Oldmateslim
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Hi there fellow farmers, new member and not so new grower here with a few questions regarding my recent experiments with cheap led grow lights.
Dinafem and purple afghan kush and "freebie" green crack fem.
2x mars hydro 240 reflector series
1x viparspectra ds450w dimmable
1200h x 1200w x 600d wardrobe.
Small 1g pots 70%coco 30%perlite
Nf coco liquid ferts
This is an experimental grow in aspects of small pot size, small grow space and led lights.
The plants got bigger than expected as id hoped to fit 4 in this space later but i think ill stick to 3 and use 2g pots instead, we shall see.
I have always grown outdoor and hid, the switch over to digital ballasts a few years ago was great and an easy and very welcome transition however this led thing is a bit of mixed emotion.
The viparspectra is by far better quality both in spectrum (from what I can see) and build than the mars.
One of the mars has just lost all of its "grow" sequence lights, they still come on but so faintly that you can barely see them, they also flicker occasionally and change brighness but never go bright enough to see easily. What could possibly cause this.
Mars has directed me to take apart the fixture and test the drivers, reluctantly I did and found both drivers can run the bloom lights but neither can run the grow ones right so im doubting its that, im hoping they will just replace or refund as im no electrician lol. Has anyone had any issues with mats or even vipar for that matter?
I can gladly say that leds have proven to grow some very nice plants at least to week 5 of flower so far, the mars were not very strong alone and seem to have caused a sudden stretch at about day 15 flower thats when I added the vipar 450.
Pictured is the grow space with the PAK on the left. The room is still in early stages and theres alot to be done in regards to tidying up and mounting my cf and cable organization so dont judge too much lol. Sorry for the massive post guys im new to this forum biz.
Dinafem and purple afghan kush and "freebie" green crack fem.
2x mars hydro 240 reflector series
1x viparspectra ds450w dimmable
1200h x 1200w x 600d wardrobe.
Small 1g pots 70%coco 30%perlite
Nf coco liquid ferts
This is an experimental grow in aspects of small pot size, small grow space and led lights.
The plants got bigger than expected as id hoped to fit 4 in this space later but i think ill stick to 3 and use 2g pots instead, we shall see.
I have always grown outdoor and hid, the switch over to digital ballasts a few years ago was great and an easy and very welcome transition however this led thing is a bit of mixed emotion.
The viparspectra is by far better quality both in spectrum (from what I can see) and build than the mars.
One of the mars has just lost all of its "grow" sequence lights, they still come on but so faintly that you can barely see them, they also flicker occasionally and change brighness but never go bright enough to see easily. What could possibly cause this.
Mars has directed me to take apart the fixture and test the drivers, reluctantly I did and found both drivers can run the bloom lights but neither can run the grow ones right so im doubting its that, im hoping they will just replace or refund as im no electrician lol. Has anyone had any issues with mats or even vipar for that matter?
I can gladly say that leds have proven to grow some very nice plants at least to week 5 of flower so far, the mars were not very strong alone and seem to have caused a sudden stretch at about day 15 flower thats when I added the vipar 450.
Pictured is the grow space with the PAK on the left. The room is still in early stages and theres alot to be done in regards to tidying up and mounting my cf and cable organization so dont judge too much lol. Sorry for the massive post guys im new to this forum biz.