Ethos Banana Hammock comparative(exodus thread)

3rd Monkey

3rd Monkey

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Moabfighter said:
I’d like to test my lights man. I have some various Chinese blurple around. And that lux meter. How so?

Part of me in my head is thinking I could achieve better results with less light if they were say.... closer? Ie more intense? If the watts don’t matter and what the plant is taking in (the lux? Or PPFD?? Something....)

Know what I mean?
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Set your light at 36" from the top of your soil. Lay your meter on the the soil with that fucking eye jigger pointing up, cap off on 100x.

Get your reading. Multiply your reading by 100. Put it in on the hlg website calculator. That's your ppfd at 36". Check different distances.

Ppfd is just the range you want to keep your plants in so they don't burn or stretch. Think of it as ppm for light... same difference.
 
Or_Gro

Or_Gro

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ClydeWalters said:
Agreed they have produced some of the largest fattest densest colas I’ve ever grown.

I’ve got a lb of weed on ONE plant that only utilized ONE QB96 engine (the other was over Sams crack the entire time)

I mean it really truly performed for me big time...

The 288 i hear are literally just as good... like minuscule differences.

288 does have more even coverage though

The 96 gets better results I think. But both are so good u can’t lose @Moabfighter

I personally know the 96’s would really blow your mind. Their like tiny compact HPS lights. Incredibly bright from the center. That’s why the 288’s have more even coverage. But the 96 accels in every other department except efficiency and even coverage.

It’s king of every other aspect I think. Could just be high tho

This debate is exactly why or gro is doing his smack down ;)

I think both lights absolutely kill the game without trying tho
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Guys without supplementstion on 288s, 96s kick their ass, hands down...
 
Or_Gro

Or_Gro

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3rd Monkey said:
@Or_Gro

Did some testing today. Came up with this box. Easiest way for me to make sure I'm getting all that light. Keeps everything nice and tight.

Inside tape is 24", outside is 32". Outside of 32" spread, lux starts to taper rather quickly.

I really need some white walls lol.

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Nice, but better put your plants on wheels, 3 immovable walls....

If you move them up higher does “edge” move closer to walls?
 
Or_Gro

Or_Gro

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StickyBudHound said:
So two lights per plant is all you really need with the 96s?

I LOVE my 132s. I'd like to buy more but it doesn't look like they'll be in stock again and have been replaced with the 144s, which I'm looking at. Was thinking of going with 2 3000k and 2 4000k per light fixture. I can use the same driver as I use with the 132s. I'm perfectly happy with what the 132s are producing.

https://horticulturelightinggroup.com/products/qb144-v2-quantum-boards

The 96s are so frickin small and way more expensive and they require the heatsinks.
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Several things...

rumor is v3s are coming soon. I don’t know what will be diff, but v2s may have price drop...

V2r is out, i don't know anything more than they have supplemental reds

V2 is fine but to get what i’m getting, you gotta supplement them....
 
Smokexbreak

Smokexbreak

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Moabfighter said:
I’d like to know how to use big bloom without burning the living hell out of my plants lol

Cha Ching is best nute on market IMO
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Drop the PPM of your other base nutes to not burn. But fox farms tricky. I like their flowering trio. But remo’s astro Flower has been my favorite PK by far.

Or listen to budhound lol people who’ve figured out FF generally know their shit.
 
Smokexbreak

Smokexbreak

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Or_Gro said:
Makes sense, 4 96’s in a 4x4 can put down 1000ppfd across the canopy... just need to drive them 200-240w a piece (200w or more requires fan blowing on sinks)....basically what i’m doing with 6 (running cool)....
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This is why I’m moving to 6 without a doubt.
 
Or_Gro

Or_Gro

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Moabfighter said:
Seems what I’m needing isn’t coming across which I totally understand.

I have 4 qb132 in a 4x4. I’m going to flower in the next what 45 days?

I need more lights by then. Would mixing up different qb improve things greatly? What about sticking with same qb 132 3500k and buying 4 more? Would that be better for the plants?

I’m asking to my quantum boards lack anything particular that another quantum board has that I need. If so, I will buy that.

I know or gro said those fat reds are important. So I need to be looking for a QB featuring that, maybe?

Or do I need a different top heavy light, and buy the reds for purely their own thing?

Get what I’m getting at now? I need more lights. What’s the best investment to make to bounce the best off what I already have.

Different qb? Different spectrum? Same QBs?
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Why don’t you just have a talk with tbone?
 
Or_Gro

Or_Gro

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Moabfighter said:
I’d like to test my lights man. I have some various Chinese blurple around. And that lux meter. How so?

Part of me in my head is thinking I could achieve better results with less light if they were say.... closer? Ie more intense? If the watts don’t matter and what the plant is taking in (the lux? Or PPFD?? Something....)

Know what I mean?
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Lux doesnt do blurples well, need a par meter
 
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