart thinking on protecting your gear from the uv... i would imagine brand new bulbs and ballasts are gonna pump out the uv strong... wouldn't hurt to put a coating on everything! rub it down with sunscreen like your rubbin a brisky!!!! hahaha ewww could you imagine hand cream on everything!! what a mess that would be!!!
Been a biker most of my life. Love to fly (LSA) as well, and of course, growing.
Love the pineapple. How did you open the airpot?
hey bro, question for ya: other than age is there a technical reason to stay away from older clw that has a logo like this?
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just curios is all... i might have scored a 550 on ebay a 2019 model... i only say might because i paid for one already and got shafted, but i was offered a lower price from a seller after putting it on my watch list, i would have gave him his listing to tell ya the truth... hopefully he sends it cuz it will be a special deal if it happens because it's in canada so i feel i'm rescuing the light and bringing back to the states!!
but there are some great deals out there on a few of these older ones and i was wondering if there is a reason other than age, like the leds aren't the same or driver are different.. i just figured you were the best guy to ask...
I lost an ebay auction and very quickly I got an email offering me a second chance at the item. It was not the same item.
It was a very inferior thing. When I tried to complain, I discovered that scammers do this all the time.
Be very careful.
If it's legit, it's likely a great light.
wow brother you got all the details i was looking for!!! thanks so much for that info... ya know the listing you sent me i actually bid on last week i was out bid and the highest bidder backed out and the seller offered it to me for my bid but by this time i had already paid for the light i bought from canada. i was kind of relieved when i was outbid because i thought maybe the old symbols were bad or not as good... so now that same light and controller are back up... oh well i still got a cheaper deal if it goes through... we sent a few messages back and forth over a couple days and now that i sent the money i haven't heard anything at all. maybe he's just trying to find the cheapest shipping to get it state side.. really not sure wish he'd tell me. the dude seems honest so i won't get to worried besides there are killer deals going off for that light every few days... one 550 just sold today for $340 delivered!!!
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the one i bought from canada the owner claims he grew one cycle with it and his wife won't let him grow in the house anymore. i'm thinking sell your wife not the lights!!!! hahaha he had two 550s and a controller, he still has the other 550 up for sale and the UV bars on another listing and offered me the controller for $100....
but thanks again for all that info on the dates if things don't line up then i know the seller may be sketchy... and with so many options out there it's not even worth the chance if it doesn't all line up. if they lie about the year then they're probably lying about the usage times too...
i gotta admit though... i enjoy the online hunt!!
thanks again animal!!! enjoy the rest of your weekend!!! OH.. i think i saw the cowboys are on hard knocks this year...
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