WolverineGrower
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I have decided given the limited space I have to purchase (2) 3'x3'x6' tents. Still deciding between VivoSun, Apollo, Milliard, and IPower. Any input on those would be heavily appreciated as I have never purchased pr grown in a tent, my background has been in basements with HPS/MH lights. I now see DE and CMH has surpassed the results of traditional hps, but are still beaten by these COB setups in GPW and efficiency...
More important than the brand of the tent though, I need help with the specs on the COBs and drivers for the build. I have watched Growmau5 and many others and done upwards of 2 weeks reading through as many threads as possible to catch myself up. I went from wanting to swap over to the Cree CXB3590 to the Citizen 1212 to the Vero29 to most currently the CXM22 from Luminus.
I plan to build out an all COB setup once life allows in my main 12'x10' area. In the past have grown with HPS/MH air cooled hoods. Wife and life have consumed that area with and most of my equipment has been sold off, but I am ready to break my way back into the scene with my limited space. These two tents will be used for my perpetual grow after this comparison grow, so no money will be wasted on those.
How many CXM22's would I need to hit a 900+ PPFD in the 3x3 tent?
Could this be accomplished with a single HLG-320H-C1400B Driver?
If not, what driver solution is recommended?
Would 3500k 90CRI or 3000k 80CRI be my best options or would I be short changing the plant in Veg?
I plan to run over sized passive pin heatsinks btw.
9 Seedlings Day 16-18, 2 clone attempts, and a freshly germinated seed.
GrowersChoice 315 CMH has already been ordered as my seedlings now under a 4 bar T5 will eventually need more juice and I didn't wanna prematurely pull the trigger and be sitting here with the wrong set of COBS and drivers in my hands like a fool. So then I figured why not do a side by side on my new two favorite lighting styles once I do build it.
Any advice on anything I have said would be greatly appreciated. This may be my first post here, but have learned so much from RIU already and thank you all for sharing as much as you have.
More important than the brand of the tent though, I need help with the specs on the COBs and drivers for the build. I have watched Growmau5 and many others and done upwards of 2 weeks reading through as many threads as possible to catch myself up. I went from wanting to swap over to the Cree CXB3590 to the Citizen 1212 to the Vero29 to most currently the CXM22 from Luminus.
I plan to build out an all COB setup once life allows in my main 12'x10' area. In the past have grown with HPS/MH air cooled hoods. Wife and life have consumed that area with and most of my equipment has been sold off, but I am ready to break my way back into the scene with my limited space. These two tents will be used for my perpetual grow after this comparison grow, so no money will be wasted on those.
How many CXM22's would I need to hit a 900+ PPFD in the 3x3 tent?
Could this be accomplished with a single HLG-320H-C1400B Driver?
If not, what driver solution is recommended?
Would 3500k 90CRI or 3000k 80CRI be my best options or would I be short changing the plant in Veg?
I plan to run over sized passive pin heatsinks btw.
9 Seedlings Day 16-18, 2 clone attempts, and a freshly germinated seed.
GrowersChoice 315 CMH has already been ordered as my seedlings now under a 4 bar T5 will eventually need more juice and I didn't wanna prematurely pull the trigger and be sitting here with the wrong set of COBS and drivers in my hands like a fool. So then I figured why not do a side by side on my new two favorite lighting styles once I do build it.
Any advice on anything I have said would be greatly appreciated. This may be my first post here, but have learned so much from RIU already and thank you all for sharing as much as you have.
