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Ya man. I’m using whatever I can get my hands on. I don’t worry much about drain holes till there in next pot size. Then I’m all about my Swiss cheese holes everywhere. And ya that’s glass. Fancy oui? Haha. I’ll be taking those out of there soon so algae won’t phase meRight on I used to use any containers I could find. I used a lot of milk jugs cut in half, coffee creamer jugs, 2 liter bottles etc lol. They all worked well. I don't see any drain holes in yours. And is that glass on the bottom right?
I like to consistently let em dry out almost completely and then add just enough lol. I do usually have a hole in the bottom sometimes not. I’m finding, letting em dry out often and having many holes combined lets me get away with smaller root space. In flower I water every second day usually till enough runoff to check ppm. The roots get aggressive af when you get a good wet/dry cycle goin with a small dense root ball. like a hydro flood table almostI don't think I've ever thought of growing in a pot with no drain holes. How often do you water?
I like to consistently let em dry out almost completely and then add just enough lol. I do usually have a hole in the bottom sometimes not. I’m finding, letting em dry out often and having many holes combined lets me get away with smaller root space. In flower I water every second day usually till enough runoff to check ppm. The roots get aggressive af when you get a good wet/dry cycle goin with a small dense root ball. like a hydro flood table almost
Ya man. I’m going to build a qb one of these days. I’m more looking towards cmh to save power. Amps aren’t a huge issue for me, but I wouldn’t mind less watts.Good start. Nice clone.
I'm sure everyone has asked you this already but are you considering COBs or Quantum Boards. I realise you live in the cold weather so an HPS can serve dual purposes. Just thinking you could be runnin the equivalent of roughly 2500w of HPS with the same power consumption. I'm constantly aware of my power draw, living off of a 20a breaker.
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Ya man. I’m going to build a qb one of these days. I’m more looking towards cmh to save power. Amps aren’t a huge issue for me, but I wouldn’t mind less watts.
I will now say why I prefer hid tho. Please don’t get offended led brothers and sisters. LED is great tech and will be my veg from now on, but flowering with led you are leaving a few percentage points of potency on the table. I’ve seen side by sides (spectum king led vs hps vs cmh.) yield aside the led was about 18%, hps 19%, and cmh was like 21.5%. Now when you consider the colour and yield of the led vs hps it seems like it’s not rrrealllly worth running hps these days I’ll admit.. but the new flowering light when I upgrade will be 630 cmh most likely. There I said it.
CMH still makes sense, for now. Who knows what's around the corner. Someone could be asking me why I still use COBs in a decade.
Ditto!!If I was in the states id be using led most likely. I never really put myself in y’alls shoes until recently realizing the obscene cost/ issues involving cooling. That is barely relevant for me, and I refuse to sacrifice potency as I am not going for quantity at this time. I’m still think people exaggerate the efficiency a bit cooling aside. Gavitas for example are damn efficient and use way less amps than many other HIDs. To match a good gavita or a 315 LEC/CMH with leds you still need a decent amount of juice. Yes they are more efficient but not 3-4 times like the bogus claims. And again some folks notice and prefer the end product being HID grown in my neck of the woods. IMO LED is the future as it evolves but doesn’t own the present like some folks say. Especially if the application of the HID s are multipurpose heater/lamp.
That pic got me a just a little horny. Ever use the 6/750 s? I want to run one with a 315 cmh on either side in a 4x8 or something like that. Are Those are the 1000 pro classics?
No, I’ve always ran 1000w. With the master controller I can run from 500w to 1150w. When I flip I’m sticking 2- 315w cmh in there also.That pic got me a just a little horny. Ever use the 6/750 s? I want to run one with a 315 cmh on either side in a 4x8 or something like that. Are Those are the 1000 pro classics?
No, I’ve always ran 1000w. With the master controller I can run from 500w to 1150w. When I flip I’m sticking 2- 315w cmh in there also.View attachment 847006
I Love your setup man! I have a couple 400 mhs kickin around and a 400 hps. Old mag ballasts. I wonder if I could go mh-hps-mh in my 5x5. 1200 watts with that spread and that much blue for colour and potency.. could be fun. Or do you think my 1k se at 1150 would be just as good?No, I’ve always ran 1000w. With the master controller I can run from 500w to 1150w. When I flip I’m sticking 2- 315w cmh in there also.View attachment 847006
Balls out bro 1k definitely!! Blow that shit up!!I Love your setup man! I have a couple 400 mhs kickin around and a 400 hps. Old mag ballasts. I wonder if I could go mh-hps-mh in my 5x5. 1200 watts with that spread and that much blue for colour and potency.. could be fun. Or do you think my 1k se at 1150 would be just as good?
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