Harley"s Vero Cob Grow

[Harley09]

Hey 1816 thanks I used to have all of my grow supplies in there and a shelf for mixing my nutrients, I had to take them out to make room for the lights now it's just plants a fan and a couple of buckets for water

 

[Harley09]

Meet my new SS 400

Here it is I've taken the UVB bulbs off that will allow me to place the light between the COB's on my frame

Before I modified the light it was too big to fit any where

It was really quite easy removing the wiring for the floursents the hardest yhing to do was cut off the side panels

I was able to keep the cooling fans

The next thing will be to mount to the existing COB frame

 

[Krypto]

My light is 600 watts
just 8 plants
I'm growing in 3' x 6' area
I've got $800 invested in the light
I water by hand
growing in peat moss with 30% perlite added
all the plants are from regular seeds I've bred not sure how many males I'm gonna have but
if there are too many males I'll end this grow and start another

Get some more goin' bro...or pop some feminized. ope! I said the F-WORD nyuk, nyuk, nyuk. If your lights are dialed in (PAR, lumens, intensity, etc.) You can kinda pack'em in there. KEEP ME POSTED bro. You might be onto something, and we are going to be upgrading to our first led hopefully for Christmas. I highly doubt I build my own LOL. But The KIND XL 1000 looks pretty good.

 

[Harley09]

Hey Krypto I'll be workin on the mounting for the lights today I got my materials and I'm ready to start after my morning Coffee I'll be addin 640 watts to the g room for a total of 1240 watts in a 4x6x8 area. I'm seein as much as 2 inches a day in growth. With the added light who knows but I'm hopein !

 

[EventHorizan]

Hey Krypto I'll be workin on the mounting for the lights today I got my materials and I'm ready to start after my morning Coffee I'll be addin 640 watts to the g room for a total of 1240 watts in a 4x6x8 area. I'm seein as much as 2 inches a day in growth. With the added light who knows but I'm hopein !

Im returning my ss440 today..
It was a loner with option to buy.
After much thought i decided to return it..
How much did you give for yours?

 

[SteadyDoesIt]

Hey Krypto I'll be workin on the mounting for the lights today I got my materials and I'm ready to start after my morning Coffee I'll be addin 640 watts to the g room for a total of 1240 watts in a 4x6x8 area. I'm seein as much as 2 inches a day in growth. With the added light who knows but I'm hopein !

Good stuff so far, you do any compost teas ?

 

[Harley09]

Good stuff so far, you do any compost teas ?

I am not using any teas Steady I have in the past from T&J Enterprizes

 

[Harley09]

Im returning my ss440 today..
It was a loner with option to buy.
After much thought i decided to return it..
How much did you give for yours?

I paid half price on the first one through their journal program and the second one I got a discount on al in al it was close to 1200 bucks

 

[Harley09]

Some new pictures since the flip
On some of the close ups it looks like I may be getting some bleaching

 

[EventHorizan]

Some new pictures since the flip
On some of the close ups it looks like I may be getting some bleaching

U got some serious claw going on!

 

[Harley09]

U got some serious claw going on!

I do that plant has been very sensitive to nutes and higher temps I've moved it to a cooler part of the tent and Just gave it water no nutes yesterday. The rest of them seem to be doing ok

 

[Harley09]

I got my SS400s mounted today and now I have 1240 watts of light I'm ready to rock this grow!

 

[Krypto]

I got my SS400s mounted today and now I have 1240 watts of light I'm ready to rock this grow!

How you like those pots man?
are they 7 gal? Nice set up btw.
... I'd say you got it dialed in.
Where'd you get the COBs, i mean the components. What's it cost to build 1? just 1?

 

[EventHorizan]

I got my SS400s mounted today and now I have 1240 watts of light I'm ready to rock this grow!

Looks pretty good homie!

 

[Krypto]

Thanks Zen I've been there. I had to save up for 6 months to get my system. Did a lot of research in the meantime. I'll be doing some modifications to my system, I need to improve on the hangers and maybe change out the 4000K COBs to 2700K COBs, but not for awhile
My next big project will be RDWC I done with growing in soil I want more control and better yields. Never be happy with mediocrity I say.

I'm going to get a few "BUBBler buckets" goin. AND upgrade to LED
but I'm only upgrading 1 at a time, that way i can do some comparison grows as I make the upgrades. LED vs. HPS soil vs. Hydro etc...

 

[EventHorizan]

I'm going to get a few "BUBBler buckets" goin. AND upgrade to LED
but I'm only upgrading 1 at a time, that way i can do some comparison grows as I make the upgrades. LED vs. HPS soil vs. Hydro etc...

im not for sure how led to hps will pan out for you but i know how hydro vrs soil will turn out for you!
BBB...

 

[Harley09]

How you like those pots man?
are they 7 gal? Nice set up btw.
... I'd say you got it dialed in.
Where'd you get the COBs, i mean the components. What's it cost to build 1? just 1?

Hi Krypto thanks To answer your questions The pots are #5 airpots they are great for keepin the roots from getting root bound and provide more oxygen to the roots. The pots are great, a bit of a pain in the ass to water if you're in a hurry. I've got seven grows on them so far.
I sourced several distributers Digi Key for the Vero29 Gen 7SE cobs Mobec for the Meanwell drivers Rapid for the heat sinks all in all I spent 850 bucks for a 12 COB fixture that pulls 600Watts

 

[Krypto]

Hi Krypto thanks To answer your questions The pots are #5 airpots they are great for keepin the roots from getting root bound and provide more oxygen to the roots. The pots are great, a bit of a pain in the ass to water if you're in a hurry. I've got seven grows on them so far.
I sourced several distributers Digi Key for the Vero29 Gen 7SE cobs Mobec for the Meanwell drivers Rapid for the heat sinks all in all I spent 850 bucks for a 12 COB fixture that pulls 600Watts

I apologise if you've already answered this already. But, have you taken any readings for your PAR, LUMENS, intensity etc? Just curious.seems like it should be on the money. GREAT JOB!

 

[Harley09]

I apologise if you've already answered this already. But, have you taken any readings for your PAR, LUMENS, intensity etc? Just curious.seems like it should be on the money. GREAT JOB!

Sorry I don't have a light meter the only thing I know is I have 1200 watts of LED in the room with 8 plants that's double what I've had in the past

Looks pretty good homie!

Thanks Event

 

[Harley09]

The above bud is from a 640 watt grow just the two CLWSS400s'