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if the 3000k spectrums are indeed different it doesnt matter that much either way but if you look closely enough the 301b has less green in the 550 range but your right also less deep red which will hurt par, the blue however may not hurt par too much, lumileds has phosphor converted red leds...

not much mention of optics here, i have 70 degree reflectors (probly not the best choice) i had all the same problems. all the hps growers seem to blame the soil or nutrients makes sense with hps plants usually cook before they get to many photons but not leds , i tried everything nothing worked...

i second that, I had some lemon skunk that smelled and tasted very rubbery, it start off very lemony but as in cured it disappeared and gave way to some very strong rubber (probably my bad I dried and cured it too slowly limonene can oxidize it moist air iinto something else) grew in a good soil...

I should also add that high cri doesn't just have more red and deep reds it also has more green this is where the photon loss occurs, if you could drop the green phosphors and just have orange and red you would lower the cri and lumen output making horrible for illumination but greatly increase...

How do you know there is par loss? Can you show the data? I can only find information on their Luminous efficiency which is worthless of course 90 cri will have less lumens. And we should remember par meters do not measure anything outside 700 nm yet the 700nm - 730 region is crucial for the...

actualy its 4 now lol, DNA, Reserva prevada, crockett and GYO

i think the real benefit is with terps, genetics has brought the thc so high i could really care less about it, but terpines are a true sign of quality and they play a role in how the thc is experienced. cannabis has caused so many different crazy experiences witth me anything is possible. many...

just transplanted into some really hot soil< didnt get long to compost either but i didn't have choice.. anyways the stems are so purple that when i topped. purple syrup started coming out and solidified into candy probably from glucose in stems but the plant don't look healthy its exhibiting...

I totally agree, clone only strain are clone only for a reason it has nothing to do with good breeding or genetics just a lot of seed poppin,, every plant is unique. as long as your not expecting to get the original blue dream, you will almost certainly be happy with what you get just from a 5...

teaming with microbes isn't really about the organic chemistry that is happening all the time in soil. organic acids are created by microbes, teaming with microbes is more about letting life be the chemist. until you read "teaming with nutrients" the reason why citric acid can act as...

Organic acids have many benefits and as long as your ph is good organic acids are beneficial food sources for microbes. acetic acid (vinegar) is used as a food source for microbes infact microbes can actually generate electricity using acetate via a microbial fuel cell. organic acids aslo help...

obsbiously this thread is a bit old but just to clarify for people the vero 29 3000k 36v version at 1400ma 25 degrees celcius now gets 176 lm/a (bit lower at 50 celcius but i personally run overcooled)way more then these spreadsheets suggest perhaps that's cause the Gen 7 came out after the cxb...

were does the data come from on the vero's? based on everything I could extrapolate from the datasheets the Gen 7 vero 29 seems to be on par with the cxb 3590 atleast when it comes to running on low current and temperature. It has substantially better performance then the gen 6. a lot of the...

I like to use vinegar to help dissolve my rock phosphate though I'm sure citric acid has the same affect I just know that acetate is a powerful microbe food, powerful enough to generate electricity lol

I use grow stones.. in my opinion we shouldn't define our choices based on whether or not something can be labelled natural or organic.. this in no way makes something ethical or environmentally sustainable (ie bat guano, peat moss, lumber) life is the rarest resource in the universe.. simply...