Raptor and ac/de grow

cronik john

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Sup everyone. Just your average grower trying one of these ac/de hoods got a nanolux de ballast and an ushio bulb powered to 1200w. The other setup is galaxy grow amp turbo with a Raptor hood and hortilux eye hps. Currently 14 blackjack 9 blue dream and one bag of mixed clones from seeds I popped, olden lemon haze 1&2, nine pound hammer 1&2, and a cheesequake. All roots organics soil with added roots big worm, roots high phos bat guano and roots organic bloom dry fert to make a super soil on the bottom, mykos micorrazea and the rest filled with regular roots organics soil. 5 gallon geopots. Also using nectar for the gods bloom khaos, herculean harvest, gaia mania, and Zeus juice. I'll post pictures soon.
 
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cronik john

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20160122_170633.jpg my last indoor under 2 raptors was just at 32 oz with a lot of shake bud. Blue dream. 20160201_185723.jpg hoping to do better with the ac/de light, also switching from foxfarm OF soil, advanced nutes iguana bloom, carbo load.
 
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bottletoke

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Have you tried the de lamp in a grow before the acde setup? I will be going with several de fixtures for my next run and I was thinking about going with ac reflectors but the ten percent loss from the glass changed my mind.
Why did you go with nanolux?
 

cronik john

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I took the glass off when I first got it. I had to adjust the inner reflector because it was leaking air a bit but now it's solid. It does a really good job of removing the heat from the chamber. My plants are about 30 inches from the bulb itself and I don't run ac. Need some fan upgrades my last good one busted. But my room peaks at about 78 degrees f. First de setup. But I'm a seasoned grower. Luckily the blackjack don't stretch like the dream. Heard good things about nanolux.
 
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bottletoke

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Looks good, I'm guessing the dream is under the single ended lamp and the blackjack is under the de, ever think about putting the Dream under the de to minimize the stretch?
No ac? I guess your not running c02 either?
 

cronik john

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No c02. This summer I'll seal everything up and if the ac/de does good I'll get another, and run co2. Yeah the dream probably would still stretch. It's a stupid strain bomb but stupid. This is my last run of it. I keep the raptor like 6 inches from them but they still try to reach.
 

Trippyness

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You ever try running the ACDE without the glass? If so, what were the temps?
Looking into getting the ACDE hood.
Seems your around 30-32" above canopy?
What are your temps?
No AC I assume.
How hot is the DE compared to the SE?
Just want to get a feel for these hoods.

Please do post yields when finished.

Also how long did you veg?

Really nice grow.
 
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