My 8hr flowering experiment

[zoic]

Space monkey is gg4 x Wookiee #15 by bodhi seeds.
$70 for 11 seeds here
https://www.greatlakesgenetics.com/listing/space-monkey/1180

Yes, but I take it ridiculously farther.
So Wookie by Bodhi seeds is a hybrid cross of Big Buddy’s Lavender x Appalachia
OK GG4 is a hybrid cross of Chocolate Diesel x Sour Diesel

If I keep going it can become a long list of hybrid after hybrid. I noticed that once you get a few rounds in you almost always see Skunk in the picture. Jack Herer also seems to pop in around 3 or 4 strains deep. I expect that if I keep going I will eventually hit a good land race strain.

 

[Alexroller]

those smallish burns are because of nutrients/??
Some leaves have them too at mine..

 

[torontoke]

those smallish burns are because of nutrients/??
Some leaves have them too at mine..

Yes it's usually from too much of some ingredient in the nutes.
Or it's not enough of something else.
Pretty easy to diagnose if it really bothered me.

Day 38 and 31

 

[torontoke]

Grandpasbreath has filled out and looks like it will be first chopped.

More cowbell is not far behind

Elfinstone smells incredible

Not a bad looking haul this run

 

[torontoke]

Space monkey day 40

Dream beaver

More cowbell

 

[Alexroller]

They do seem outrangeous for just 300watts man...
i wanna know something...i told you i have some problems with temps because it gets hotter and hotter here in greece ...Whats the sign that my plants are starting to get heat stressed???

 

[420producer]

They do seem outrangeous for just 300watts man...
i wanna know something...i told you i have some problems with temps because it gets hotter and hotter here in greece ...Whats the sign that my plants are starting to get heat stressed???

drinks a lot will curl upward

 

[torontoke]

They do seem outrangeous for just 300watts man...
i wanna know something...i told you i have some problems with temps because it gets hotter and hotter here in greece ...Whats the sign that my plants are starting to get heat stressed???

Could be canoeing like 420producer showed.
Could be slow stunted growth
Could be super dry soil
Could show none of these as well
It's really about dialing in your environment and finding what works best for you.
I was having a real hard time keeping things cool with the 400mh in such a small space that's what prompted me to go led.
Now I'm running under 200watts and the plants seem much more happy and in turn that makes me happy.

 

[zoic]

Hey tt, is that 200W (True Watt) or 200W equivalency? I just bought a Mar 300W (equivalency) and IIRC it is 132W (True Watt) LED.
Just curious. My current grow is only 38W LED so I figure I have tripled the juice for my grow. Do this make sense?

 

[torontoke]

Hey tt, is that 200W (True Watt) or 200W equivalency? I just bought a Mar 300W (equivalency) and IIRC it is 132W (True Watt) LED.
Just curious. My current grow is only 38W LED so I figure I have tripled the juice for my grow. Do this make sense?

Technically I'm running a meanwell 240 which is actuall 255watts draw from the plug however I have it dimmed down to about 70% or roughly 178watts.

That mars light isn't what I would have recommended you buy however I'm sure it can and will produce some bud for you.
As money allows you can always upgrade it with more efficient leds and drivers.

 

[zoic]

Thanks for the feedback. It was a value judgement really. The 38W is currently have is $90 and the Mars is $150. The Mars will give me a 2nd flower area and should deliver a much better crop that the crappy T12 $20 fluorescent light.

The problem is no longer money but instead it is location. My wife and I want to move out of the crappy townhouse into a nice apartment, yeah no more stairs. I am remiss to spend a lot before I find out where I am going to land. I would really like one of those fan-less lights, but the weight with those giant ass heat sinks may be more than I can handle. Time will tell.

 

[torontoke]

Thanks for the feedback. It was a value judgement really. The 38W is currently have is $90 and the Mars is $150. The Mars will give me a 2nd flower area and should deliver a much better crop that the crappy T12 $20 fluorescent light.

The problem is no longer money but instead it is location. My wife and I want to move out of the crappy townhouse into a nice apartment, yeah no more stairs. I am remiss to spend a lot before I find out where I am going to land. I would really like one of those fan-less lights, but the weight with those giant ass heat sinks may be more than I can handle. Time will tell.

My light has two heat sinks and weighs less then 10 lbs
Any questions you have along the way I will gladly answer if I can. There are many knowledgable growers on this site that I'm sure can help get u going no matter where u land.

 

[zoic]

Well I can work with 10 pounds but not over my head height easily. I tried to find it with Google and it kept giving me just the driver and datasheet. Do you have a link handy for that light, I am not necessarily done shopping yet.

 

[torontoke]

Horticulturelightinggroup.com
I'm running basically the 265watt kit or whatever they call it.
They also have citizen cobs pretty cheap on their other site.
Northerngrowlights.com

 

[zoic]

OK, thanks. Still checking out the site. I found one that has passive cooling so I had to go read up on that. Sounds very cool (pardon the pun). Is yours using passive cooling?

 

[torontoke]

OK, thanks. Still checking out the site. I found one that has passive cooling so I had to go read up on that. Sounds very cool (pardon the pun). Is yours using passive cooling?

Yeah
Mine have no fans or anything.
And even with the driver mounted on my light frame the box doesn't go above 85

I bought a cheap $9 Walmart clip on fan and attached it to the light blowing down across the plants and everything has been pretty smooth since.

Active or fan cooling can be just as good but another part that can break or become noisy.

 

[torontoke]

 

[torontoke]

 

[zoic]

Nice. Those 2 colas in the right rear look very big.

 

[torontoke]

Nice. Those 2 colas in the right rear look very big.

Those are the grandpasbreath mains are 10-12" long and 4-5" wide.
One of the db on the middle left is even fatter and just oozing
Even the spiralling elfinstone is packing on some decent size. I imagine by the time she's done that will be one monster bud