mixed lighting grow

Tomogchi

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Well well looks who's back from the dead. No, not really but I have no one to worry about anymore and therefore no one to talk to about it with..
Start with two 340 watt black dog 360-u led fixtures.
Add in a 150 watt hps "home security" light
Throw a philips 42 watt flood led into the mix. Because why not... Removed the dome on the bulb
Add a 36" reptiglo 8.0 uvb bulb into the salad...
Seeds sprouted on turkey day and set to 12/12 on new years. Using no extra nutes in flower and maybe should but this is running a soil i blended.. Box is 5 foot long 7 foot tall (I'm tall damnit) and 4' deep.
4 plants. Left to right. White widow. Bag seed. Purple chitral. Moonshine haze.
Plants can be within an inch of the blackdog leds BTW... I'd say within a quarter inch before risking burns.
Day temps of 82
humidity of 21-22
Night temps of 65
Two small fans in box to create current... Box is a negative pressure setup. Carbon air scrubber. Pandafilm wrapped box.
Ummm I like long walks on the beach and weed.
uploaded photos I shot tonight. Black dogs light fucks with my camera. Sorry.
Also don't mind the rainbow chard seedlings And random kush clones. They're nothing yet. Just came out of the cloner today.
Plants have been in the same spot the entire grow just rotated clockwise and such. So while not a true test hps seems to have made the densest hugs. But i dont know that because there is 4 different strains with different characteristics). And I don't care enough to loose already precious lumens
The Philips led (once I removed the reflector) is almost on par with the 150 hps(all my high-ass opinion remember) for being much less wattage..
LEDs are awesome and the way of the future... As soon as they get cheaper.
However. Until then hps is king...

But Adding the uvb flouro tube light.. Has made the biggest difference.. Did some readig one night and decided to throw it in.
If you can't tell I have a.d.d yet.. Squirell!
 

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Tomogchi

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And then I was in Craigslist and picked up a 250 watt metal halide fixture for 40 bucks. Bought a new bulb and separated the bulb from the fixture. Don't need the extra heat from the magnetic transformer\ballast and cap in the grow room. Try to get some better pics up soon. Should pair well with the LEDs and hps. So as ofthis moment lighting is as follows.
2 x 360u black dog led fixture
1 x 150 watt hps home depot special
1 x 250 watt ruud metal halide fixture
And I'm sure I'll change it up as the a.d.d flares up with millions of possibly great or horrific ideas
 

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Tomogchi

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Both the hps and the mh have been separated from the ballasts/ignitor and such. I had to for temperature reasons. I'm not sure if that's what you mean by open.
Temps are 83 during the day and 62 to 65 at night.
Got my hands on some Hindu kush seeds and have 8 sprouted so far. Going to go coco coir and perlite this time around. Soil is much finikier then I remember and for all the work I'll just go the extra step lol. Maybe get some new photos tonight and show the lighting setup better.
 

Tomogchi

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Lighting has been changed again.
Have added a lvjing 1365 led 120 watt fixture as additional light. Yes. 1,365 leds in a 120 watt unit. Really? Why bother.
But they are 430nm and 620nm for colors. And cheap. Did I mention suprisingly bright.. but that doesnt mean shit. Gonna go buy a killawatt meter and see what it draws for power. And everything else In my tent. Always been curious. Reviews say 68-70 watts but this is a "revised" and customized one that suppose to be closer to 90-95 watts with "three 40 watt drivers." How long or well does it work, well. cant directly answer. I see light and the reds and blue seem close to the blackdogs.
I held back from ripping the cover off and looking for myself.. dont wanna tear that warrenty sticker just yet.

started getting ready for round two as white widow came down tonight and bag seed both finished a couple of nights ago. Not an amazing yeild off it but suprising for what it started as.

and the remaining chitral and moonshine haze will finish their long journey Here in the next couple weeks.
 

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