Help me build 4 vertical strips for my tent

Sour Wreck

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room temp 74°F

temps at trellis level in the middle of the tent with ZERO fans running: 80°F

temps at trellis level in the middle of the tent with 12" fan blowing and 6" 240cfm exhaust fan running: 77°F

aluminum only slightly warm to the touch, if even. can touch and hold every part of the frame with no problems.

this is going to be awesome not dealing with HPS heat
 
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Sour Wreck

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added a 2nd exhaust fan to the tent and got temps even lower :hump:

runs 68-70°F with about 400cfm exhaust. might be too much, lol...
 

Sour Wreck

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just got it all up and running. veg area is not doing so great at the moment. need to dump, clean and refill so i think i will add some babies in this tent and see what happens.
 

Sour Wreck

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so right now i am going to veg in this tent until i get something big enough to flower.

not sure if this will be my final lineup for flowering yet or not. when i do start flowering, i will start a new thread.

2 - Ghost Train Haze #1
1 - MK-Ultra
1 - Bogglegum

the MK-Ultra is female, but the others are from seed.

these plants really looked much better after a night under the F-Cloak. Really perked up :blsmoke:

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Humple

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also, i have shut the exhaust vent off :shock:

tent is running at room temps of 72°F with only a 12" fan running inside the tent
You may discover that you'll need more heat. The general consensus around here seems to be that, due to the lack of IR in these LEDs, you should maintain a higher canopy temp (low 80's) to aid transpiration and nutrient uptake. That said, I know some have good success without raising temps. Not sure what makes the difference. I can certainly say that I saw a significant difference in plant health once I got temps over 80.
 

Sour Wreck

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You may discover that you'll need more heat. The general consensus around here seems to be that, due to the lack of IR in these LEDs, you should maintain a higher canopy temp (low 80's) to aid transpiration and nutrient uptake. That said, I know some have good success without raising temps. Not sure what makes the difference. I can certainly say that I saw a significant difference in plant health once I got temps over 80.
thanks

during the summer months they will get close to those 80 degree temps. right now, i would have to add some kind of additional lighting to achieve higher temps
 

Sour Wreck

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actually i just went and looked at the thermometer and its running about 77-78 °F with room temps around 72-73.

colder nights will bring slightly lower temps however
 

Randomblame

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Hi, SW! I've a picture for you...!

I would call it: photosyntesis under different temps and intensities!
As you can see, a plant getting 500μMol/s@30°C can grow as fast as the same plant getting 1500μMol/s@20°C.
What @Humple says is based on this paper and we found out it is true in the most situations.

By the way, everything looks very good! I am sure you will enjoy how your plants will love it!
These strips are awesome, no bleaching but intense light from everywhere, you'll be impressed at all.

Photosyntesis under different temps and intensities.jpg
 

Sour Wreck

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thanks, appreciate the chart and the help in understanding the where the peaks for photosynthesis are.

plants loving their new home so far
 

Dave455

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Hi, SW! I've a picture for you...!

I would call it: photosyntesis under different temps and intensities!
As you can see, a plant getting 500μMol/s@30°C can grow as fast as the same plant getting 1500μMol/s@20°C.
What @Humple says is based on this paper and we found out it is true in the most situations.

By the way, everything looks very good! I am sure you will enjoy how your plants will love it!
These strips are awesome, no bleaching but intense light from everywhere, you'll be impressed at all.

View attachment 4060262
So will 500-600 umol flower and yield as well as 1000-1200 ?
 

Randomblame

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500umol @ 30c will flower the same as 1500umol @20c. But 1500umol @30c out yields 500umol @30c as per the graph.

I would like to know if co2 can be overlapped with this? Or that's a separate thing all together?
Hmm!
Plants profit from additional CO² also below 1000μMol/s.
With "only" 500μMol/s ppfd + say we 800ppm CO² and Ø temps around 30°C you should be able to get crazy good g/w yields.
 

Dave455

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500umol @ 30c will flower the same as 1500umol @20c. But 1500umol @30c out yields 500umol @30c as per the graph.

I would like to know if co2 can be overlapped with this? Or that's a separate thing all together?
So by increasing photosynthesis from 10 to 15 or a 50% jump, does this equate to 50% increase in yield ?
 

Humple

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Im currently on my second LED run with three very different phenos of HSO's Blue Dream, and I've noticed that one of the three seemed to shrug off cooler temps with ease, while the other two really struggled. So - as with most things involved in growing weed - it appears to sometimes be somewhat strain dependent.
 

dannykay

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Hi, SW! I've a picture for you...!

I would call it: photosyntesis under different temps and intensities!
As you can see, a plant getting 500μMol/s@30°C can grow as fast as the same plant getting 1500μMol/s@20°C.
What @Humple says is based on this paper and we found out it is true in the most situations
View attachment 4060262
Mate, that's some cool info, may I ask for the source paper of the diagram?

Thanks
 
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