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kmog33

kmog33

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whitebb2727 said:
I wonder why.
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I'm sure they photosynthesize a bit more or less efficiently, like process chlorophyll a and b at different rates under different spectral intensity. Causing the plants to have different nutritional needs.

Like a professional athlete that needs 5000+ calories a day to maintain weight vs sticking 5000 calories in a regular person. Regular joe would be a regular fatty in not time lol. But due to the high intensity workouts the professional athlete would be unhealthy with less.

This is mildly speculative on my part I do admit.





I may be a little stoned. :)


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Resinhound

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Under old style blurple lights my plants were mag hungry.

I run monos now but don't seem to have that problem under white/red monos for some reason. My suspicion is the unnatural spectrum that's created with cheap blurples.

I do know mag is heavily consumed on leaves exposed to light
 
kmog33

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Resinhound said:
Under old style blurple lights my plants were mag hungry.

I run monos now but don't seem to have that problem under white/red monos for some reason. My suspicion is the unnatural spectrum that's created with cheap blurples.

I do know mag is heavily consumed on leaves exposed to light
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White technically aren't monos, but it honestly feel like the ones we are taking about should be considered monos. lol.

But yeah, a lot of the higher quality/better balanced spectrum mono panels/panels with white and red tend to act more like warm whites. They tend to look more pink than purple as well as far as the light they put off. I think it has to do with an intensity balance thing. That causes the plants to use different nutrients at different rates, whereas a more balanced spectrum the plants tend to take more up at at more similar rate.


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Resinhound

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kmog33 said:
White technically aren't monos, but it honestly feel like the ones we are taking about should be considered monos. lol.

But yeah, a lot of the higher quality/better balanced spectrum mono panels/panels with white and red tend to act more like warm whites. They tend to look more pink than purple as well as far as the light they put off. I think it has to do with an intensity balance thing. That causes the plants to use different nutrients at different rates, whereas a more balanced spectrum the plants tend to take more up at at more similar rate.


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Makes sense... Balanced spectrum, balanced nutrient conversion. Plants are biomechanical machines Imo. This is akin to running an engine in proper timing... As i see it.
 
kmog33

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Resinhound said:
Makes sense... Balanced spectrum, balanced nutrient conversion. Plants are biomechanical machines Imo. This is akin to running an engine in proper the timing... As i see it.
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Yeah. We all fight with our spectrums in our own way. Some are easier to deal with than others. The blurple mono panels definitely have their benefits. The imbalance Ime means way faster uptake of some micro/macro nutrients and I have had some epically terpy buds from under my blurple panels. We just learn to adapt and progress or our plants are ugly lol.


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REALSTYLES

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I've gone organic with my white power cobs and my plants look better than ever with no mag decencies I'm done with Cyco nutrients which work bad ass but organic living soil kicks ass. No ph for me just an occasional tea or fish fertilizer. I'm just using up what I have left and I'll just re-amend my soil. I can't wait to try out my CXA/2 Studio 5700k top bin it's suppose to be 93 CRI.
 
Resinhound

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REALSTYLES said:
I've gone organic with my white power cobs and my plants look better than ever with no mag decencies I'm done with Cyco nutrients which work bad ass but organic living soil kicks ass. No ph for me just an occasional tea or fish fertilizer. I'm just using up what I have left and I'll just re-amend my soil. I can't wait to try out my CXA/2 Studio 5700k top bin it's suppose to be 93 CRI.
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What is it exactly you are advertising? Just curious.
 
kmog33

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ttystikk said:
Lol I've already got plenty of COB LED powered modules in service.

It's educational for me to work with the older tech, so I can understand and discuss the differences knowledgeably.
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I would put my 120 watt blurple in veg against 120 watts of cobs and I bet the blurple would give it a run for its money. They tend to veg fantastic. Flowering can go either way.


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ttystikk

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REALSTYLES said:
I've gone organic with my white power cobs and my plants look better than ever with no mag decencies I'm done with Cyco nutrients which work bad ass but organic living soil kicks ass. No ph for me just an occasional tea or fish fertilizer. I'm just using up what I have left and I'll just re-amend my soil. I can't wait to try out my CXA/2 Studio 5700k top bin it's suppose to be 93 CRI.
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Indeed, I've seen your grows with organic soils and I'm very impressed!
 
ttystikk

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kmog33 said:
I would put my 120 watt blurple in veg against 120 watts of cobs and I bet the blurple would give it a run for its money. They tend to veg fantastic. Flowering can go either way.


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In another part of the same veg space, I have two COB LED modules; each runs 4 CXB3590 3500k CD BIN at 54W each, for 225W. That 450W mops the floor with the 550W of the Mars Hydro LED in veg mode. It's not even close. Everyone who looks at them side by side- because they are- agrees.

It's just fun to play with the unit.
 
kmog33

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ttystikk said:
In another part of the same veg space, I have two COB LED modules; each runs 4 CXB3590 3500k CD BIN at 54W each, for 225W. That 450W mops the floor with the 550W of the Mars Hydro LED in veg mode. It's not even close. Everyone who looks at them side by side- because they are- agrees.

It's just fun to play with the unit.
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Yeah mines a little panel lol. Does a 2x2 fairly well though. I'd be interested to see it against 100 watts of cobs. It's a 60x5 watt unit. Actual draw ~120 lol.


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ttystikk

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kmog33 said:
Yeah mines a little panel lol. Does a 2x2 fairly well though. I'd be interested to see it against 100 watts of cobs. It's a 60x5 watt unit. Actual draw ~120 lol.
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I have a small rectangular LED with very similar chips to the Mars Hydro light, only it pulls about 140W. It's over my clone table.
 
bravedave

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Turning into another LED backpatters thread where you get more pics of hardware than product?
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Can we go back to snarky replies about misinterpreted posts?
 
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