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25 days from breaking ground. So that c99 I have in the pic I would consider it on day 1.

Here she is at Day 25 still doing great. Really pleased with the vegging results under solely 2700K LEDs. Scrog screen is in place and she has responded well to the fimming. Should have lots of tops. Starting to see signs of female sex glands, so pistols should show quickly when switched...

I grow hempy style with perlite in the res and the medium is a 70/30 mixture of perlite and coco. I use the complete gh floranova expert drain to waste lineup with reverse osmosis water. I do add some cal/mag on my plain water feedings as well. The great thing about this setup is I can get a...

Quick update. Just topped her at day 21 at the 5th node. Here she is at the beginning of day 22. Looking good and I can't believe how much she stinks for a vegging plant. Probably start 12/12 in a week or so. Also, just started germinating a C99 from Female Seeds which I am really excited...

Day 18. Things still looking good. The plant sure is staying squat and starting to branch out. Hopefully this is signs for the faster flowering Indica phenotype. I Will be upping nitrogen in the next few days and probably start 12/12 in 10 days or so. By the way, she's a stinker already...

I think one of my favorite aspects already of this LED tech vs the blue/red LED tech is that pictures come out much nicer and natural. I hated those magenta pics my other LED made and the super yellow with lines my HPS made. Plus my camera on my phone sucks as well, so it's nice to not have to...

The only thing with the 93 cri 3000K is the lumen output is like 20% less. So would you trade off less intensity for a better spectrum? I sure did like that graph too though. We'll have a good idea in about 10 weeks on the 2700K when I finish this round Day 14. Growth is starting to get...

The point is these LEDs from Cree offer a light intensity that is more powerful than small and mid range HPS and are getting close to high end HPS. The data sheet for the CXA3050 recomends these LEDs as replacements for 175W ceramic metal halides. I would consistently pull 70-90 grams off...

Lumens per watt. I have over 13000 lumens for 100w. Multiply that by 10 and I have 130000 lumens with a much better PAR than HPS. I'm not trying to beat a 1000HPS bro. I'm growing one plant man.

Here's the underneath pic with the light on. I drilled some holes in the heatsink between the two lights as there is a fan in the middle of the light that blows through the holes and really keeps the heat sink cool. In total there are three fans in the fixture with each light getting a fan...

Correct, the digital super hps runs 145,000 lumens. It's the old school magnetic ballast and regular HPS that runs at 120,000 Another thing to consider is that all led light is directed downward, unlike HIDs which need a reflector which loses some efficiency. I like that I've grown with...

By the way I am growing hempy style with a mixture of 70% perlite to 30% coco and using the entire floranova drain to waste feeding schedule Strain is Blue Widow by Dinafem In the mean time, I will be modifying my clone/veg container with a 5000K CXA LED and sprout some C99's that I am...

Update I just got my light meter today and holy cow do these CXA3050 LED’s throw off some serious intensity. I was getting over 100,000 LUX 4-5 inches from the LED and over 30,000 LUX around 14″ away. I compared the 2 CXA3050 (100W Total) intensity to a 150W HPS intensity and...

No prob, I'll take one when I get home. The LED's are so friggen bright, that I think I'll have to take it while it's off, but I'll see what it looks like while it's on as well I made the mistake of looking at one and I had a hard time seeing for a good bit.

Things are still going well. Here is a closeup at 1 week since breaking ground Here's a closeup at 11 days Here's a closeup at 13 days

Ok, after dissembling the the DS100, I decided I would need some better drivers as the DS100 has 2 drivers that run around 600mA and max 75W. I order two drivers off ebay that can run at a max 42V and constant current of 1.5 which is perfect for the CXA3050. The picture below is of the driver...

I've been an avid grower for years, and within the past year and a half I switched from 600W HPS grows, to small scale LED grows. For the past 18 months I have been using the Advanced LED Diamond Series 100 grow light with really good results. However recently, I have been having issues with...

I would also recommend supplementing some uv. I use the reptiglo 15W 18" t8 10.0 uvb bulb. These bulbs will run in a cheap home depot/walmart fixture ($10). Just take off the plastic cover so the light isn't filtered. I run mine for 4 hours during the light cycle.

The UV Index of Afghanistan is at its highest for 5 hours during middle of the day. That's why I went with that.

Final yield was 89.6 grams. Awesome for a 100 watt light. Best before these experiments was 75 grams. If I had another plant and grow more vertically, I would blow through a gram per watt.