edsthreads

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I'm using biobizz light mix soil and biobizz grow/bloom topmax and calmag. I did a grow before with just the one blurple on 3 plants only 130 ish Watts at the wall and they came out great my profile pic is from that grow. Im not saying better lights wouldn't be better but I'm growing nice buds so it works great I wonder if this watts and par etc is all a gimmick for marketing purposes to an extent.
I’ve never grown in soil only DWC and Coco but you definitely have your substrate nailed! & I agree with the marketing gimmicks I know that my previous set up (T5 fluros x 2 & 1 x 400W HPS) performed very well and stuck with that for five years. Now I just want the equivalent but in LED or as close as I can get.
 
I would still go for a phillips 315W cmh. This Lights are worth the Money. And they do not produce lots of heat.
They are good for small spaces.

If you want LED only, use COB Led chips.
They offer the driverless Versions right now for cheap on eBay. 3 different colors daylight, warmwhite, and purple.
Use 4 x 100W Chips and look what they can do.
Realy easy for a diy Lamp.
The good thing with the cob is, you can Cover the surface more even with light.
 
What type of poundage do you get under. The 315?
Around 1g/W.
Using proven Clones in a "organic" Scrog Setup. If all is dialed in, and you in a high effizient/productive enviroment, like coco or hydro, I guess you can even top that.

The pics were from a Testrun with many different homemade Strains/Seeds...subideal. Not all Space used, due to males sorted out.
Too small pots. Light @ 80% Power only 50% in Veg, just to see what the Light can do, and to save some bucks on the electricity bill.
Had some Thrips Problems in Veg and early flower.
Got around 0,8g/W.
Thc production is also great, under that Light. Its the same Level of thc production that one would experience under a 600W hps. No difference.

I was a hps man. Switched from 600W hps to that CMH's.
Decission was hard, but I dont regret it.
The heatoutput of the cmh also is just a small fraction of that from a hps.
 

edsthreads

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Ok so ordered two quantum board lights for the bagseed grow which turned up today, potted into a 15L & 8L pot (all I had) with 50% coco 50% perlite feeding canna a & b with some liquid seaweed.. will rig up the Autopots once they’ve taken root in a week or so and hopefully see some better growth. The plants as you see them now have been growing under my old Mars Hydro blurple light up until today.. Have no carbon air filter yet or intake fan but am on it!
 

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I have tried a higher power version of the line powered COB's. I do not remember the outcome but I am not using them. I am guessing they would be ok for smaller grows where you are not pulling a lot of power.
 

smokin away

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Ok so ordered two quantum board lights for the bagseed grow which turned up today, potted into a 15L & 8L pot (all I had) with 50% coco 50% perlite feeding canna a & b with some liquid seaweed.. will rig up the Autopots once they’ve taken root in a week or so and hopefully see some better growth. The plants as you see them now have been growing under my old Mars Hydro blurple light up until today.. Have no carbon air filter yet or intake fan but am on it!
If smell is a problem yet try using an ozone generator. It's really cost effective and it works nice running in the same room on a timer running a half hour every two hour period. It also purifys the air of all pathogens. Save the fan for ventilation.
 

edsthreads

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If smell is a problem yet try using an ozone generator. It's really cost effective and it works nice running in the same room on a timer running a half hour every two hour period. It also purifys the air of all pathogens. Save the fan for ventilation.
I did own a ozone generator which worked well tbh but smell is not a major issue here atm but potentially will be when the plants bulk up and the weather gets warmer
 

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Week two of flower now, the plant on the left is a hermie which I’m keeping a very close eye on, and yes I know I’m mad keeping it in there with a female! This was an experimental grow anyway just to see how 9 year old beans turned out so I’ll keep plucking balls and nana’s off until it gets too much.. Feeding Canna Coco A+B b with liquid seaweed, 50/50 mix of perlite and coco in 15L and 8L pot..hand feeding for now until i set res up for the Autpots. Female on right has been topped and LST'd.
 

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