Bullygrowz
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No worries mate, cool tubes do filter out a bit of light but theyre worth it with how much easier it makes controlling room temps. Ive never had a bulb blow but i may be lucky
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Let me know what the pink Floyd's are like potency wise. Cheers bob
Lucky Luke
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Will do mate. If i purchase a Vacuum sealer (which i was meant to do and forgot as they were not in stock my last couple trips to kmart to get one..made in china probably). If its any good ill send u up a prezzie. Owe a couple some so ill have to get onto it.
jzs147
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I run 715 watts in my 800x800 during flowering.
There a nice looking strain. About to plant a spring harvest crop outdoors.nits getting pretty hot here during the day so I'll put the greenhouses back up out bush proberly fill them full of Sunshine daydream ,joystick and herijauna
OzyM8
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have a look at the pac foods vs305, they’re a great vac sealer. A little bit pricey though.
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reza92
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those heights just scream scrog. Set a net, veg the net, flip the net and add more for support as needed through stretch and flower
reza92
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If driving them at the actual 600w and keeping them bulb clean and free of finger prints, almost never. Most people replace them each flower or 6 month ish because they do start to burn out and loose spectrum.
reza92
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but the important question is has that over ripe plant turned purple yet?i just chucked in green crack, super skunk and an Auto gorilla seed, in paper towels, and sandwich bags,
Bullygrowz
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I replace every 3 grows 3rd grow is set on super lumen to get last out of bulbs never had one so much as blow
reza92
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it’s more oils and shit on the bulb that causes them to pop. Super lumens just ruins the spectral output of the bulb for a few extra watts. the efficiency loss on the bulbs are only something like 5% over 1-2 years so if your spending the $$ on quality bulbs (where your paying for spectrum) your not really getting the most out of the bulbs.
Bullygrowz
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True i notice new bulbs are significantly brighter once i replace them im not buying any fancy bulbs just lucagrows. Deffinatly stand by super lumen setting on the last run with the bulbs always get more yield not heeps but more. And 5% on 10lb is half a lb
reza92
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It’s not 5% less light. It’s a 5% loss of spectrum or more correctly a spectrual shift. Also 5% light gain/loss doesn’t equate to 5% weight gain/loss. On 1-2 lights you wouldn’t even notice the yeild difference but you might on 10+ lights.
Long story short most of the degradation of hps bulbs are the spectrum output. The amount of light produced does decrease but it takes 2-3 years not 2-3 grows.
Bullygrowz
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Yeah youre right. But all im stating is my real world observations of: the bulbs are deffinatly brighter brand new than they are after 9-10months use (3 grows) and that the super lumen setting is a good tool to use on the last grow with the particular bulb.
And just to touch on the 5% i agree i made a mistake thinking it correlates that way, but could 5% light loss not equal 5% less weight because the light is the means of energy for plants, provided that everything else in the grow is identical 5% less light mean the plants recieve 5% less energy? I get 1.4gpw if i use 1000w i get 1400g if i use 5% less light i would get 1330g at 950w?
Edit: just realizing that 5% light loss does not mean 5% watt loss
also found this pic
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PURPLEB3RRYKUSH
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Trying to minimize stretch here by keeping the light right on her. Last time i did this tooth decay strain it got 1.3m high with no lst and buds fell over.
PURPLEB3RRYKUSH
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Doesnt help when my main keeps pulling the staple out, bitch wants to stretch.
Haha no caps for me. Just cookies
reza92
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you pretty much corrected yourself. As you can see from the graph the loss also levels off so becomes even less of an issue. It’s only really an issue if you’ve got a commercial setup with 10-50 lights where the small (almost unmeasurable) loss per light becomes more noticeableYeah youre right. But all im stating is my real world observations of: the bulbs are deffinatly brighter brand new than they are after 9-10months use (3 grows) and that the super lumen setting is a good tool to use on the last grow with the particular bulb.
And just to touch on the 5% i agree i made a mistake thinking it correlates that way, but could 5% light loss not equal 5% less weight because the light is the means of energy for plants, provided that everything else in the grow is identical 5% less light mean the plants recieve 5% less energy? I get 1.4gpw if i use 1000w i get 1400g if i use 5% less light i would get 1330g at 950w?
Edit: just realizing that 5% light loss does not mean 5% watt loss
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