jonnynobody
Well-Known Member
I flowered a hash plant lady directly under this board rated at 660W. It was my mother plant I had going for about 8 months. I decided to flower it because I am bringing new genetics into the garden and there's only so much space. The flowers the light produced have a rock hard density, are covered in trichomes, and have a beautiful purple accent that was quite magnificent to look at under the light itself. Here are a few pictures of the plant in the final days before harvesting.
As you can see the light was strong enough to bleach a good chunk of the foliage prior to harvest. The flowers even before drying were absolutely rock hard. I'm sold on LED quantum board technology. As a matter of fact I decided to install another 450W quantum board parallel to the 660W board I flowered the above pictured plant with to really illuminate the rear of the canopy in an effort to prevent light drop off. Essentially I want the buds on the edges just as high quality as the buds in the center of the canopy. Adding the extra board should solve that problem creating an immense amount of illumination wall to wall throughout the rear of the canopy.
Here's a pic of both boards up for the next cycle. Presently I'm just vegging the plants you see in the photo @50% power on both boards. I ran them at full power for 2 days and it started causing shriveling of new flower sites. It's just too much light without a co2 burner. Planning to add the burner after this next cycle. I'm vegging them for another 9 days to let them bush out a bit more. Then the rest of the gang in my other nurseries will join the plants you see in the following photo, and I will increase power to 100%. I run the HID's at 75% for the first week of 12/12 to allow the plants acclimate to the new intense lighting. If I run them at 100% immediately it shocks the plants and the foliage droops for a week until it rebounds and acclimates. Reducing power for the first week prevents that issue from occurring. Gotta be gentle with you ladies
The boards do a fantastic job. I can't imagine what more I could ask for. What do y'all think? Give it to me raw and uncut - wait, that sounds dirty
As you can see the light was strong enough to bleach a good chunk of the foliage prior to harvest. The flowers even before drying were absolutely rock hard. I'm sold on LED quantum board technology. As a matter of fact I decided to install another 450W quantum board parallel to the 660W board I flowered the above pictured plant with to really illuminate the rear of the canopy in an effort to prevent light drop off. Essentially I want the buds on the edges just as high quality as the buds in the center of the canopy. Adding the extra board should solve that problem creating an immense amount of illumination wall to wall throughout the rear of the canopy.
Here's a pic of both boards up for the next cycle. Presently I'm just vegging the plants you see in the photo @50% power on both boards. I ran them at full power for 2 days and it started causing shriveling of new flower sites. It's just too much light without a co2 burner. Planning to add the burner after this next cycle. I'm vegging them for another 9 days to let them bush out a bit more. Then the rest of the gang in my other nurseries will join the plants you see in the following photo, and I will increase power to 100%. I run the HID's at 75% for the first week of 12/12 to allow the plants acclimate to the new intense lighting. If I run them at 100% immediately it shocks the plants and the foliage droops for a week until it rebounds and acclimates. Reducing power for the first week prevents that issue from occurring. Gotta be gentle with you ladies
The boards do a fantastic job. I can't imagine what more I could ask for. What do y'all think? Give it to me raw and uncut - wait, that sounds dirty