Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by Purpmonkey » Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:17 pm
Growwurks.com does say they price match, I wonder which customer service is easier to deal with. CLW is super easy to deal with since UPS doesn't take care of packages my ss400 came with a broken uv bulb but CLW sent out one no questions asked. btw I used the uv from beginning to end on these I don't know if it made a difference but I think you should wait to turn it on just for the fact of trichs are like a sun screen and it disperses the light just a theory though. I'm always looking to save money and I'm very interest to see solis's led
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by SisterMaryElephant » Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:40 pm
I don't know about that one but GrowersHouse seems to have good reviews. If they price match that's a good sign.
I don't think you can have too many trichomes, personally.
I'm not a fan of LED arrays but they do make good HID products. Time will tell...
I don't think you can have too many trichomes, personally.
I'm not a fan of LED arrays but they do make good HID products. Time will tell...
Disclaimer:
I still use HID and I'm NOT an LED expert. All of my LED knowledge is from other parties or research so I can't say from first hand experience one way or another. I also run a medical grow consulting business in SoCal.
I still use HID and I'm NOT an LED expert. All of my LED knowledge is from other parties or research so I can't say from first hand experience one way or another. I also run a medical grow consulting business in SoCal.
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by Purpmonkey » Sun Nov 03, 2013 9:12 pm
Ok here are pictures sorry about the pink light didn't figure it would make much difference what color the room is. 8 ' ceilings everything is plaster
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by rkymtnman » Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:49 am
hey purp,
i've been looking lately at the solis-tek stuff too. i found these guys who are a S-T dealer. mbferts.com
you can get all solis tek: matrix, bulb and hood for about 400 with free delivery too.
hey SME, doesn't the green LED display on the matrix scare you at all during the dark cycle?? they say it's dark cycle safe on the S-T website
RKY
i've been looking lately at the solis-tek stuff too. i found these guys who are a S-T dealer. mbferts.com
you can get all solis tek: matrix, bulb and hood for about 400 with free delivery too.
hey SME, doesn't the green LED display on the matrix scare you at all during the dark cycle?? they say it's dark cycle safe on the S-T website
RKY
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by SisterMaryElephant » Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:35 pm
Mbferts looks more expensive than GH but I only looked at the ballast. *shrug*
It would bother me if I kept the ballast inside the grow room. There is a myth that green light is flower safe but now we know that plants do use green light so I'd cover that with electrical tape if I had to. Also the IR emitters, for night vision cameras, can cause light stress, especially on strains that are more prone to herm. DARK is what you want.
It would bother me if I kept the ballast inside the grow room.
There is a myth that green light is flower safe but now we know that plants do use green light so I'd cover that with electrical tape if I had to. Also the IR emitters, for night vision cameras, can cause light stress, especially on strains that are more prone to herm. DARK is what you want. Disclaimer:
I still use HID and I'm NOT an LED expert. All of my LED knowledge is from other parties or research so I can't say from first hand experience one way or another. I also run a medical grow consulting business in SoCal.
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by Purpmonkey » Mon Nov 04, 2013 2:00 pm
I will keep it outside the room just to be on the safe side/keep as much heat as I can out of the room. I've been looking at the waterfarm by GH and thinking I would prefer that to keep different strains sperate to give each one what they need. Pretty sure I can build them cheaper do you think I will need a chiller, it seems like I wouldn't as long as ambient temps are under control. I will be ordering things ASAP
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by rkymtnman » Mon Nov 04, 2013 2:20 pm
hey purp
you can easily build a waterfarm clone for much cheaper.
i started with DWC and thought i could get away w/o a chiller. do yourself a favor and budget one in. it will save you so much hassle that it will be worth it. root issues are a killer (literally) in DWC.
your water temps will become the ambient temp. so unless your ambient temps are going to be in the high 60's, you'll need one
RKY
you can easily build a waterfarm clone for much cheaper.
i started with DWC and thought i could get away w/o a chiller. do yourself a favor and budget one in. it will save you so much hassle that it will be worth it. root issues are a killer (literally) in DWC.
your water temps will become the ambient temp. so unless your ambient temps are going to be in the high 60's, you'll need one
RKY
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by SisterMaryElephant » Mon Nov 04, 2013 2:55 pm
^ -- what he said...
Disclaimer:
I still use HID and I'm NOT an LED expert. All of my LED knowledge is from other parties or research so I can't say from first hand experience one way or another. I also run a medical grow consulting business in SoCal.
I still use HID and I'm NOT an LED expert. All of my LED knowledge is from other parties or research so I can't say from first hand experience one way or another. I also run a medical grow consulting business in SoCal.
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by Purpmonkey » Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:59 am
Any suggestions on a chiller? I've read about people making them out of a mini fridge and using frozen water bottles and all of that seems like more trouble than its worth and about the same cost as a chiller. there's an ice probe chiller on amazon for 114. If I got the light off of GH I would be able to get that but I see most chillers are around 300 and that's not really something I can budget in at the moment.
Last night I angled the ss400 at a 45 to give the kushberry more light saturation. I will be starting a cure tonight or tomorrow with boveda packs.
Last night I angled the ss400 at a 45 to give the kushberry more light saturation. I will be starting a cure tonight or tomorrow with boveda packs.
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by SisterMaryElephant » Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:57 pm
How many buckets (size?) and how big of a reservoir are you going to have? If you go RDWC, you'll want to count the the total capacity.
I seriously doubt that an ice-probe will work. In a 20 gallon system, for example, it'll only lower the temp 3 or 4 degrees. You're better off saving for a better one and don't go too small there either. The price difference between a 1/10th HP and a 1/4 hp chiller isn't much but it's a big difference in capacity.
I seriously doubt that an ice-probe will work. In a 20 gallon system, for example, it'll only lower the temp 3 or 4 degrees. You're better off saving for a better one and don't go too small there either. The price difference between a 1/10th HP and a 1/4 hp chiller isn't much but it's a big difference in capacity.
Disclaimer:
I still use HID and I'm NOT an LED expert. All of my LED knowledge is from other parties or research so I can't say from first hand experience one way or another. I also run a medical grow consulting business in SoCal.
I still use HID and I'm NOT an LED expert. All of my LED knowledge is from other parties or research so I can't say from first hand experience one way or another. I also run a medical grow consulting business in SoCal.
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