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hillbill

hillbill

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Now with cobs we talk about tweaking a very full and quality spectrum. This is a whole new world. I used the original cmh that did not have the redder spectrum like the 315s. The plants loved it but would not yield. Really grew leaves well and made trimming a chore.

Still use some a51 panels from time to time. For small grows, I think the hps mh era is passing. I may start using old ballasts for anchors. Maybe wind chimes cut from reflectors.
 
GroErr

GroErr

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hillbill said:
Now with cobs we talk about tweaking a very full and quality spectrum. This is a whole new world. I used the original cmh that did not have the redder spectrum like the 315s. The plants loved it but would not yield. Really grew leaves well and made trimming a chore.

Still use some a51 panels from time to time. For small grows, I think the hps mh era is passing. I may start using old ballasts for anchors. Maybe wind chimes cut from reflectors.
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Lol, think there will be quite a few wind chimes in the next couple of years. For smaller grows/spaces they fit perfectly and make managing the environment so much easier. Cost of power will be another driver imo, some areas may still be inexpensive but my hydro costs have almost doubled in the last 2 years. Between legalization bringing prices down and costs of electricity continually increasing, efficiency will likely go to the top of the list when selecting indoor lighting.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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hillbill said:
First used cmh 8 years ago and noticed much more trichs but always had trouble getting really dense buds. Uased blurple and had good trichs also but small buds. Using cobs the buds are big and dense and white with trichs on some plants that never were that way. Trichs are also appearing much earlier under cobs.

If I had the room I would run a 315CMH just for fun. Mostly cobs here.
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Lol think of it like owning a '60s muscle car; obsolete but still fun to play with!
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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disbeverk said:
that's so harsh. 315 LECs are flying out the doors of hydro shops, and you're saying they're not even worth turning on. brutal.
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GroErr said:
LEC's, specifically the 315w are in a different class than hps or hid lighting. They're not quite as efficient and produce more heat than COBs but way ahead of any traditional hps/mh technology in terms of efficiency and results per watt.
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Ditto. Besides, even if it isn't a Tesla Model S, that '67 Camaro will still get you from point A to point B.
 
GroErr

GroErr

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Doing a little painting tonight :hump:

Pollinated a branch on the Blue Ripper F2-P5 keeper, back crossed to the Blue Ripper F1-P1 male. Hit the Blue Ripper x Harlequin P1 female from seed on a couple of branches. 1x Blue Ripper F1-P1 male back cross. Another with the Blue Ripper x Harlequin mutant Tri-Leaf F1 male for some F2's.

Both are starting to stack well at day 20:

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Freshly pollinated bud:

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Cheers :bigjoint:
 
The Dawg

The Dawg

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GroErr said:
Doing a little painting tonight :hump:

Pollinated a branch on the Blue Ripper F2-P5 keeper, back crossed to the Blue Ripper F1-P1 male. Hit the Blue Ripper x Harlequin P1 female from seed on a couple of branches. 1x Blue Ripper F1-P1 male back cross. Another with the Blue Ripper x Harlequin mutant Tri-Leaf F1 male for some F2's.

Both are starting to stack well at day 20:

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Freshly pollinated bud:

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Cheers :bigjoint:
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Hey Brother You Going To Put Christmas Tree Lights On Those 2 And Maybe Some Tinsel?? :weed:
 
GroErr

GroErr

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The ladies at day 21/39/54. Tagged the day 39/54 plants in the 2nd pic. That BR x BD P1 pheno from seed is getting close, looks like an 8 weeker, couple of white hairs left, a few days at most :) Not a big producer but smells and looks dank. The second pheno has weeks, will probably finish with the other batch behind it. It has quite a main going, getting some weight on it.

Group shots:

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Blue Ripper x Blue Dream P1, Day 54:

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Blue Ripper x Blue Dream P2, Day 54:

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Blue Dream, Day 39:

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JTR, Day 39:

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Blue Ripper F2/P3, Day 39:

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Cheers :bigjoint:
 
Humanrob

Humanrob

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GroErr said:
Lol, think there will be quite a few wind chimes in the next couple of years. For smaller grows/spaces they fit perfectly and make managing the environment so much easier. Cost of power will be another driver imo, some areas may still be inexpensive but my hydro costs have almost doubled in the last 2 years. Between legalization bringing prices down and costs of electricity continually increasing, efficiency will likely go to the top of the list when selecting indoor lighting.
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I'm one of the oddballs heading in the wrong direction! LOL I basically started with COBs, and last summer I bought my first inexpensive HID kit to finish some outdoor plants in the garage. Now that I own the thing I hate to see things sit around and not be used...

So I bought a second tent to run in the unheated garage, and after bug-bombing the shit out of the light and the space, I set the old school beast up in there. The tent is only a 3x3 and the light is 600w, but I've got it running at an angle and I've got my two Optic 120's in there with it... (another case of not wanting to see things sitting around not being used).

So far I'm just popping beans in there, never did that right under an MH before, but its nice that the digital ballasts are dimmable. The space is 100% new to me so I have no idea if I'll run the Optics with or w/o the lenses, and whether I'll run the HID at 300/450/600w, but I'm kind of psyched to run them together so I'll keep playing with them until I find the sweet spot.
 
GroErr

GroErr

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Humanrob said:
I'm one of the oddballs heading in the wrong direction! LOL I basically started with COBs, and last summer I bought my first inexpensive HID kit to finish some outdoor plants in the garage. Now that I own the thing I hate to see things sit around and not be used...

So I bought a second tent to run in the unheated garage, and after bug-bombing the shit out of the light and the space, I set the old school beast up in there. The tent is only a 3x3 and the light is 600w, but I've got it running at an angle and I've got my two Optic 120's in there with it... (another case of not wanting to see things sitting around not being used).

So far I'm just popping beans in there, never did that right under an MH before, but its nice that the digital ballasts are dimmable. The space is 100% new to me so I have no idea if I'll run the Optics with or w/o the lenses, and whether I'll run the HID at 300/450/600w, but I'm kind of psyched to run them together so I'll keep playing with them until I find the sweet spot.
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If you got it, use it! That's funny, I grabbed my second LEC to finish my outdoor... in my garage a couple of years back, then it ran in my flower room until just recently. Here if I had a spot in the garage I'd use the LEC's in there through winter just for the extra heat. I'm interested to see how the COBs do in my flower room, it can get cold in there through mid winter so I will likely end up mixing the COBs and LEC again. Temps are dropping quick right now and we're supposed to get a few inches, looks like winter's finally arriving up here, board and ski's are waxed and ready :)
 
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